Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of operating apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a flexible substrate and circuitry fabricated on the flexible substrate to perform data processing. At least one strain detector generates a strain signal which is dependent on a flexing state of the strain detector on the flexible substrate. A strain history control unit samples the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector at a plurality of time points and records a strain snapshot at each time point comprising data dependent on the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector. The data processing performed by the circuitry is dependent on the plurality of strain snapshots recorded.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of operating apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a flexible substrate and circuitry fabricated on the flexible substrate to perform data processing. At least one strain detector generates a strain signal which is dependent on a flexing state of the strain detector on the flexible substrate. A strain history control unit samples the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector at a plurality of time points and records a strain snapshot at each time point comprising data dependent on the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a method for determining a customer preference, the method includes receiving, at a merchant terminal, a customer ID token from a customer identification device; the merchant terminal communicating the customer ID token to a preference storage server which includes a plurality of customer preference records that are associated with one of a plurality of different customer ID tokens. The preference storage server determines a refined set of customer preference records associated with the customer ID token, and communicates, to a merchant associated with the merchant terminal, the refined set of customer preference records.