Container and process for monitoring and recordal of product information
First Claim
1. A portable reusable container for transporting household products, which comprises therein one or more readable identification means, the identification means comprising an updatable electronic intelligent tag adapted to be reprogrammable with information related to one or more household products consisting of detergents and cleaning products stored in the portable reusuable container, the container comprising collapsible portion below a rigid upper portion, the collapsible portion having an impermeable interior for receiving the household products stored therein.
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Abstract
A reusable container which comprises therein one or more electronically and/or optically readable identification means; and a process for the monitoring and recordal of product information during the filling or refilling of a reusable container, which comprises reading an electronic and/or optical identification means on said reusable container and storing the information obtained therefrom in a storage means that is capable of being interrogated to extract and optionally process said information. The information can include customer data, such as buying frequency, quantity, product type, produce customisation characteristics, and/or other consumer related data.
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23 Claims
- 1. A portable reusable container for transporting household products, which comprises therein one or more readable identification means, the identification means comprising an updatable electronic intelligent tag adapted to be reprogrammable with information related to one or more household products consisting of detergents and cleaning products stored in the portable reusuable container, the container comprising collapsible portion below a rigid upper portion, the collapsible portion having an impermeable interior for receiving the household products stored therein.
- 6. A container for providing information, comprising a portable reusable container for transporting household products, an identification means comprising an adaptable electronic intelligent tag coupled to the reusable container, and one or more fill apertures for refilling the reusable container with one or more household products consisting of detergents and cleaning products, wherein the electronic intelligent tag is adapted to be reprogrammed with information regarding the household products stored in the container.
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9. A process for the monitoring and recordal of household product information during filling or refilling of a portable reusable container for transporting one or more household products, comprising:
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(a) reading an identification means comprising an adaptable electronic intelligent tag on the reusable container during filling or refilling of a reusable container with the household products consisting of detergents and cleaning products, the container comprising a collapsible portion having an impermeable interior for receiving the household products stored therein; and
(b) storing the information obtained therefrom in a storage means that is capable of being interrogated to extract and optionally process the information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19)
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16. A process for using an identification means, comprising:
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(a) providing one or more identification means comprising an adaptable electronic intelligent tag with a portable reusable container for transporting household products the container comprising collapsible portion having an impermeable interior for receiving the household products consisting of detergents and cleaning products stored therein; and
(b) monitoring and recording household product information using the adaptable electronic intelligent tag during a refilling of the reusable container with one or more household products. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 20, 21)
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22. A reusable container for household products, which comprises therein one or more readable identification means, the identification means comprising an updatable electronic intelligent tag adapted to be reprogrammable with information related to one or more household products stored in the reusuable container, the container comprising an exterior collapsible portion below the rigid upper portion, the reusable container comprising one or more fill apertures and one or more dispense apertures, the fill apertures being remotely positioned on the container in relation to the dispense apertures.
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23. A process for the monitoring and recordal of household product information during filling or refilling of a reusable container with one or more household products, comprising:
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(a) reading an identification means comprising an adaptable electronic intelligent tag on the reusable container during filling or refilling of a reusable container with the household products; and
(b) storing the information obtained therefrom in a storage means that is capable of being interrogated to extract and optionally process the information, the reusable container comprising one or more fill apertures and one or more dispense apertures, the fill apertures being remotely positioned on the container in relation to the dispense apertures.
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