System for tracking and analyzing consumption

• US 10,269,038 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2017
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
• Inventors: Dunn, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Hongmin
• Application Number:
  US15/495,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20170228770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0242 Determining effectiveness of advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0246 Traffic
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/04 Structural and physical details of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/006 Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309

Abstract

A system for tracking and analyzing consumption of consumer goods is disclosed. A transparent electronic display displays advertising content and a sensor tracks whether any of the consumer goods have been selected. A CPU in electrical communication with the sensor and the transparent electronic display stores consumption data regarding the content displayed on the transparent electronic display when the sensor detects that any of the consumer goods have been selected.

Claims

1. A system for tracking and analyzing consumption of consumer goods comprising:

a display case configured to showcase the consumer goods;

an access panel forming at least a portion of the display case;

a transparent electronic display forming at least a portion of the access panel;

a sensor configured to detect whether the access panel is open; and

a CPU in electrical connection with the transparent electronic display and the sensor;

wherein the CPU is configured to store consumption data indicating the content displayed on the transparent electronic display when the access panel is opened.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless transmitter/receiver in electrical connection with the CPU; and

an operations center;

wherein the CPU transmits consumption data to the operations center via the wireless transmitter/receiver.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein:

the operations center comprises a second CPU configured to calculate a current average of the number of times the access panel has been opened over a specified period of time.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the second CPU is configured to compare the current average with a historical average of the number of times the access panel has been opened

over a second specified period of time.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein:

the operations center is configured to store data regarding the content displayed on the transparent electronic display when the current average exceeds the historical average.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the consumption data comprises the time and date the access panel was opened.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the consumption data comprises an identifier for the content displayed on the transparent electronic display when the access panel was opened.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a front transparent panel; and

a rear transparent panel;

wherein the transparent electronic display is sandwiched between the front transparent panel and the rear transparent panel.