Method and system for measuring effectiveness of shopping cart advertisements based on purchases of advertised items
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1. A method for measuring effectiveness of advertisements displayed on a shopping cart, wherein said method comprises:
- a) displaying at least one advertisement on said shopping cart;
b) generating advertisement history data representing each of said at least one advertisement;
c) generating a code representing at least one item purchased by a shopper using said shopping cart;
d) comparing each said code representing at least one item with said advertisement history data to determine whether an item advertised in said at least one advertisement is purchased by said shopper using said shopping cart; and
e) generating usage data representing each display of an advertisement for an item purchased by said shopper using said shopping cart.
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Abstract
Data describing advertisements displayed within a shopping cart is used within a store computer, system along with data from a process, such as barcode scanning, identifying items selected for purchase during the use of the shipping cart. The data identifying the selected items is compared with data identifying the items that have been advertised within the cart of identifying a manufacturer, supplier, or brand name that has been advertised to determine the effectiveness of the advertising and to establish an amount of money owed for displaying the advertising.
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1. A method for measuring effectiveness of advertisements displayed on a shopping cart, wherein said method comprises:
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a) displaying at least one advertisement on said shopping cart;
b) generating advertisement history data representing each of said at least one advertisement;
c) generating a code representing at least one item purchased by a shopper using said shopping cart;
d) comparing each said code representing at least one item with said advertisement history data to determine whether an item advertised in said at least one advertisement is purchased by said shopper using said shopping cart; and
e) generating usage data representing each display of an advertisement for an item purchased by said shopper using said shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for displaying advertisements and for determining effectiveness of said advertisements, wherein said system comprises:
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at least one shopping cart including a display unit for displaying advertisements, means for generating and storing advertisement history data representing advertisements displayed within said display unit, and a transmitter for transmitting said advertising history data;
at least one sensing device for generating item codes representing items having machine readable elements identifying said items; and
a store computer system including an item data structure storing codes representing a plurality of items, an advertisement data structure storing data representing advertisements, communication means for receiving said item codes and said advertisement history data, and a processor programmed to compare said item codes with said advertisement history data to determine weather an item advertised in an advertisement displayed in said at least one shopping cart has been purchased by said shopper, and to generate usage data representing each display of an advertisement for an item purchased by said shopper using said shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for displaying advertisements and for determining effictiveness of said advertisements, wherein said system comprises:
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at least one shopping cart including a display unit for displaying advertisements and a receiver for receiving data causing said advertisements to be displayed;
at least one sensing device for generating item codes representing items having machine readable elements identifying said items; and
a store computer system including an item data structure storing codes representing a plurality of items, an advertisement data structure storing data representing advertisements, communication means for receiving said item codes and for transmitting said data causing said advertisements to be displayed in said display unit of each of said at least one shopping cart, a transaction data structure storing advertisement history data representing advertisements displayed within said display unit of each of said at least one shopping cart, and a processor programmed to generate said data causing said advertisements to be displayed in said display unit of each of said at least one shopping cart, to compare said item codes with said advertisement history data to determine weather an item advertised in an advertisement displayed in said at least one shopping cart has been purchased by said shopper, and to generate usage data representing each display of an advertisement for an item purchased by said shopper using said shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method for displaying a plurality of advertisements within a shopping cart having a display screen and a microprocessor and for transmitting data indicating which advertisements have been displayed, wherein said method comprises
a) determining that a period of use of said shopping cart has begun; -
b) displaying a series of advertisements within said plurality of advertisements on said display screen;
c) for each of said advertisements displayed, recording data identifying said advertisement in an advertisement history data structure;
d) transmitting data from said advertisement history data file;
e) determining that said period of use of said shopping cart has ended; and
f) stopping a display of said series of advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method performed within a computer system for determining how often advertisements are displayed in shopping carts used to purchase items advertised in said advertisements, wherein said method comprises:
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a) receiving a code describing an item to be purchased;
b) determining that said item described by said code is advertised within an advertisement described by advertisement history data describing at least one advertisement displayed in a shopping cart; and
c) generating usage data indicating a display of said advertisement described by said advertising history data in a shopping cart used to purchased an item advertised within said advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer readable medium having computer executable code causing a shopping cart having a display screen and a microprocessor to perform a method for displaying a plurality of advertisements within said shopping cart and for transmitting data indicating which advertisements have been displayed, wherein said method comprises
a) determining that a period of use of said shopping cart has begun; -
b) displaying a series of advertisements within said plurality of advertisements on said display screen;
c) for each of said advertisements displayed, recording data identifying said advertisement in an advertisement history data structure;
d) transmitting data from said advertisement history data file;
e) determining that said period of use of said shopping cart has ended; and
f) stopping a display of said series of advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 62)
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48. A computer readable medium having computer executable code causing a computer system to perform a method for determining how often advertisements are displayed in shopping carts used to purchase items advertised in said advertisements, wherein said method comprises:
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a) receiving a code describing an item to be purchased;
b) determining that said item described by said code is advertised within an advertisement described by advertisement history data describing at least one advertisement displayed in a shopping cart; and
c) generating usage data indicating a display of said advertisement described by said advertising history data in a shopping cart used to purchased an item advertised within said advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave including computer executable code causing a shopping cart having a display screen and a microprocessor to perform a method for displaying a plurality of advertisements within said shopping cart and for transmitting data indicating which advertisements have been displayed, wherein said method comprises
a) determining that a period of use of said shopping cart has begun; -
b) displaying a series of advertisements within said plurality of advertisements on said display screen;
c) for each of said advertisements displayed, recording data identifying said advertisement in an advertisement history data structure;
d) transmitting data from said advertisement history data file;
e) determining that said period of use of said shopping cart has ended; and
f) stopping a display of said series of advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave including computer executable code causing a computer system to perform a method for determining how often advertisements are displayed in shopping carts used to purchase items advertised in said advertisements, wherein said method comprises:
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a) receiving a code describing an item to be purchased;
b) determining that said item described by said code is advertised within an advertisement described by advertisement history data describing at least one advertisement displayed in a shopping cart; and
c) generating usage data indicating a display of said advertisement described by said advertising history data in a shopping cart used to purchased an item advertised within said advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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