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Integration of customer-stored information with media enabled shopping systems

a technology of shopping cart and customer-stored information, applied in the field of media-enabled shopping cart system, can solve the problems of difficult measurement of advertising efficacy, little assurance that consumers will actually see advertisements, and the traditional shopping cart is an underutilized advertising medium

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-02
MEDIA CART HLDG
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"The patent describes a shopping cart system that uses technology to display advertisements for products based on the location of the shopping cart within a store. The system includes a read component for scanning the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining the cart's location, and a display component for showing advertisements for products based on their location relative to the cart. This technology allows for targeted advertisements to be displayed to customers as they move around the store, improving the shopping experience."

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In today's media market, measuring efficacy of advertising is difficult.
Advertisers are spending billions of dollars on television, radio, and print with little return on investment, and they have little assurance that consumers will actually see advertisements, much less make purchasing decisions impacted by them.
To wit, the traditional shopping cart is an underutilized advertising medium.

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[0050]It should be understood at the outset that although certain exemplary implementations of embodiments of the present disclosure is illustrated below, the present system may be implemented using any number of techniques, whether currently known or in existence. The present disclosure should in no way be limited to the exemplary implementations, drawings, and techniques illustrated below, including the exemplary designs and implementations illustrated and described herein.

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[0051]FIG. 1 is a side view, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3A is a rear view of a shopping cart 10 having a basket 20 attached to a frame 30. The frame 30 further comprises a base 35 having base side members 32, 33 and front base member 34 extending between the base side members 32, 33 at the front or nose 45 of the cart. The frame 30 further comprises side members 16, 17 extending upward from the base 35 on each side of the shopping cart 10. At the rear 25 of the cart, a hand...

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Abstract

A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present disclosure is directed to a media enhanced shopping cart system, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a system and method for providing information such as advertising to a consumer as a shopping cart is navigated within a store.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In today's media market, measuring efficacy of advertising is difficult. Advertisers are spending billions of dollars on television, radio, and print with little return on investment, and they have little assurance that consumers will actually see advertisements, much less make purchasing decisions impacted by them. Thus, advertisers and stores are constantly searching for new and related advertising venues, and in particular those positioned at, or in close proximity to, the point of purchase location. To wit, the traditional shopping cart is an underutilized advertising medium. The shopping cart is the one venue that continually moves with the consumer as they navig...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/00
CPCB62B3/1408B62B3/142B62B3/1424B62B5/0096G06Q30/02G06Q30/0633B62B2501/065
Inventor STAWAR, SAULSINGLETON, CODYAYLOR, BRET
Owner MEDIA CART HLDG
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