US 7,924,158 B2Granted

Dynamic updating of product profiles for active lifestyles

AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC

InventorsFrancesca Schuler, Krishna D. Jonnalagadda, Janice M. Danvir

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Abstract

A method and wireless communication device are provided for managing information associated with purchases of active lifestyle products. The method includes receiving a notification (704) indicating a purchase transaction associated with at least one radio frequency ID enabled item. The notification is analyzed (706) and in response to the analyzing a user identifier corresponding to a user related to the purchase transaction is determined (708). A radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item is also determined (710). A wireless device (104) associated with the user is identified based on the user identifier (712). An information set associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item is transmitted (714) to the wireless device (104). The information set includes at least the radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for managing information associated with purchases of active lifestyle products by at least one user, the method with a lifestyle activity information monitoring server, communicatively coupled to a wireless communications system of at least one wireless carrier associated with the at least one user, the method comprising:

receiving, with a lifestyle activity information monitoring server, a notification, from an information processing system, indicating a purchase transaction associated with at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, wherein receiving the notification is independent of reading an RFID tag;
analyzing, with the lifestyle activity information monitoring server, the notification;
determining, with the lifestyle activity information monitoring server, in response to the analyzing,
a user identifier corresponding to a user related to the purchase transaction, and
a radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item;
identifying, with the lifestyle activity information monitoring server, based on the user identifier, a wireless device associated with the user;
and
transmitting, with the lifestyle activity information monitoring server, to the wireless device via the wireless communication system of the at least one wireless carrier an information set associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, wherein the information set includes at least the radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, wherein the information processing system is separate and distinct from the lifestyle activity information monitoring server and the wireless device.

5 more elements

A method for managing information associated with active lifestyle products, the method with a wireless communication device associated with a user of the active lifestyle products, comprising:

receiving, via a wireless communication carrier, an information set associated with at least one radio frequency ID enabled item purchased for use by a user of the wireless communication device, the information set comprising at least a radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item and operational configuration information associated with using the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, wherein the information set is received from one of a merchant, a manufacturer of the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, and the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item;
and
updating, with the wireless communication device, a first database for storing at least information associated with radio frequency ID enabled items to include at least the radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item purchased for use by the user.

A wireless communication device associated with a user of active lifestyle products, the wireless communication device comprising:

a memory;
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;
a lifestyle activity management module communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, the lifestyle activity management module for:
receiving, via a wireless communication carrier, an information set associated with at least one radio frequency ID enabled item purchased for use by a user of the wireless communication device, the information set comprising at least a radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, an indication that the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item includes at least one sensor, and operational configuration information associated with using the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, wherein the information set is received from one of a merchant, a manufacturer of the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item, and the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item;
and
updating, with the wireless communication device, a first database for storing at least information associated with radio frequency ID enabled items to include at least the radio frequency ID associated with the at least one radio frequency ID enabled item purchased for use by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/926,993Filed 29 Oct 2007 · continuation in part
Priority: 27 Dec 2006
Published: US 2008/0157971 A13 Jul 2008
Granted: 12 Apr 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06Q 30/06
Commerce: buying, selling or leasing transactions
G06Q 20/20
Payment architectures: point-of-sale [POS] network systems
G06Q 20/204
Point-of-sale [POS] network systems: comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
G06Q 20/3674
Involving electronic purses or money safes: involving authentication