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US 6,788,202 B2Granted
Customer conversion system
AssigneeAS Innovations LLC
InventorsJon A. Holmes, Steven P. May, Timothy J. Casey
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Abstract
A customer conversion system connects existing, conventional sensors to a point of sale computer or other computer. Entries by people into a retail space so equipped are counted and recorded on a continuous or on a periodic interval basis.
Claims22
A customer conversion system, comprising:
- a data processing unit including a real-time clock and an input, the data processing unit executing instructions to store information relating data received at the input to an output of the real-time clock;
- a first sensor having an output indicative of each activation of the first sensor;
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- a first modular interface unit having an input connected to the output of the first sensor,
- a communication medium connecting the first interface unit to the input of the data processing unit through the communication port whereby the interface unit produces a data signal at the input of the data processing unit indicating in real-time each activation of the first sensor and the data processing unit executes instructions to relate activation of the first sensor to an output of the real time clock.
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In a retail store including sensors which detect a person and a data processing unit including a real-time clock, a customer conversion system, comprising:
- a first interface unit connecting a first one of the sensors to the data processing unit through a communication port connected to a communication medium;
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- wherein the data processing unit comprises a point of sale computer in the retail store, the system further comprising a software program executing on the data processing unit directing the data processing unit to:
- receive in real-time a signal from the sensor through the interface unit, the signal indicating in real-time detection of a person by the sensor,
- time-stamp the signal with a time determined from the real-time clock of the data processing unit,
- store a record of receipt of the signal together with the time-stamp indicating when the signal was received.
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A computer interface product, comprising:
- an interface unit including:
- a first sensor input constructed and adapted to connect to a sensor having an output indicative of each activation of the sensor, and
- a communication port constructed and adapted to connect to a computer outside the interface product, the communication port carrying a signal indicative in real time of each activation of the sensor;
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- a machine readable medium carrying a sequence of instructions for execution by the computer, the sequence of instructions defining a method for the computer to communicate with the interface product including:
- receiving the signal from the communication port,
- relating activities to a time generated by a real-time clock in the computer, and
- storing data indicative of activations of the sensor derived from the signals received and of the time related.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.