Systems and methods of product interaction recognition using sensors within a tag

US10402887B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH · CH

Inventors

• Mohammad Mohiuddin · Boynton Beach, US
• Hubert A. Patterson · Boca Raton, US
• Melwyn F. Sequeira · Fort Lauderdale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B13/248
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing inventory. The methods comprise: generating sensor data by an Electronic Smart Tag (“EST”); processing, by the EST or a computing device remote from the EST, the sensor data to transform the same into information specifying at least one of a first person's intention with regard to an item to which the EST is coupled and the first person's interest in the item; generating a notification or a recommendation relating to inventory management, based on at least one of the first person's intention with regard to the item and the first person's interest in the item; and providing the notification or recommendation to a second person.