INTEGRATED SYSTEM, DEVICE AND USE THEREOF

• US 20090132386A1
• Filed: 03/23/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jari Natunen
• Original Assignee: Jari Natunen
• Inventors: Natunen, Jari, Natunen, Juha
• Granted Patent: US 8,010,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

The invention describes a novel integrated data-system, a personal device for the system, and methods for operating the system. The invention produces means and technology for providing quantitative information about products. A key function of the system is to provide information about product-based emissions, such as carbon dioxide emissions.

Claims

1-48. -48. (canceled)

49. A system for obtaining information about indirect property of a product, and/or for controlling greenhouse effect comprising a personal PECD-device containing:

i. an account for cumulative balance for the information about the indirect property;

ii. a PED database in PECD-device and/or means for contacting an external PED, the PED database containing information about the indirect property normalized per product unit;

iii. means for calculating cumulative balance values about the indirect property; and

iv. an optional external PED-database,

optionally the system further comprises connections to one, two or three of systems selected from the group of;

i. a shop emission interface SEI, for obtaining electronic information about a product identity or PED data; and

/or

ii. a personal emission trade interface (PETI) for compensation of the indirect effect;

iii. other PECD devices, optionally in the same household.

50. The system according to claim 49, for controlling greenhouse effect by transferring information about product associated green house gas emissions of a product comprising a personal PECD-device, which is a personal mobile station or internet portal comprising:

i. an account for cumulative balance for the emission information about the product based green house gas emission data;

ii. a PED database in PECD-device and/or means for contacting an external PED, the PED database containing information about the green house gas emissions normalized per product unit;

iii. means for calculating cumulative balance values about the indirect property; and

iv. an optional external PED-database,

optionally, wherein the green house gas emission data is;

i. the amount of green house phenomenon causing gasses is presented as equivalents of carbon dioxide; and

ii. the data is represented on a display as part or proportion of a daily allowance, wherein the daily allowance is calculated as a relation of emission produced for a single product in relation to a globally sustainable emission level per person per day calculated as a relative value, optionally as per cent.

51. The system according to claim 50, wherein the system further comprises connections to one, two or three of systems selected from the group of:

i. a shop emission interface SEI, for obtaining electronic information about a product identity or PED data; and

/or

ii. a personal emission trade interface (PETI) for compensation of the product associated greenhouse gas emissions;

iii. other PECD devices, optionally in the same household.

52. The system for controlling greenhouse effect according to the claim 50, wherein the green house gas emission data is:

a) the amount of green house phenomenon causing gasses is presented as equivalents of carbon dioxide; and

b) the data is represented on a display as part or proportion of a daily allowance, wherein the daily allowance is the amount of emission per person which does not lead to increase of greenhouse effect,

optionally further comprising connections to one, two or three of systems selected from the group of;

i. a shop emission interface SEI, for obtaining electronic information about a product identity or PED data; and

/or

ii. a personal emission trade interface (PETI) for compensation of the product associated greenhouse gas emissions;

iii. other PECD devices, optionally in the same household.

53. The system according to the claim 52, wherein the system includes shop emission interface, and the system obtains product identity information and/or product associated emission information from SEI, and

optionally wherein the SEI system provides greenhouse gas emission information about the product bought in context of buying and optionally wherein the PECD obtains comparative emission data from alternative products from SEI.

54. The system according to any of claims 52, wherein the system includes PETI system, and

optionally wherein the system includes shop emission interface, and the system obtains product identity information and/or product associated emission information from SEI, and/or optionally, wherein the SEI system provides greenhouse gas emission information about the product bought in context of buying and optionally wherein the PECD obtains comparative emission data from alternative products from SEI.

55. The system according to the claim 54, wherein the system involves compensation of product associated emissions in PETI system, wherein the carbon dioxide units are sold by PETI system to consumers using the PECD system for compensation of Daily allowance or Cumulated Balance needs, or wherein the system is programmed to communicate with other PECD devices and it is used for emission trading and/or allocation between emission balances of persons in the same family or household,

optionally wherein

i. SEI is a cash register system;

and

ii. SEI perform the compensation of the quantitative product associated green house gas emission select desired compensation level based on pre-selected criteria;

iii. SEI uses specific customer identification system such as card or bonus system, or use of identification in context of use of credit card or bank card or other payment system involving personal identification;

or

iv. the information of the need of compensation is transferred from SEI to provider of the payment system such as credit company and bank and the further provides emission compensation based on the based on the preselected or programmed criteria or provides customer a possibility for compensation by providing the information to computer, internet portal or mobile device for selection of suitable compensation means.

56. The system according to claim 49, wherein the system further includes:

i. verification means by providing the book keeping information by internet in open access form; and

ii. identity of individual customers is protected by verification codes for each transaction; and

iii. the verification code is a unique string of number/letter/symbols, which is given to the customer in context of transaction with compensation; and

iv. customer may check that the money or equivalent is correctly spent by checking the information provided with the verification code.

57. The system according to claim 49, wherein the system further includes further verification method selected from the group:

verification method wherein the practical compensation event or project is documented by cameras connected to internet (web-cameras) and the information is provided by internet to customer;

verification method wherein the system further includes further verification of compensation by displaying publicly book keeping information on the internet;

verification method wherein the system further includes further verification of compensation by displaying publicly book keeping information on the internet and wherein the internet information is in open access format the identity of individual customers is optionally protected by verification codes for each transaction, if the customer does not specifically wish to provide their public identification information, such as name.

58. The system according to claim 49, wherein the system comprises PETI for compensation of the product associated greenhouse gas emissions and means for electronic shopping and the system is programmed to perform automated or semi automated shopping based on preset criteria about indirect property and optionally other criteria such as price of the product.

59. The system according to the claim 49, for controlling greenhouse effect by transferring information about product associated green house gas emissions of a product comprising a personal PECD-device is virtual device or account, which is located in a shop computer or SEI system or in another shop based computer comprising:

i. an account for cumulative balance for the emission information about the product based green house gas emission data;

ii. a PED database in PECD-device and/or means for contacting an external PED, the PED database containing information about the green house gas emissions normalized per product unit;

iii. means for calculating cumulative balance values about the indirect property; and

iv. an optional external PED-database and the data is represented as a normalized comparable value per product bases, optionally wherein the green house gas emission data is a) the amount of green house phenomenon causing gasses is presented as equivalents of carbon dioxide and b) the data is represented on a display as part or proportion of a daily allowance, wherein the daily allowance is the amount of emission per person which does not lead to increase of greenhouse effect; and

optionally wherein the system includes PETI system or connection to the PETI system, and/or

optionally wherein SEI comprising PECD is a cash register system or another shop computer system connected to cash register system, and

further optionally the SEI system operates including following;

the system obtains product identity information and/or product associated emission information from SEI, and optionally wherein the SEI system provides greenhouse gas emission information about the product bought in context of buying and optionally wherein the PECD obtains comparative emission data from alternative products from SEI;

or

i. SEI perform the compensation of the quantitative product associated green house gas emission select desired compensation level based on pre-selected criteria;

ii. SEI uses specific customer identification system such as card or bonus system, or use of identification in context of use of credit card or bank card or other payment system involving personal identification;

or

iii. the information of the need of compensation is transferred from SEI to provider of the payment system such as credit company and bank and the further provides emission compensation based on the based on the preselected or programmed criteria or provides customer a possibility for compensation by providing the information to computer, internet portal or mobile device for selection of suitable compensation means.