Method and apparatus for RFID initiated interactive retail merchandising
First Claim
1. A method for motion-detection merchandising comprising:
- associating an identification tag with a product;
detecting the identification tag at a starting location with an identification tag reader;
when the identification tag reader does not detect the identification tag at the starting location, transmitting a signal from the identification tag reader to a computing system;
initiating an event in response to the signal received by the computing system.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method to detect consumer choices of products by use of RFID tags associated with a product and RFID readers to detect movement of the tag, which can initiate a presentation of relevant digital media based on the event and tag detected. The present invention is a new method of utilizing digital merchandising software, and RFID tags or other similar emitter identification tags as a potential input technology. The concept of the present invention can be considered a concept of “reverse RFID”, where the RFID reader and supporting CPU keeps track of tags in proximity to the reader and then triggering events based on separation from reader (i.e. the RFID reader no longer detects the presence of an RFID tag because the tag has been moved out of the range of the reader). The movement of the tag out of the detection range of the reader can be the result of a potential customer picking up a product and removing it from the shelf, where the product has an RFID tag associated therewith.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for motion-detection merchandising comprising:
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associating an identification tag with a product; detecting the identification tag at a starting location with an identification tag reader; when the identification tag reader does not detect the identification tag at the starting location, transmitting a signal from the identification tag reader to a computing system; initiating an event in response to the signal received by the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for reverse-RFID detection merchandising comprising:
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detecting the presence of at least one RFID tag with an RFID tag reader; transmitting a ‘
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signal from the RFID tag reader to a computing system; andwhen the RFID tag reader does not transmit a ‘
present’
signal to the computing system, initiating a first event directed by the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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