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Personalized transaction assistance with sensor networks

  • US 7,427,023 B2
  • Filed: 10/27/2005
  • Issued: 09/23/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a sensor network including a plurality of sensor nodes distributed over a region, each sensor node monitoring availability information indicating whether items for sale within a vicinity of the sensor node are in stock via wireless communication with the vicinity;

    a memory in communication with the sensor network that stores availability information from the sensor network; and

    a user-detecting node that includes one of the plurality of sensor nodes within the sensor network, the user-detecting node comparing the availability information from the memory with a user preference list obtained from a mobile device within a vicinity of the user-detecting node, and outputting the user preference list and a preference-matched subset to another one of the plurality of sensor nodes, the user preference list including items for purchase, and the preference-matched subset including at least one of the items for sale coinciding with the items for purchase.

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