Apparatus and method for maintaining a consumer products database
AssigneeGladson Limited
InventorsMichael Spindler, Cyndi Metallo
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to an apparatus and a method for remotely capturing consumer product data and updating a consumer products database by a communication connection. A remote capture station provides data such as images and physical dimensions of consumer products for updating a consumer products database at a home location. This invention also relates to a method for consumer products database management including providing a capture station, engaging a consumer product with the capture station, capturing product data, transmitting the product data, and updating the consumer products database.
Claims23
A method for consumer product database management, the method comprising:
- providing a capture station at a remote location;
- engaging a consumer product with the capture station, wherein the consumer product includes any tangible good that is purchased by a consumer in a retail environment;
- capturing product data from the consumer product using at least one input device, wherein the product data comprises at least one product image and at least one of graphics, bar codes, sounds, heights, lengths, depths, weights, text, nutritional information, ingredient lists, and metadata;
- transmitting the product data from the capture station to a home location;
- updating a database of consumer products with the product data resulting in an updated database of related consumer goods including at least one of groceries, food, health, beauty, electronics, household, apparel, hardware, compact discs, and books;
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- space management data coding and e-commerce data coding to provide a user with a resource for at least one of space management, advertising and e-commerce.
A method for consumer product database management, the method comprising:
- providing a capture station at a remote location;
- engaging a consumer product with the capture station, wherein the consumer product includes any tangible good that is purchased by a consumer in a retail environment;
- scanning a bar code on the consumer product;
- taking at least one digital image of the consumer product;
- measuring at least one digital dimension of the consumer product;
- weighing the consumer product on a digital scale;
- inputting metadata for the consumer product;
- transmitting product data from the capture station to a home location;
- updating a database of consumer products with the product data;
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- space management data coding and e-commerce data coding to provide a user with a resource for at least one of space management, advertising and e-commerce.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.