Method and apparatus for presentation of product notices using transitory perception of a candidate product

• US 20050171806A1
• Filed: 12/28/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: J'Maev, Jack Ivan
• Original Assignee: J'Maev, Jack Ivan
• Inventors: J'maev, Jack Ivan
• Application Number:
  US11/025,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20050171806A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/303
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/014 Providing recall services for goods or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for presenting a product notice to a user by receiving a product notice, perceiving a candidate product, determining a product identifier for the perceived candidate product and presenting the received product notice to a user when a product identifier included in the received message is substantially equivalent to a determined product identifier for a perceived candidate product.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a product notice comprising:

receiving a product notice;

perceiving a candidate product;

determining a product identifier according to information obtained from the perceived candidate product; and

presenting the product notice when the product identifier for the candidate products indicates that the product notice is targeted to the candidate product.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a product notice comprises:

receiving a product notice using at least one of a wired interface and a wireless interface.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a product notice comprises storing the product notice in a notice table when the product notice is targeted to a potential candidate product.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein perceiving a candidate product comprises:

providing optical energy;

perceiving data in a reflected portion of the optical energy; and

determining a product identifier according to the perceived data.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising determining product-manufacture discrimination data according to the perceived data.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein perceiving a candidate product comprises:

providing electromagnetic energy;

sending a query message by means of the electromagnetic energy;

receiving an identification message from a wireless transponder included in a potential candidate product; and

determining a product identifier according to the identification message.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising determining product-manufacture discrimination data according to the received identification message.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising directing to the wireless transponder included in a potential product a notice message generated according to the product notice.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing a plurality of product identifiers in a potential candidate list.

10. A product notice presentation device comprising:

notice receiver capable of receiving a product notice;

notice data unit capable of storing a received product notice;

candidate product perception unit capable of perceiving a candidate product and generating a product identifier in accordance with said perception;

candidate product unit capable of storing a candidate product identifier received from the candidate product perception unit;

identification unit capable of identifying a product notice stored in the notice data unit that is addressed to a candidate product according to a candidate product identifier stored in the candidate product unit; and

presentation device capable of presenting the identified product notice.

11. The product notice receiver of claim 10 wherein the notice receiver comprises at least one of a wired notice receiver and a wireless notice receiver.

12. The product notice receiver of claim 10 wherein a received product notice is stored in the notice data unit when the product notice is targeted to a product identifier found in said product candidate unit.

13. The product notice receiver of claim 10 wherein the candidate product perception unit comprises a bar-code scanner capable of providing a product identifier to the candidate product unit according to information obtained from a bar-code.

14. The product notice receiver of claim 13 wherein the bar-code scanner is further capable of providing product manufacture-distinguishing information to the candidate product unit.

15. The product notice receiver of claim 10 wherein the candidate product perception unit comprises a wireless identification transponder interface capable of providing a product identifier to the candidate product unit according to information obtained from a wireless identification transponder.

16. The product notice receiver of claim 15 wherein the wireless identification transponder interface is further capable of providing manufacture-distinguishing information to the candidate product perception unit.

17. The product notice receiver of claim 15 wherein the wireless identification transponder interface is further capable of directing to a wireless identification transponder a notice message received from the identification unit and wherein the identification unit is further capable of generating a notice message in accordance with a product notice stored in the notice data unit when such product notice is directed to product identified by a product identifier stored in the candidate product unit.

18. The product notice receiver of claim 10 wherein the candidate product unit is capable of storing a plurality of product identifiers.

19. A product notice delivery apparatus comprising:

processor capable of executing instruction sequences;

memory capable of storing one or more instruction sequences;

notice receiver interface capable of receiving a product notice;

product perception unit capable of perceiving a candidate product;

presentation unit capable of presenting a product notice; and

functional modules embodied as instruction sequences stored in the memory including;

notice receiver module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive a product notice and to store the product notice in a notice table;

notice recognition module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive a product identifier from the product perception unit and to further select a product notice from the notice table that is associated with the received product identifier; and

presentation module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to direct the selected product notice to the display unit.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the notice receiver interface comprises at least one of a wired interface and a wireless interface.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the notice receiver module further minimally causes the processor to store a product notice in a notice table when the product notice is targeted to a product that is listed in a candidate list.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the product perception unit comprises a bar-code scanner.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the notice recognizer module, when executed by the processor, further minimally causes the processor to receive additional manufacture-distinguishing information from the bar-code scanner.

24. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the product perception unit comprises a wireless identification transponder interface.

25. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the notice recognizer module, when executed by the processor, further minimally causes the processor to receive additional manufacture-distinguishing information from the wireless identification transponder interface.

26. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the wireless identification transponder interface comprises a programmer.

27. A product notice delivery apparatus comprising:

processor capable of executing instruction sequences;

memory capable of storing one or more instruction sequences;

notice receiver interface capable of receiving a product notice;

product perception unit capable of perceiving a candidate product;

presentation unit capable of presenting a product notice; and

functional modules embodied as instruction sequences stored in the memory including;

notice recognition module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive a product identifier from the product perception unit and to store the product identifier in a candidate product list in the memory;

presentation module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to direct a notice data included in a product notice to the display unit; and

notice receiver module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive a product notice and direct a notice data to the presentation module when a product identifier included in a received product notices is substantially equivalent to a product identifier stored in the candidate product list.

28. The product notice delivery apparatus of claim 27 wherein the product candidate presentation unit comprises at least one of a bar-code scanner and a wireless identification transponder interface.

29. The product notice delivery apparatus of claim 27 further comprising a wireless identification transponder programmer and wherein the notice receiver module directs to wireless identification transponder programmer a message generated according to a product notice received by the processor as it executes the notice receiver module.

30. A refrigeration unit comprising:

chilled compartment; and

product notice delivery apparatus comprising;

notice receiver capable of receiving a product notice;

notice data unit capable of storing a received product notice;

candidate product perception unit comprising a wireless identification transponder interface capable of perceiving a candidate product and generating a product identifier in accordance with said perception;

candidate product unit capable of storing a candidate product identifier received from the candidate product perception unit;

identification unit capable of identifying a product notice stored in the notice data unit that is addressed to a candidate product according to a candidate product identifier stored in the candidate product unit; and

presentation device capable of presenting the identified product notice.

31. A refrigeration unit comprising:

chilled compartment; and

product notice delivery apparatus comprising;

processor capable of executing instruction sequences;

memory capable of storing one or more instruction sequences;

notice receiver interface capable of receiving a product notice;

product perception unit comprising a wireless identification transponder interface capable of perceiving a candidate product;

presentation unit capable of presenting a product notice; and

functional modules embodied as instruction sequences stored in the memory including;

notice recognition module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive a product identifier from the product perception unit and to store the product identifier in a candidate product list in the memory;

presentation module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to direct a notice data included in a product notice to the display unit; and

notice receiver module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive a product notice and direct a notice data to the presentation module when a product identifier included in a received product notices is substantially equivalent to a product identifier stored in the candidate product list.

32. A method for presenting a product notice comprising:

receiving a message in a product from a message forwarding apparatus;

presenting information to a user according to the received message.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein presenting information to a user comprises:

presenting information to a user by altering the orientation of magnetically active molecules according to an electrical signal;

maintaining the altered orientation when the electrical signal is not active.

34. The method of claim 32 wherein presenting information to a user comprises:

presenting information to a user by changing at least one of the transmissivity and color of a material by imparting energy to said material; and

maintaining at least one of the resulting transmissivity and color of a material when no additional energy is imparted to said material.

35. A product tagging device comprising:

radio identification transponder capable of receiving a notice message; and

display element capable of presenting information according to a received notice message.

36. The product tagging device of claim 35 wherein the display element comprises a zero-power liquid crystal display.

37. The product tagging device of claim 35 wherein the display element comprises a thermochromatic material and a heat generator wherein the thermochromatic material is disposed proximate to the heat generator and the heat generator is responsive to a message received by the radio identification transponder.

38. The product tagging device of claim 35 further comprising at least one of a container and a container lid.