System and methods for tracking consumers in a store environment

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20020161651A1
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09935774

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A system for tracking a plurality of product containers in a store environment and generating a track through the store environment representative of a continuous path followed by each of the product containers to a point-of-sale location. The system includes the plurality of product containers and a plurality of identification tags each of which is associated with and uniquely identifies one of the product containers. A plurality of sensors is provided in the store environment each of which has a region associated therewith within which the identification tags are detected. At least one of the plurality of sensors has within its associated region the point-of-sale location. A processor is configured to receive location data from the plurality of sensors and generate the track therefrom.

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PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY THEONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA ATTENTION CHIEF PATENT COUNSEL CINCINNATI OH 45202

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Godsey, Ronald Gary Baltimore, MD 5 173
Haine, Marshall P Reistertown, MD 5 173
Scheid, Mary Elizabeth Rotterdam, NL 5 173

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