ON-DEMAND AND POINT-OF-SALE PERSONALIZED PRODUCT-RELATED INFORMATION

• US 20080154713A1
• Filed: 12/20/2006
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Gaucas, Dale Ellen, Buckley, Robert Roy
• Application Number:
  US11/613,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20080154713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

An information delivery method and system includes a first token receiving device located at the point of display of a product in a store. The first device receives a token and a request for product-related information. A second token receiving device is positioned at or after a point of sale in the store. If the token holder purchased the product, the token holder may use the second token receiving device to receive the requested product-related information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first token by a first token receiving device at a point of display of a product;

associating the token with product-related information;

determining whether the product was purchased;

retrieving the product-related information if the product was purchased; and

delivering the product-related information at a point of delivery, wherein the point of delivery is distant from the point of display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the product was purchased includes receiving the token at a point of sale by a second token receiving device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the first token receiving device, a request for the product-related information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the associating includes associating the token with the requested product-related information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the associating includes associating the token with additional product-related information other than the requested information.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the token-receiving device comprises an input interface to receive requests for the product related information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the input interface comprises a touch screen, mouse, keypad, optical receiver, or scanner.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the point of delivery is the point of sale.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the token comprises a storage device, card with a radio frequency identification tag, a card with a magnetic strip, or a card with an optical strip.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the product-related information comprises a recipe, coupon, newsletter, health benefits description, list of complementary product, or instructions.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the point of display is a product display location in a store, and the point of delivery is a checkout location in the store.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the point of display is a product display location in a store, and the point of delivery is positioned after a checkout location and before an exit in the store.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein delivery the product-related information comprises e-mailing the product-related information.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein delivering the product-related information comprises printing the product-related information.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the point of delivery comprises a print kiosk.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein delivering the product-related information comprises:

placing the product-related information on a website with a personalized uniform resource identifier; and

providing a holder of the token with the personalized uniform resource identifier.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein product-related information accessed via the personalized uniform resource identifier is downloaded and printed.

18. A system comprising:

a token;

a first token receiving device located at a point of display of a product in a store;

a product-related information server which receives a request for product-related information from the first token receiving device and retrieves the product-created information;

a second token receiving device located at a point of sale in the store; and

an information delivery device that delivers the product-related information at a point of delivery that is positioned at or after the point of sale.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first token reader also comprises a product information input mechanism.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the product information input mechanism comprises a bar code scanner.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the information delivery device comprises a printer.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the token stores personal identification information corresponding to the user.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the first token receiving device is associated with multiple products.