Systems and methods for automated mass media commerce

• US 9,811,852 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ttn Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Ttn Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Bryant, Barry, Staudt, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Airapetian, Mila
• Application Number:
  US14/299,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20140297422A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 705 1427
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0253 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders

Abstract

Systems and methods for implementing point of advertising purchasing include using mass media publications configured for or containing service, product or vendor transmittable signals, such as from radio frequency identification tags. In a preferred arrangement, a consumer perceiving an advertisement of the mass media publication may activate a reader in a portable communications device, such as a smart mobile or cellular phone, to receive information from the radio frequency signal associated with the advertisement to identify a vendor, product or service associated with the radio frequency identification. The smart mobile phone or communications device of the consumer may communicate with a system of a vendor across a network to order a product or product information from a system of the vendor over the network by using the information from the radio frequency identification.

Claims

1. A method for taking a wireless request from a consumer over a network based on a human-perceptible advertisement for a product offered by a vendor, the advertisement being associated with at least one transmitter for identification by radio frequency, the transmitter being configured to transmit a wireless identification signal concerning information pertaining to the product, the method comprising:

transmitting from the transmitter the wireless identification signal to a mobile ordering device for initiating an electronic consumer request from the mobile ordering device via a wireless network, the electronic consumer request having electronic information pertaining to the product offered by a vendor;

receiving at a commerce data system including a server the consumer request via the wireless network from the mobile ordering device with the electronic information from the wireless identification signal;

generating a response to the consumer request from the commerce data system, the response including advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product offered by the vendor; and

sending the response to the consumer request by providing, to the mobile ordering device via the wireless network, the advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile ordering device comprises a mobile phone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless network comprises a radio service mobile telephone network.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the wireless network comprises a radio service mobile telephone network.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitter comprises a transponder.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the transmitter is a device that receives signals from the mobile ordering device.

7. The method of claim 2 further comprising completing a purchase order for the product with the mobile phone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless network comprises Bluetooth networking.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic consumer request comprises a purchase order for the product offered by the vendor.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a purchase order for the product offered by the vendor from the mobile ordering device.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking consumer information based on the wireless identification signal.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises a radio network.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is re-programmable for transmitting different identifications.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the mobile ordering device is a mobile phone.

15. A non-transitory processor readable medium, the medium storing programming instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile ordering device, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for making a wireless request from a consumer over a network with a human-perceptible advertisement for a product offered by a vendor, the advertisement being associated with at least one transmitter for identification by radio frequency, the transmitter being configured to transmit a wireless identification signal concerning information pertaining to the product, the method comprising:

receiving from the transmitter the wireless identification signal at the mobile ordering device for initiating an electronic consumer request from the mobile ordering device via a wireless network, the electronic consumer request having electronic information pertaining to the product offered by a vendor;

transmitting to a commerce data system including a server the consumer request via the wireless network from the mobile ordering device with the electronic information from the wireless identification signal;

receiving a response from the server generated with the consumer request from the commerce data system, the response including advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product offered by the vendor; and

displaying the response to the consumer request on the mobile ordering device, the displaying including showing the advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the wireless network comprises a radio service mobile telephone network.

17. The medium of claim 15 wherein the mobile ordering device is a mobile phone.

18. The medium of claim 17 wherein the method further comprises completing a purchase order for the product with the mobile phone.

19. The medium of claim 15 wherein the transmitter comprises a radio frequency identification transponder.

20. The medium of claim 16 wherein the transmitter comprises a radio frequency identification transponder.

21. The medium of claim 19 wherein the mobile ordering device sends signals to the transponder.

22. The medium of claim 16 wherein the wireless network comprises Bluetooth networking.

23. The medium of claim 15, wherein the electronic order request comprises a purchase order for the product offered by the vendor.

24. A system for taking a wireless request from a consumer over a network based on a human-perceptible advertisement for a product offered by a vendor, the advertisement being associated with at least one transmitter for identification by radio frequency, the transmitter being configured to transmit a wireless identification signal concerning information pertaining to the product, the system comprising:

the at least one transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit from the transmitter the wireless identification signal to a mobile ordering device for initiating an electronic consumer request from the mobile ordering device via a wireless network, the electronic consumer request having electronic information pertaining to the product offered by a vendor;

a commerce data system including at least one server, the commerce data system configured to receive the consumer request via the wireless network from the mobile ordering device with the electronic information from the wireless identification signal;

the commerce data system further configured to generate a response to the consumer request from the commerce data system, the response including advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product offered by the vendor; and

the commerce data system further configured to send the response to the consumer request for display on the mobile ordering device by providing, to the mobile ordering device via the wireless network, the advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein the mobile ordering device comprises a mobile phone.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the wireless network comprises a radio service mobile telephone network.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the wireless network comprises a radio service mobile telephone network.

28. The system of claim 24 wherein the transmitter comprises a transponder.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein the transmitter is re-programmable for transmitting different identifications.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein the transmitter is further configured as a device to receive signals from the mobile ordering device.

31. The system of claim 24 wherein the transmitter is re-programmable for transmitting different identifications.

32. The system of claim 24 wherein the transmitter is further configured as a device to receive signals from the mobile ordering device.

33. The system of claim 25 further comprising completing a purchase order for the product with the mobile phone.

34. The system claim 24, wherein the wireless network comprises Bluetooth networking.

35. The system of claim 24, wherein the electronic consumer request comprises a purchase order for the product offered by the vendor.

36. The system of claim 24, wherein the commerce data system is further configured to track consumer information based on the wireless identification signal.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the network comprises a radio network.

38. An advertising system for taking a wireless request from a consumer over a network based on a human-perceptible advertisement for a product offered by a vendor, the advertisement being associated with at least one transmitter for identification by radio frequency, the transmitter being configured to transmit a wireless identification signal concerning information pertaining to the product, the system comprising:

a commerce data system including at least one server, the commerce data system configured to receive a consumer request via a wireless network from a mobile ordering device with electronic information from the wireless identification signal from the transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit from the transmitter the wireless identification signal to the mobile ordering device for initiating an electronic consumer request from the mobile ordering device via a wireless network, the electronic consumer request having the electronic information pertaining to the product offered by a vendor;

the commerce data system further configured to generate a response to the consumer request from the commerce data system, the response including advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product offered by the vendor; and

the commerce data system further configured to send the response to the consumer request for display on the mobile ordering device by providing, to the mobile ordering device via the wireless network, the advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product.

39. A method for taking a wireless request from a consumer over a wireless network based on a human-perceptible advertisement for a product offered by a vendor, the advertisement being associated with at least one transmitter for identification by radio frequency, the transmitter being configured to transmit a wireless identification signal concerning information pertaining to the product, the method comprising:

transmitting from the transmitter the wireless identification signal to a mobile ordering device for initiating an electronic consumer advertisement on the mobile ordering device, the electronic consumer advertisement having electronic information pertaining to the product offered by a vendor;

receiving at a commerce data system including a server a consumer request via the wireless network from the mobile ordering device for advertisement information, the advertisement information associated with the electronic information of the wireless identification signal;

generating a response to the consumer request from the commerce data system, the response including advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product offered by the vendor; and

sending the response to the consumer request by providing, to the mobile ordering device via the wireless network, the advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product.

40. The method of claim 39 wherein the mobile ordering device comprises a mobile phone.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein the wireless network comprises a radio service mobile telephone network.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the wireless network comprises a radio service mobile telephone network.

43. The method of claim 39 wherein the transmitter comprises a transponder.

44. The method of claim 43 wherein the transmitter is a device that receives signals from the mobile order device.

45. The method of claim 40 further comprising completing a purchase order for the product with the mobile phone.

46. The method of claim 39, wherein the wireless network comprises Bluetooth networking.

47. The method of claim 39, wherein the consumer request comprises a purchase order for the product offered by the vendor.

48. The method of claim 39 further comprising receiving a purchase order for the product offered by the vendor from the mobile ordering device.

49. The method of claim 39, further comprising tracking consumer information based on the wireless identification signal.

50. The method of claim 39, wherein the transmitter is re-programmable for transmitting different identifications.

51. The method of claim 50 wherein the mobile ordering device is a mobile phone.

52. A system for taking a wireless request from a consumer over a wireless network based on a human-perceptible advertisement for a product offered by a vendor, the advertisement being associated with at least one transmitter for identification by radio frequency, the transmitter being configured to transmit a wireless identification signal concerning information pertaining to the product, the system comprising:

at least one transmitter configured to transmit from the transmitter the wireless identification signal to a mobile ordering device for initiating an electronic consumer advertisement on the mobile ordering device, the electronic consumer advertisement having electronic information pertaining to the product offered by a vendor;

a commerce data system including a server, the commerce data system configured to receive a consumer request via the wireless network from the mobile ordering device for advertisement information, the advertisement information associated with the electronic information of the wireless identification signal;

the commerce data system further configured to generate a response to the consumer request from the commerce data system, the response including advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product offered by the vendor; and

the commerce data system further configured to send the response to the consumer request by providing, to the mobile ordering device via the wireless network, the advertisement information associated with the electronic information pertaining to the product.

53. The system of claim 52, wherein the transmitter is re-programmable for transmitting different identifications.

54. The system of claim 53 wherein the transmitter is a device that receives signals from the mobile order device.

55. The system of claim 54 wherein the mobile ordering device is a mobile phone.

56. The system of claim 55, wherein the wireless network comprises Bluetooth networking.

57. The system of claim 55 wherein the commerce data system is further configured to track consumer information based on the wireless identification signal.