Patent ID: 7934658

Claim:
A method for achieving a tailored content response based upon a product identifier coupled with a user identifier, said method comprising: receiving from a handheld portable electronic device a machine readable indicia wherein at least a first portion of said machine readable indicia pertains to said product identifier and at least a second portion of said machine readable indicia pertains to said user identifier, said user identifier uniquely associated with said handheld portable electronic device; identifying a product in a database based on at least one optimization parameter wherein said product is associated with said product identifier, said database not required to be formatted according to an extrinsic product identification standard; identifying a user profile based on at least one optimization parameter, wherein said user profile is associated with said user identifier, said user profile comprising context information for said user, wherein said at least one optimization parameter is associated with data transfer capabilities of a network; identifying a threshold of said at least one optimization parameter; selecting an amount of data associated with said product and said user profile to be received such that said threshold is not exceeded; and compiling said tailored content response based on said at least one optimization parameter, which is not required to include price information, for said user based upon said product and said context information; and selecting said user profile to be associated with said user identifier by said device automatically utilizing a user identification method selected from the group of identification methods that are received as input at said device including: biometrics, smartcard, selecting a user from a list, password and subscriber identity module (SIM) card.