US 7,069,113 B2 · Automatic apparatus, information server, robotic apparatus and commercial transaction method for performing an action based on information

Abstract

The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus (1) which acts autonomously recognizes a bar code (BC) or the like appended to a canned juice (100a) and acts in a predetermined manner. This is only enabled under a predetermined contract made between a product manufacturer and robotic apparatus manufacturer. The contract coverage is that the product manufacturer shall append the bar code (BC) to a specific product while the robotic apparatus manufacturer shall provide a robotic apparatus (1) which can act in a predetermined manner when having recognized the bar code (BC).

Claims9

Dependent claims

A commercial transaction system comprising:

a robot apparatus manager that manages a robot apparatus so that the robot apparatus performs a predetermined action when it detects predetermined information;
a product distributor that acquires the predetermined information relating to a contract made between the robot apparatus manager and the product distributor and appended to a product for sale to a user of the robot apparatus;
and
robot apparatus which detects the predetermined information appended to the product purchased by the user and performs a predetermined action based on the detected predetermined information,
wherein the product is selected from a group consisting of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a CD case or consumable goods.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/616,249Filed 9 Jul 2003 · division

Priority

15 Mar 2002

Published

US 2004/0049317 A111 Mar 2004

Granted

27 Jun 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06K 17/00
Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two
G06Q 20/10
Payment architectures: specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
G06Q 20/102
Specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems: bill distribution or payments
G06Q 20/3674
Involving electronic purses or money safes: involving authentication

Automatic apparatus, information server, robotic apparatus and commercial transaction method for performing an action based on information

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Automatic apparatus, information server, robotic apparatus and commercial transaction method for performing an action based on information

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