Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA ON PRODUCT CONSUMPTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999033008
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method for collecting data on individual and aggregate use of various washroom products. The system includes one or more product dispensers having a sensor associated therewith for determining product usage. The sensor communicates usage information to local transmitter which responsively generates a data signal. The data signal is transmitted, such as by wireless techniques, to a central data collection unit. The central data collection unit receives and stores the data signal for later analysis. In exemplary embodiments, usage from a plurality of dispensers can be monitored by a single data collection unit.
Inventors:
GEMMELL BRUCE M
MCCONNELL WESLEY J
OYLER JOHN R
WINDER JAMES A
MCCONNELL WESLEY J
OYLER JOHN R
WINDER JAMES A
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/027387
Publication Date:
November 11, 1999
Filing Date:
December 22, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KIMBERLY CLARK CO (US)
International Classes:
A47K10/34; A47K5/12; A47K10/32; A47K10/36; A47K10/38; A47K10/42; G06F17/40; G06Q20/20; G07F5/18; (IPC1-7): G06F17/40; A47K5/12; A47K10/00
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