Patent ID: 7357316
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A retail store, comprising: a store building having responsive environment apparatus; a plurality of trigger event sensors positioned throughout said store building, each of said trigger event sensors comprising a motion, light, sound, video, manually triggered, or radio frequency detector; processing means attached to said responsive environment apparatus and said trigger event sensors, for sensing trigger events associated with a plurality of individual customers, and therefrom actuating said apparatus to provide a separate micro-environment customized to each of said plurality of individual customers; wherein said responsive environment apparatus is adapted to enforce a change event in the vicinity of said individual customers; and wherein said change event is selected from the group consisting of temperature changes, store associate interaction changes, display of how said individual customer purchased in the past, and display of how said individual customer wants information needed to make a decision, delivered.