Proximity device and method for bundling of products and/or services
View Patent ↗A process stores, at a data storage device within a product and/or a product package, data associated with a bundle of products and/or services. Further, the process sends, from a proximity-based device within the product and/or the product package, the data to a mobile device when the mobile device is within a proximity to the proximity-based device.
1. A method comprising:
storing, at a data storage device within a product and/or a product package associated with the product, a server identifier identifying a server that dynamically generates a bundle of products and/or services comprising the product and one or more products and/or services that are distinct from the product based upon a user identifier that is associated with a user profile, the bundle of products being associated with one or more incentives that are dynamically updated based upon the user profile;
detecting, with a proximity-based sensor within the product and/or the product package, presence of a proximity-based reader within a proximity to the proximity-based sensor, the proximity-based reader being within a mobile device; and
activating, with the proximity-based sensor, transmission of the data to the mobile device based upon the detection.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bundle of product and/or services is predetermined.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bundle of product and/or services is dynamically generated.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data includes a server identifier that the mobile device utilizes to request a list of the bundle of products and/or services from a server associated with the server identifier.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a server composes the list of the bundle of products and/or services based upon the product and/or the product package.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a server composes the list of the bundle of products and/or services based upon the product and/or the product package and a user profile.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a server composes the list of the bundle of products and/or services based upon the product and/or the product package and a store profile.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a server composes the list of the bundle of products and/or services based upon availability of the bundle of products and/or services.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises a proximity-based receiver.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the proximity-based receiver is a Near Field Communication receiver.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the proximity is predefined.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bundle of product and/or services includes an incentive particular to the bundle of product and/or services.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the incentive is selected from the group consisting of a discount, a reward, a bonus feature, a bonus product, a bonus service, and bonus content.
14. An apparatus comprising:
a data storage device within a product and/or a product package associated with the product that stores a server identifier identifying a server that dynamically generates a bundle of products and/or services comprising the product and one or more products and/or services that are distinct from the product based upon a user identifier that is associated with a user profile, the bundle of products being associated with one or more incentives that are dynamically updated based upon the user profile; and
a proximity-based sensor within the product and/or the product package that detects presence of a proximity-based reader within a proximity to the proximity-based sensor and activates transmission of the data to the mobile device based upon the detection, the proximity-based reader being within a mobile device.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the bundle of product and/or services is predetermined.
16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the bundle of product and/or services is dynamically generated.
17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the data includes a server identifier that the mobile device utilizes to request a list of the bundle of products and/or services from a server associated with the server identifier.
18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a server composes the list of the bundle of products and/or services based upon the product and/or the product package.
19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a server composes the list of the bundle of products and/or services based upon the product and/or the product package and a user profile.