Patent ID: 7089322

Claim:
A system for aggregating and analyzing data from a plurality of data generating machines comprising: a plurality of data generating machines each transmitting data pertaining to at least one monitored sales event, said at least one monitored sales event capable of corresponding to a plurality of different products from a plurality of sales, distribution or manufacturing sources effectuated or managed by each of said plurality of data generating machines via at least one of a terrestrial, Internet, satellite, and landline network using at least one intelligent routing device that selects a least cost data transmission path over at least one of said at least one terrestrial, Internet, satellite, and landline network; at least one gateway device positioned between at least one of said plurality of data generating machines and at least one of the terrestrial, Internet, satellite, and landline network, wherein said at least one gateway device enables the transceiver of at least one of said at least one data generating machine and the respective terrestrial, Internet, satellite and landline network to which it transmits to operatively communicate, and wherein said at least one gateway performs a data transmission protocol conversion between at least one first network and at least one second network among said at least one of the terrestrial, Internet, satellite and landline networks; and at least one computer responsively connectable to said plurality of data generating machines via said at least one of a terrestrial, Internet, satellite and landline network, wherein the at least one computer is configured to: receive and cumulatively store the data transmitted by each of said plurality of data generating machines corresponding to a predetermined time period, and including at least one application software program running thereon that analyzes the aggregated data; and transmit to at least one of said plurality of data generating machines one or more audible and/or visual data that contain message content at least partially in response to the analyzed data including a consumer profile.