Interactive display kiosk
AssigneeTrend Solutions Group LLC
InventorLeslie McGwire
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Abstract
An interactive kiosk for displaying one or more accessories. The kiosk includes an accessory interface portion having: a) one or more accessory retainers configured to hold one or more accessories having one or more identifiers located thereon; b) one or more sensing devices configured to receive and/or transmit one or more identification signals to one or more identifiers to identify the presence and/or absence of one or more of the accessories from the one or more accessory retainers and relay one or more status signals; and c) one or more processors in communication with the one or more sensing devices configured to receive and analyze the one or more status signals from the one or more sensing devices.
Claims20
An interactive kiosk system for displaying a plurality of accessories, the interactive kiosk system comprising:
- a) an accessory interface portion having:
- i) a plurality of accessory retainers configured to hold the plurality of accessories, each individual accessory having one or more identifiers located thereon and associated with the each individual accessory, wherein the plurality of accessories are a plurality of jewelry items;
- ii) a base support below and which supports the plurality of accessory retainers thereon or has the plurality of accessory retainers formed on an upper surface;
- iii) one or more sensing devices configured to receive and/or transmit one or more status signals to the one or more identifiers to identify a presence, a movement, an absence, or a combination thereof of one or more of the plurality of accessories from the one or more of the plurality of accessory retainers and relay the one or more status signals, wherein the one or more sensing devices are located below the plurality of accessory retainers, either inside or below the base support;
- iv) one or more processors in communication with the one or more sensing devices configured to receive and analyze the one or more status signals from the one or more sensing devices;
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- b) a graphic interface portion in communication with the accessory interface portion and configured to display information related to one or more accessories of the plurality of accessories, wherein the graphic interface portion is mounted to the accessory interface portion.
A method of operating an interactive kiosk system with a control system comprising:
- a) a user removing one or more accessories of a plurality of accessories from an accessory interface portion of the interactive kiosk, each of the plurality of accessories having one or more identifiers thereon;
- wherein the one or more accessories are one or more jewelry items;
- wherein each of the plurality of accessories have a dedicated accessory retainer;
- wherein the accessory interface portion includes a base support below and which supports a plurality of accessory retainers thereon or has the plurality of accessory retainers formed on an upper surface;
- b) automatically detecting removal of the one or more accessories by one or more sensing devices and transmitting one or more status signals, wherein the one or more sensing devices are part of the accessory interface portion and located below the plurality of accessory retainers, either inside or below the base support;
- c) automatically identifying the one or more accessories removed by one or more processors upon receipt of the one or more status signals;
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- d) automatically displaying information related to the one or more accessories on a graphic user interface, wherein the graphic user interface is part of a graphic interface portion which is in communication with the accessory interface portion and mounted to the accessory interface portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.