| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 705140370 | At kiosk | 23 |
| 20090292606 | ELECTRONIC OFFER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic offer management system and method thereof is disclosed. In particular, the system comprises means for receiving information related to a plurality of offers distributed by a plurality of different offer distributors to customer for redemption at plurality of stores, means for automatically routing the information related to an offer to a point-of-sale system of each store in which the offer can be redeemed, and means for automatically clearing the offers redeemed by the customer at the stores. The system further comprises means for automatically reconciling financial obligations associated with each cleared offer, as well means for dynamically profiling customers so that improved offer targeting can be achieved. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100174599 | System and method for providing content associated with a product or service - Systems, methods, and devices for providing and managing benefits associated with a product or service are provided. For example, a device for managing benefits associated with a product or service may include a processor configured to run a product benefit management application, a memory device operably coupled to the processor, an electronic display operably coupled to the processor, and an input interface. The input interface may be a near field communication interface configured to receive data associated with at least one benefit associated with the product or service from a radio frequency identification tag associated with the product or service. The electronic product benefit management application may be configured to enable a user of the electronic device to use the at least one benefit. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100262483 | ScSmartCard.com "Revolutionizing how the world eats fast food." Making fast food faster" - SmartCard is a personalized debit card that allows customers to alter their menu at the comfort of their own home while improving their fast food experience. Memory technology through a network linked to our website offers each individual a unique dining experience. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100268591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING THE USE OF FUNCTIONALITY IN ONE OR MORE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES AND SUBSIDIZING THEIR USE THROUGH ADVERTISEMENTS - A system and related method for selectively controlling use of functionality in one or more multifunction devices includes a communications interface in operative communication with a printer and/or a display apparatus. The communications interfaces electronically communicates data with the printer and/or the display apparatus. The data includes a data structure configured to present an advertisement. The data may be print data or image data. The communications interface is operatively associated with an advertisement-credit component which can generate a credit value corresponding to the advertisement. The advertisement-credit component can subsidize multi-function device costs based upon a presented advertisement, e.g., the cost of printing, scanning, faxing, and related consumables including inks, toners and/or papers. The advertisement credit component authorizes use of a predetermined amount of a function with the credit value that corresponds to the advertisement. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100299197 | SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING RETURNS ON REBATED ITEMS AT A POINT-OF-SALE - A system for providing instant rebates to a customer at a point of sale includes a kiosk by which the customer initiates a rebate process by presenting a machine readable document having rebate information generated by a retailer's POS system. The customer may initiate an electronic funds transfer to the customer's account for amount of the rebate due, or alternately receive a printed check or a store card with a credit balance redeemable at the point of sale. The kiosk may report rebates in real time and have additional functionality to assist manufacturers and retailers for other marketing purposes. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100318417 | ENTERPRISE FEMTO BASED KIOSK - Methods and apparatus for employing femto technology in an enterprise kiosk are presented herein. A content component can receive multimedia content from a base station coupled to a core network. Further, a transfer component can wirelessly transfer the received multimedia content to a mobile device utilizing a femto based wireless protocol based on, at least in part, a sale of the received multimedia content. A database component can store the received multimedia content in a data store, and the transfer component can wirelessly transfer the stored multimedia content to the mobile device utilizing the femto based wireless protocol. The transfer component can alternatively record the received multimedia content in a removable data storage device. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110015985 | UNIVERSAL MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION, STORAGE, AND PLAYBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Universal multimedia distribution, storage, and playback systems, devices, and methods are disclosed herein. A media distribution kiosk located at a retail establishment provides a user with access to a multitude of different forms of digital multimedia that may be purchased and downloaded onto a portable media transporter device. The portable media transporter device may then be inserted into a media storage and playback device that is capable of transcoding and storing the media on a hard disk drive. Additionally, the media storage and playback device is capable of transcoding, storing, and playing information residing on various other media formats such as DVD (movies, audio, gaming software), CD, and memory cards. Digital rights management (DRM) security measures employed at the kiosk and at the transporter and storage/playback devices ensure the integrity of the media transferred to the user. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110082739 | FREE SAMPLE ACCOUNT TRANSACTION PAYMENT CARD DISPENSING KIOSK - A free sample account transaction payment card to a user of a kiosk is provided. The method includes receiving a selection of a free sample from a database. Each free sample is associated with an account issued to a sponsor who is financially responsible for the cost of providing the sample to a customer, where the account is acceptable by a merchant for payment for distributing the sample to a consumer. The method further includes retrieving, from the database, to memory in the kiosk, a rendering image and sample information including the account, a quantifier for the sample, and a good or service. The sample information is then written from the memory in the kiosk to a memory location in a free sample account transaction payment card stored within the kiosk and a hard copy of the rendering image is rendered on a surface of the free sample account transaction payment card. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110270669 | PARKING LOCATOR SYSTEM PROVIDING VARIABLY PRICED PARKING FEES - A parking locator system providing variably priced parking includes one or more parking sensors and one or more parking kiosks. The parking sensors may generate parking information identifying one or more occupied parking spaces and one or more unoccupied parking spaces within a vicinity. Promotion information including one or more discounts to parking fees may be received at the parking kiosks. The parking kiosks may display the discounted parking fees and receive payment of the same. The discounts to parking fees may expire at particular times. The size of the discounts may be set based on traffic congestion, which may be determined based on the number of occupied parking spaces within the vicinity. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20130046611 | Method And Apparatus For Recycling Electronic Devices - A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of an electronic device is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with preferably two mirrored, domed hemispheres positioned about a transparent table and cameras for imaging an electronic device placed on the table. Inspection of an About page or a barcode within a battery compartment of the electronic device is performed to determine a value for the electronic device. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130268345 | METHODS FOR AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PRESALE KIOSK - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for providing sales assistance to a Purchaser located within a store location. The present invention includes a Kiosk for fielding inquiries about a product included in the store inventory. A Purchaser may also use a mobile device to receive sales assistance. A Sales Incentive Artifact may be used to encourage a Purchaser to complete a Purchase at the store location. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268346 | SYSTEM TO PROVIDE PRICE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON INDICATED PRODUCT INTEREST - A system to provide price adjustments based on indicated product interest includes reception of an indication from a customer of interest in a first product, reception of an indication from a customer of interest in a second product, determination of a price adjustment for the second product based on the indication of interest in the first product, and transmission of the price adjustment to the customer. By virtue of the foregoing features, a retailer may be willing to provide a price adjustment for the second product which would otherwise not be provided. Moreover, such a price adjustment may incent the customer to purchase the second product in a case that the second product would not otherwise be purchased, thereby potentially increasing a total profit received by the retailer. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140025475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKETING SPONSORED ENERGY SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for a retail energy marketing system including a server interacting with a remote display device, a sponsor, an energy market organization, and a set of financial services companies. The server executes an application for servicing customers while interacting with the remote display device and a sponsor application for sponsors to set up advertising and incentives for the retail energy marketing system. The server also executes a database, an ESI ID lookup application for validating customer eligibility for services and an accounting application for EMO energy usage transactions, EMO invoice transactions, customer bills, customer payments, treatment operations, customer incentives and sponsor commissions. A remote display device is placed at a retail location where customers can sign-up for energy services, view and print their billing and payment histories, and pay their bills. In return for using the remote display device, customers may receive incentives from the sponsor. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140058822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO AN AUTOMATED CONSUMER-INTERACTION EXPERIENCE - A consumer-interaction kiosk features one or more displays (which can comprise touchscreen displays if desired) and a control circuit that operably couples to that display (or displays). Such a kiosk can be located, for example, proximal to or within a retail venue (such as, but not limited to, a grocery store or grocery department of a department or discount store). The content displayed by the kiosk can vary with the needs of the application setting but can include, for example, consumer-attraction content, information-gathering facilitation content, delivered-information content, entertainment content, and so forth. Such a kiosk can also be configured, if desired, to vend for-sale or free consumables (such as free product samples). | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140089077 | CONSUMER OPERATED KIOSKS FOR PURCHASING FRESH FOODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure is directed to consumer operated kiosks for purchasing fresh foods and associated systems and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a consumer operated kiosk can include a temperature controlled compartment for storing an inventory of fresh foods items, a user interface configured to receive user instructions corresponding to selected fresh food items, and a product retrieval system configured to move selected fresh food items from the temperature controlled compartment to a dispensing area. In various embodiments, the consumer operated kiosk can further include a communications facility configured to send transaction information associated with fresh food items purchased at the consumer operated kiosk to a remote computer, and the remote computer can update associated inventory information and store it in a remote database. The remote computer can monitor ages of the fresh food items in the inventory. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140100942 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING PRODUCT SAMPLES - A method of distributing samples to consumers, comprising a kiosk system, a kiosk application and a kiosk. The kiosk system is used to set up the manufacturer and vendor information, to set up a reporting and analytical framework, and to establish communication with the kiosk application and the kiosk. Among other things, the kiosk application is used to locate the kiosk and provide a code to the consumer. The kiosk application may also be used to issue a coupon to the consumer, wherein the consumer redeems the coupon to purchase a variety of the product sample. The kiosk is used to distribute samples. The consumer inputs the code into the kiosk to obtain a sample. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20150081416 | Merchandise Kiosk and Web-Store System and Method - A method of selling products includes displaying web-store information related to a web-store on a consumer-operated kiosk at a location. The method may further include displaying product information with the web-store, in which the product information corresponds to products related to the location of the consumer-operated kiosk and available for purchase by a consumer from the web-store. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150120431 | System and Method for In-Store Printing of Coupons Selected from a Remote Computing Device - A system and method for in-store printing of coupons selected from a remote computing device, such as a smart phone, or a home computer. Users register their mobile phone numbers into the system's web site; once coupons are selected, an access code is sent by SMS (“text message”) to the user's registered mobile phone. The user then goes to a selected store to print the coupons in a dispensing kiosk, using his/her mobile phone number and the access code that was sent to it. Printed coupons expire the same date they are printed, and should be redeemed the same day in the store they are printed. Each coupon will have printed a GS1 databar code containing information that can be used for market analysis purposes. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150317619 | Kiosk Gift Card System and Method - A kiosk gift card system and method for purchasing and redeeming gift cards is disclosed. The system/method includes a gift card distribution kiosk that provides a user with access to a multitude of different forms of gift cards that may be purchased and printed onto customizable gift card stock. The kiosk includes a kiosk processor interface, a gift card dispenser, a card reader, and gift card management server connected to a network. The gift card management server, through the kiosk processor interface, provides vendor options to users to select and pay via the card reader. The kiosk may be used to redeem unused user gift cards for a reduced value user selected gift card, reduced cash value, full value store card, rewards points, bank debit, and/or an electronic code (eCode) towards online user purchases. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150348155 | AUTOMATED PRODUCT OFFERING - Automating a product offering presented in a consumer kiosk application for creating and order consumer photo-related products. An automated product offering system determines in real-time or near real-time the availability of products to be offered to the consumer and adjusts the display on the kiosk GUI to guide the user to select products that are currently available. The product availability may be specific to a location and a retailer hosting the consumer kiosk application. The kiosk GUI display is adjusted in accordance with product advertising and promotional campaigns to guide the user to generate orders for products that offer the best value to the consumer while helping retailers and kiosk operators succeed with advertising campaigns. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160055517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPON STORING AND ACCESS - A system and method of coupon storage and access that integrates coupons from a plurality of sources so that they can all be sorted, accessed and used through a single electronic interface. The system and method of coupon storage and access is embodied on a coupon store and save mobile computer device that comprises a device housing with a display screen, a camera, and a keyboard on its front side. The device housing additionally includes on its sides a backlight manual switch, a first charging port, a second charging port, a locking switch, and a data entry port. Internally, the device housing includes a processor, non-volatile memory, a rechargeable battery, and a Wi-Fi receiver. In use, the coupon store and save device saves and catalogs coupons so that they can subsequently accessed by point of sale devices when it is desired to redeem the coupon. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160110782 | Systems and Methods for Utilizing Hub and Cloud Based Control and Automation in Customer Shopping Experiences and Communication - Systems and methods for utilizing hub and cloud-based control and automation in customer shopping experiences and communication are provided herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a smart hub in two-way communication with each of a plurality of beacon devices over a network, the plurality of beacon devices being arranged in a retail establishment in proximity to a location or a product, the plurality of beacon devices providing visual, auditory, olfactory, or temperature messages that direct a consumer associated with a client device to the location or product, and the client device configured to be a user beacon that allow the smart hub to track and communicate with the user beacon and provide navigation within the retail establishment to the location or the product, the client device providing at least one of visual and auditory output. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160253636 | RECYCLING KIOSK | 09-01-2016 |
