Patent ID: 7789304

Claim:
A system for providing consumer information, the system comprising: a network; a host system in communication with the network; a consumer information device (CID), the CID including: a display; a docking station for mounting the CID to a shopping cart; an antenna for communicating with the network; a bar code scanner; a child lock disabling inputs to the CID when the child lock is activated, the CID receiving messages from the network when the child lock is activated and displaying messages on the display when the child lock is activated; the child lock having a first mode in which the child lock is disabled, a second mode in which the child lock is initially deactivated and a third mode in which the child lock is initially activated, the first, second or third mode being selected in response to a shopper profile, the shopper profile being configured when a consumer initially uses the CID; a locking mechanism for permitting a user to activate or deactivate the child lock.