On demand advertising
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- positioning a short-range transmitter in a predetermined product area in a store;
storing one or more marketing messages in the short-range transmitter, wherein the one or more marketing messages are associated with one or more specific products located in the predetermined product area;
transmitting the one or more marketing messages to a wireless computer; and
gauging the effectiveness of the transmitted marketing messages.
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Abstract
A method and system for transmitting marketing messages, such as advertisements and/or coupons, to shoppers in a store. The marketing messages are transmitted by a low-power line-of-sight transmitter which is positioned in a specific predetermined product area. After determining the identity of a passing shopper, a tailored marketing message is sent to a wireless device being used by the passing shopper. A determination is made as to how long the marketing message was displayed on the wireless device and whether the shopper responded to the marketing message by purchasing a product that is targeted by the marketing message. Since the line-of-sight transmitter is low-power, there is no reflective bleed-over of a carrier signal for the marketing message. Since the marketing message is specifically limited to passing shoppers within a tightly defined area, the assessment of a fee charged to an advertiser for transmitting the marketing message is more exact.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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positioning a short-range transmitter in a predetermined product area in a store;
storing one or more marketing messages in the short-range transmitter, wherein the one or more marketing messages are associated with one or more specific products located in the predetermined product area;
transmitting the one or more marketing messages to a wireless computer; and
gauging the effectiveness of the transmitted marketing messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a short-range transmitter positioned in a predetermined product area in a store;
a wireless computer mounted on a shopping cart; and
storage means in the short-range transmitter for storing one or more marketing messages, wherein the one or more marketing messages are associated with one or more specific products located in the predetermined product area, and wherein one or more of the marketing messages are transmitting from the short-range transmitter to the wireless computer.
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20. A computer program product, residing on a computer usable medium, comprising:
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program code for positioning a short-range transmitter in a predetermined product area in a store;
program code for storing one or more marketing messages in the short-range transmitter, wherein the one or more marketing messages are associated with one or more specific products located in the predetermined product area; and
program code for transmitting the one or more marketing messages to a wireless computer.
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