Product information system and method using a tag and mobile device

US8833652B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH · CH

Inventors

• Paul B. Rasband · Boynton Beach, US
• Stewart E. Hall · Wellington, US
• Wing K. Ho · Boynton Beach, US
• Mohammad Mohiuddin · Boynton Beach, US
• Nancy Lee Van Nest · Delray Beach, US
• Manjuprakash Rama Rao · Kanchinakote, IN
• Timothy J. Relihan · Boynton Beach, US
• Richard L. Copeland · Boynton Beach, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A product information system including a server having an item database that stores at least one item identifier and corresponding item data for at least one item. Also, the item database is associated with a predetermined vendor. The server also includes a receiver that receives a message including tag data captured from a tag by a portable wireless device. The tag data includes an item identifier. Also, the server includes a processor that operates, in response to the received message, to select item data from the item database that corresponds to the received item identifier. The server also includes a transmitter that transmits the selected item data to the portable wireless device.