ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,957, issued on July 1.
"Interactive shopping system and method" was invented by Jigesh V. Vora (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive shopping system, or smart cart. The system allows a user to select items in a store and complete a purchase without having to wait in lines or interact with store personnel. The system can have a container for holding products selected by at least one user, a user interface, a scanner in communication with the user interface, a processor in communication with the user interface, and a data storage comprising computer instructions executable by the processor. A user can select products, p...