Techniques for Checking into a Retail Establishment
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Abstract
Techniques for checking into a retail establishment are provided. A retailer provides a substrate having a magnetic-field encoded tag. A consumer waves the consumer'"'"'s device over the tag to electronically capture the magnetic-field encoded tag. The consumer'"'"'s device is used to communicate the tag to a retailer to validate that the consumer is physically present and now checked into the retail establishment of the retailer.
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
a magnetic-field encoded tag comprises a predefined sequence or series of North and South magnets having varying degrees of orientation and/or strengths, the magnetic-field encoded tag adapted to provide a unique identifier that is associated with a physical location of a particular retailer. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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