Patent ID: 7999686

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