US Patent 10423998 Product information system

Systems and methods for providing product information at a merchant physical location include a system provider device that updates information in a database about each of a plurality of products in the merchant physical location in real time. A product identifier, which is collected from a first customer device that is associated with a first customer, is received by the system provider device over a network from at least one of a plurality of beacon devices that are located at the merchant physical location. The product identifier is used to retrieve pricing information and inventory information about a first product of the plurality of products in the merchant physical location. The pricing information and the inventory information for the first product are then provided through the network for display on the first customer device.