Method, system, and program product for identifying a product selected by a consumer

• US 20070235529A1
• Filed: 04/07/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Peters, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/399,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20070235529A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for identifying a product selected by a consumer. In one embodiment, the invention includes: accessing a wireless network; identifying a location of a consumer electronic device carried by a consumer by allowing the wireless network to identify a unique feature of the consumer electronic device; identifying a location of a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with a first product selected by the consumer; and coordinating the location of the consumer electronic device with the location of the first RFID tag.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a product selected by a consumer, comprising:

identifying a location of a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with a first product selected by the consumer; and

coordinating the location of the first RFID tag with at least one of the following;

a location of a consumer electronic device carried by a consumer and a second RFID tag associated with a second product selected by the consumer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location of the consumer electronic device is determined using at least one of the following:

a wireless access point and a cellular signal sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumer electronic device is selected from a group consisting of:

a cellular telephone and a personal digital assistant.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein coordinating includes associating at least two locations of the consumer electronic device with at least two locations of at least one of the first RFID tag and the second RFID tag.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a wireless network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying a location of the consumer electronic device includes allowing the wireless network to identify a unique feature of the consumer electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the unique feature includes at least one of the following:

a cookie, a network address, an Internet protocol (IP) address, and a media access control (MAC) address.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing at least one of the first product and the second product with a list of products.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the list of products includes a list of products prepared by the consumer.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying the list of products on the consumer electronic device.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a system for comparing the at least one product with a list of products.

11. A system for identifying a product selected by a consumer, comprising:

a system for identifying a location of a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with a first product selected by the consumer; and

a system for coordinating the location of the first RFID tag with at least one of the following;

a location of a consumer electronic device carried by a consumer and a second RFID tag associated with a second product selected by the consumer.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the location of the consumer electronic device is determined using at least one of the following:

a wireless access point and a cellular signal sensor.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the consumer electronic device is selected from a group consisting of:

a cellular telephone and a personal digital assistant.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a system for accessing a wireless network.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the system for identifying a location of the consumer electronic device includes a system for allowing the wireless network to identify a unique feature of the consumer electronic device.

17. A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, identifies a product selected by a consumer, comprising:

program code for identifying a location of a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with a first product selected by the consumer; and

program code for coordinating the location of the first RFID tag with at least one of the following;

a location of a consumer electronic device carried by a consumer and a second RFID tag associated with a second product selected by the consumer.

18. The program product of claim 17, wherein the consumer electronic device is selected from a group consisting of:

a cellular telephone and a personal digital assistant.

19. The program product of claim 17, further comprising:

program code for comparing at least one of the first product and the second product with a list of products.

20. A method for deploying an application for identifying a product selected by a consumer, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

identify a location of a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with a first product selected by the consumer; and

coordinate the location of the first RFID tag with at least one of the following;

a location of a consumer electronic device carried by a consumer and a second RFID tag associated with a second product selected by the consumer.