RF contact signal detector
US7510123B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/00
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A contact-based system for inexpensively monitoring the presence, location, and timing of various advertising and merchandising materials at a variety of retail facilities has been disclosed. This includes sign holders, display holders, stocking section identifiers, and the like that contain a plurality of contact point sensors that match or mate with contacts positioned on the material to be monitored. Identifying contacts are placed on the material to be monitored at a factory such that when they are inserted into a pre-specified location at a facility, contact is made. The contact data is then decoded data and relayed wirelessly to a device at the facility that in turn relays the data to a remote server to determine if the merchandising materials have been positioned in that facility and at a plurality of facilities at the right place and at the right time.
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