Patents by Inventor Martin A. Sloane

Martin A. Sloane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6434530
    Abstract: An interactive system adapted for use in a shopping venue, comprises: an interactive and intelligent source of information, for example supplemental information related to articles available for selection by shoppers in a shopping venue, and not otherwise available to the shoppers during shopping; and, a plurality of interactive, mobile apparatus which shoppers can move throughout the shopping venue and use for transmitting queries to the interactive source of information and use for receiving information transmitted from the interactive source of information, whereby shoppers can receive information useful for evaluating the articles when making article selection decisions, and at least some of the received information can be formulated to influence the article selection decisions. At least some of the information transmitted to the shoppers can be responsive to the queries. An artificial intelligence unit can evaluate the queries and select information for inclusion in responses to the queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Retail Multimedia Corporation
    Inventors: Martin A. Sloane, Tod Bogan
  • Patent number: 5918211
    Abstract: A system and method for influencing and potentially altering a consumer's purchase decisions at the point-of-purchase in a retail store using a portable bar code scanner that is in constant wireless communication with the store and a retailer/manufacturer's computer/controller. The consumer uses the portable bar code scanner to scan products in the store, and if a scanned product is currently under a promotion, the controller alerts the consumer's portable bar code scanner as to the promotion, so that the consumer can to take advantage of the promotion. In another embodiment, the consumer will be identified before beginning shopping by their frequent shopper card, so that the computer/controller, in communication with the portable bar code scanner, can utilize the consumer's past purchase history and offer the consumer promotional product discounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Retail Multimedia Corporation
    Inventor: Martin A. Sloane
  • Patent number: D612584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Susan Martin Sloane