Computer readable hang tag and product
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First Claim
1. An article of manufacture, comprisinga product displayed for sale to a retail purchaser at a retail site, anda hang tag advertising to the retail purchaser the product, the hang tag comprising a computer readable medium distinct from the product and storing instructions executable by a computing device of the retail purchaser, anda tether suspending the computer readable medium from the product.
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Abstract
A user-computer-readable medium provides all or part of a product labeling system for engaging purchasers. Executables, data, or both are recorded in the medium embodied in a tag or other product labeling structure, in order to deliver to a consumer or purchaser engaging presentations of products, information, or registration templates. As a result, purchasers may receive launchers, browsers, viewers, e-mail systems, facsimile centers, players, or interface brokers for the foregoing, if organically installed already on a workstation of a purchaser. Software may provide catalog presentations, user registration templates, communications, linkers, or engines, and the like. Operation modules and profile builders may provide information over ready links implemented by software on the medium. In certain embodiments, entertainment, games, skill tests, and the like, recorded in the medium as a tag or label may execute to engage a purchaser and provide purchaser profiling information, product purchasing information, and the like to a vendor, while providing additional product information, warranty registrations, applications, entertainment, or the like, to a purchaser.
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24 Claims
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1. An article of manufacture, comprising
a product displayed for sale to a retail purchaser at a retail site, and a hang tag advertising to the retail purchaser the product, the hang tag comprising a computer readable medium distinct from the product and storing instructions executable by a computing device of the retail purchaser, and a tether suspending the computer readable medium from the product.
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16. A system comprising;
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a retail site corresponding to a vendor; an embodiment of a consumer product corresponding to a supplier, the embodiment displayed and offered for sale at the retail site; a tag displaying advertising to a shopper of the retail site, the advertising corresponding to at least one of the vendor, supplier, and consumer product, the tag comprising a computer-readable medium distinct from the consumer product and storing instructions executable by a computing device of the shopper; and a link comprising a mechanical fastener connecting the tag to the embodiment, presenting the advertising visible to the shopper. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a retail site corresponding to a vendor; an embodiment corresponding to a consumer product provided by a supplier, the embodiment comprising the consumer product contained within packaging, the embodiment displayed and offered for sale at the retail site; and a tag distinct from the consumer product and connected to the packaging and displaying, to a shopper within the retail site, advertising corresponding to at least one of the vendor, supplier, and consumer product; and the tag comprising a computer-readable medium distinct from the consumer product and storing instructions executable by a computing device of the shopper. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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Specification
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Current AssigneeEtagz
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Original AssigneeAccelerated Ventures LLC
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InventorsMontague, David
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Primary Examiner(s)Hess; Daniel A
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Application NumberUS11/622,350Publication NumberTime in Patent Office796 DaysField of Search235/487, 235/383, 402/990.1, 705/14, 428/40.1US Class Current235/487CPC Class CodesG06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e....G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentivesG06Q 30/0241 AdvertisementsG06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisementsG06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shop...G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfacesG09F 3/02 Forms or constructions laye...
