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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2008
Applicants:

Kevin D. Almen, Albany, OR (US);

Ronald Tippetts, Corvallis, OR (US);

Phillip S. Burkum, Corvallis, OR (US);

David P. Markel, Albany, OR (US);

Inventors:

Kevin D. Almen, Albany, OR (US);

Ronald Tippetts, Corvallis, OR (US);

Phillip S. Burkum, Corvallis, OR (US);

David P. Markel, Albany, OR (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for electronically assisting a customer through a buying cycle at a product retail location having a product oriented display. The method includes sensing an amount of time the customer is interested in the display. Another operation is determining the customer's stage in a product buying cycle based on the amount of time the customer is interested in the display and displaying product detail based on the customer's stage in the buying cycle. The display can be changed to a subsequent stage in the buying cycle having more time and interaction between the customer and the display.


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