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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Brett Bracewell Bonner, New Richmond, OH (US);
Christopher Todd Hjelm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Titus Arthur Jones, Hebron, KY (US);
John Edward Osborne, Ii, Indian Springs, OH (US);
Dion Brent Perkins, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory Michael Menz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brett Bracewell Bonner, New Richmond, OH (US);
Christopher Todd Hjelm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Titus Arthur Jones, Hebron, KY (US);
John Edward Osborne, II, Indian Springs, OH (US);
Dion Brent Perkins, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory Michael Menz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for influencing shoppers while they consider making purchasing decisions in a retail establishment. Specifically, the systems and methods for influencing shoppers may occur during a shopper's first moment of truth by transmitting through a communication network one or more influential messages to a handheld wireless electronic device or intelligent shopping cart, which is in close proximity to a shopper during a shopping trip throughout a retail establishment.