Patent ID: 7791490

Claim:
An interactive packaging system for monitoring usage of a plurality of personal hygiene products, personal hygiene product packages, and restroom facilities, the interactive packaging system comprising: a plurality of usage monitoring devices each configured to detect physical stimulus associated with the usage of the product, package or facility with which the usage monitoring device is associate, and to transmit usage messages containing information relating to the detected physical stimulus; and a base station configured to receive the usage messages transmitted by the plurality of usage monitoring devices and to generate sensory perceptible outputs corresponding to the information contained in the usage messages, wherein one of the usage monitoring devices and the base station is configured to determine whether the usage of the product, package or facility associated with a usage monitoring device is an appropriate usage based on the physical stimulus detected at the corresponding usage monitoring; and wherein one of the usage monitoring devices is associated with a personal hygiene product package having a pump for dispensing a liquid personal hygiene product disposed therein and having a pump movement sensor operatively coupled to the base station, the pump movement sensor being configured to detect movement of the pump to dispense a portion of the liquid personal hygiene product disposed in the package, and to transmit a sensor output signal corresponding to the amount of pump movement detected by the sensor, and wherein the base station is programmed to receive the sensor output signals from the pump movement sensor, to calculate the amount of the liquid personal hygiene product dispensed from the package based on the sensor output signals received from the pump movement sensor.