Individualized product information display system
First Claim
1. An information display system comprising:
- an information display unit for providing pricing information to a customer proximate said information display unit;
a customer information input device for receiving customer information associated with the proximate customer; and
a control system operatively associated with said information display unit and said customer information input device and adapted to receive the customer information through said customer information input device and change the pricing information on said information display based on the customer information.
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Abstract
An information display system provides individualized pricing or advertising information to one or more customers in response to receiving identifying customer information associated with each individual customer. The system includes one or more information display units (IDUs) and one or more customer information input devices (CIIDs), along with a control system for coordinating the operation of the CIIDs and the IDUs. Each CIID is associated with one IDU or grouping of IDUs, with no IDU associated with more than one CIID. Each CIID and its associated IDUs are mounted proximate to a given product or display area. Before customer information associated with an individual customer is received through a given CIID, its associated IDUs display default pricing and advertising information under direction of the control system. When the control system receives individual customer information through a given CIID, the control system determines individualized pricing and advertising based on the individual customer information and causes the IDUs associated with the given CIID to display this individualized information. The information display system includes customer-carried devices, either transmitters or information cards for transferring their individual customer information to the CIIDs. The information display system further includes shopping carts adapted to receive individual customer information from either the customer-carried transmitters or information cards, and to subsequently transfer this information to the CIIDs. By issuing the customer-carried information devices to customers having membership in a given store'"'"'s loyalty program, the store can offer sophisticated and individualized, multi-level pricing and promotional information to member customers as they browse the various product display areas.
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53 Claims
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1. An information display system comprising:
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an information display unit for providing pricing information to a customer proximate said information display unit;
a customer information input device for receiving customer information associated with the proximate customer; and
a control system operatively associated with said information display unit and said customer information input device and adapted to receive the customer information through said customer information input device and change the pricing information on said information display based on the customer information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An information display system comprising:
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a plurality of information display units for providing individualized pricing information to a plurality of customers;
a plurality of customer information input devices with each one of said plurality of customer information input devices adapted for receiving customer information associated with a proximate customer and positioned proximate to a different one or several of said plurality information display units;
a control system operatively associated with said plurality of information display units and said plurality of customer information input devices and adapted to display individualized pricing information on one or more of said plurality of information display units based on individual customer information received through one or more of said customer information input devices. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of displaying individualized pricing and advertising information to a customer comprising:
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displaying default pricing and advertising information on an information display unit mounted proximate to a given product;
receiving customer information associated with a customer proximate to the given product;
determining a loyalty benefit associated with the customer based on the received customer information;
determining updated advertising information of specific interest to the customer based on the received customer information;
calculating updated pricing information based on the loyalty benefit; and
displaying the updated pricing and advertising information on said information display. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of displaying individualized advertising information to a customer comprising:
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displaying default pricing information on an information display unit mounted proximate to a given product;
receiving customer information associated with a customer proximate to the given product;
determining advertising information of specific interest to the customer based on the received customer information; and
displaying the advertising information on said information display. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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