Electronic product information display and method thereof

• US 10,387,828 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2015
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mobile Price Card
• Original Assignee: Mobile Price Card
• Inventors: Downs, Kevin, O'Leary, Chad
• Primary Examiner(s): Iwarere, Oluseye
• Application Number:
  US14/939,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20170140328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• Field of Search: 700232, 705 28, 705 2661
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system and method for displaying product information on the product display. The system including a server positioned at a first location. The server is provided that is configured to receive an input and transmit a data package in response. The input to the server includes product data. A first plurality of mobile devices is positioned at a second location. The second location is different from the first location. The first plurality of mobile devices each has a first display and a second processor. The second processor is responsive to receiving the data package and displaying the product data on the first display in response to receiving the data package.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server at a first location, the server having a first processor responsive to executable computer instructions when executed on the first processor for receiving an input and transmitting a data package in response to receiving the input, the input including product information; and

a first plurality of mobile devices at a second location, the first plurality of mobile devices comprising user devices that provides interaction data to the server, the second location different from the first location, each of the first plurality of mobile devices having a first display and a second processor, the second processor being coupled to the first display, the second processor being responsive to executable computer instructions for receiving the data package and displaying at least a portion of the product data on the first display in response to receiving the data package, wherein the second processor is further responsive to storing the interaction data in response to a potential customer performing an action on a corresponding mobile device of the first plurality of mobile devices, the interaction data including at least one of when the first display was activated, a time of day, a day of week, and an amount of time a user spent reading the first display.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a second plurality of mobile devices at a third location, the third location different from the first location and the second location, the second plurality of mobile devices having a second display and a third processor, the third processor being coupled to the second display, the third processor being responsive to executable computer instructions for receiving the data package and displaying the product information on the second display in response to receiving the data package.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the first plurality of mobile devices includes a first mobile device and a second mobile device, the first mobile device being of a different type than the second mobile device; and

the data package includes a first data set and a second data set, the first data set associated with the first mobile device and the second data set being associated with the second mobile device.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the first mobile device includes a fourth processor that is responsive to executable computer instructions for parsing the data package and storing in a memory the first data set in response to receiving the data package.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the first mobile device includes a third display, the fourth processor being responsive for displaying at least a portion of the first data set on the third display in response to storing the first data set in the memory.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein

the first data set includes a first portion and a second portion;

and

the fourth processor is further responsive for displaying the first portion on the third display and then displaying the second portion after a predetermined period of time.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the first data set includes data selected from a group consisting of:

price data, contract price data, installment price data, technical specification data, accessory data and promotional program data.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the second processor is further responsive for transmitting the interaction data to the server on a periodic or aperiodic basis.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the fourth processor is further responsive for clearing a cache and deleting photos stored on the first mobile device in response to determining a current time is after a predetermined time.

18. The system of claim 8 wherein the first processor is responsive to displaying parameters based at least in part on the interaction data, the parameters including at least one of a date range, a store selection, a state selection, a category selection, a manufacturer selection and a device selection.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein a carousel module of the first plurality of mobile devices provides the interaction data to the server.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the carousel module supports popularity determinations comprising analysis of trends from the interaction data to determine product popularity in the second location.

10. A method of displaying product information, the method comprising:

inputting a first data set associated with a first mobile device type;

inputting a second data set associated with a second mobile device type;

storing in a memory the first data set and the second data set;

transmitting the first data set and second data set to a plurality of mobile devices;

receiving at a first mobile device the first data set and the second data set, the first mobile device being the first mobile device type;

receiving at a second mobile device the first data set and the second data set, the second mobile device being the second mobile device type;

displaying on the first mobile device at least a portion of the first data set;

displaying on the second mobile device at least a portion of the second data set;

determining that a potential customer has interacted with the first mobile device; and

storing interaction data on the first mobile device when a potential customer interacts with the first mobile device, the interaction data including at least one of when the first display was activated, a time of day, a day of week, and an amount of time a user spent reading the first display.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the first data set includes a first portion and a second portion.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

displaying on the first mobile device the first portion;

waiting a predetermined amount of time after displaying the first portion; and

displaying on the first mobile device after the predetermined amount of time the second portion.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising displaying the second portion on the first mobile device prior to the predetermined amount of time in response to receiving an input from a potential customer.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

combining the first data set and the second data set into a data package; and

transmitting the data package to the plurality of mobile devices.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

parsing the data package with the first mobile device; and

storing the first data set on the first mobile device in response to parsing the data package.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the first data set includes at least one of price data, contract price data, installment price data, technical specification data, accessory data and promotional program data.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising transmitting on a periodic or aperiodic basis the interaction data to a server, the server being remotely located from the first mobile device.