Patent ID: 9646328
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A47F,G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: at a controller device, receiving data from an input device indicating that a potential customer has entered an interactive range of a product display that includes a plurality of individual products each associated with at least one unique selection indicator device, wherein the at least one unique selection indicator device associated with one of the plurality of individual products is different from the at least one unique selection indicator device associated with others of the plurality of individual products; in response to receiving the data, selecting by the controller device one and only one of the plurality of products positioned within the product display as a selected product; at the controller device, generating a selection signal identifying the selected product positioned within the product display; sending from the controller device the selection signal to the at least one unique selection indicator device that is associated with the selected product positioned within the product display such that only the at least one selection indicator device associated with the selected product is activated; and controlling, by the at least one unique selection indicator device that is associated with the selected product, one or more operations of the selected product in response to the selection signal.