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US 11,759,061 B2Granted
Dynamic product use reporting system
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsFrederick J. Williams, Jr., Stephen Becker
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Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for dynamically adjusting product use reporting schedules for dispensers to increase or decrease the frequency of such reports based on expected product use such as a date the dispenser is expected to be depleted.
Claims9
A product monitoring method comprising:
- receiving a refill alert indicating that a first roll in a primary roll holder has been removed or a housing holding the first roll has been opened;
- determining a stub roll size, by a data processing system, based on a difference between a number of dispenses available from the first roll at a time of a low product alert and a number of dispenses available from the first roll at a time of the refill alert;
- wherein the low product alert indicate that the amount of the first roll is in a threshold range;
- setting, by the data processing system, a size of a second roll in a stub roll holder as the stub roll size, wherein the first roll is the second roll when moved to the stub roll holder;
- determining an expected depletion date for the first and second rolls based on the stub roll size and a size of the first roll in the primary roll holder;
- receiving reports of the numbers of dispenses of the product dispenser according to a reporting schedule;
- adjusting, by the data processing system, the expected depletion date based on the reports of the numbers of dispenses;
- and
- adjusting, by the data processing system, the reporting schedule to increase the frequency of reports in response to determining that the numbers of dispenses exceeds a threshold.
6 more elements
A product monitoring method comprising:
- receiving, at a data processing system, a refill alert indicating a first roll in a primary roll holder has been removed or a housing holding the first roll has been opened;
- determining, at the data processing system, a stub roll size based on a number of dispenses available from the first roll at a time of a low product alert and a number of dispenses available from the first roll at a time of the refill alert;
- setting, at the data processing system, a size of a second roll in a stub roll holder as the stub roll size, wherein the first roll is the second roll when moved to the stub roll holder;
- determining, at the data processing system, an expected depletion date for the first and second rolls based on the stub roll size and a size of the first roll in the primary roll holder;
- receiving, at the data processing system, reports of the numbers of dispenses of the product dispenser according to a reporting schedule;
- and
- adjusting, at the data processing system, the reporting schedule to increase the frequency of reports in response to determining that the numbers of dispenses exceeds a threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.