Claims:
WE CLAIM
1. A method for predicting a time instant for providing one or more promotions to a user, the method comprising:
detecting, by a monitoring device, a movement event associated with an object using one or more sensors;
initializing, by the monitoring device, capturing of audio data of a user in contact with the object on detection of the movement event;
determining, by the monitoring device, an emotion, associated with the object, of the user based on the audio data; and
predicting in real time, by the monitoring device, a time instant at which one or more promotions are provided to the user based on the determined emotion and the audio data.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device is attached to the object.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of an accelerometer, a location sensor, a proximity sensor, a pressure sensor, or a light sensor.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining a time duration for which the audio data is captured based on at least one of accelerometer data obtained from the accelerometer, location sensor data obtained from the location sensor, and proximity sensor data obtained from the proximity sensor, wherein the one or more promotions are provided to the user based on the determined time duration.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the capturing of the audio data of the user in contact with the object is performed until the object is detected to be idle for a predefined period of time based on data from the one or more sensors.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement event is detected based on one of:
determining accelerometer data, associated with the object, is greater than a pre-defined threshold, or
determining a change in a location of the object based on location data.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more promotions are displayed to the user on a display screen of the monitoring device.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the one or more promotions to be provided to the user based on at least one of the determined emotion, one or more pre-defined locations, a pre-defined sale target, and historical behavior, associated with the object, of a plurality of users.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting the time instant of providing the one or more promotions is based on the determined emotion of the user at a location.
10. A monitoring device to predict a time instant to provide one or more promotions to a user, the monitoring device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to:
detect a movement event associated with an object using one or more sensors;
initialize capturing of audio data of a user in contact with the object on detection of the movement event;
determine an emotion, associated with the object, of the user based on the audio data; and
predict in real time a time instant at which one or more promotions are provided to the user based on the determined emotion and the audio data.
11. The monitoring device of claim 10, wherein the monitoring device is attached to the object.
12. The monitoring device of claim 10, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of an accelerometer, a location sensor, a proximity sensor, a pressure sensor, or a light sensor.
13. The monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a time duration for which the audio data is captured based on at least one of accelerometer data obtained from the accelerometer, location sensor data obtained from the location sensor, and proximity sensor data obtained from the proximity sensor, wherein the one or more promotions are provided to the user based on the determined time duration.
14. The monitoring device of claim 10, wherein the capturing of the audio data of the user in contact with the object is performed until the object is detected to be idle for a predefined period of time.
15. The monitoring device of claim 10, wherein the movement event is detected based on one of:
determining accelerometer data, associated with the object, is greater than a pre-defined threshold, or
determining a change in a location of the object based on location data.
16. The monitoring device of claim 10, wherein the one or more promotions are displayed to the user on a display screen of the monitoring device.
17. The monitoring device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to select the one or more promotions to be provided to the user based on at least one of the determined emotion, one or more pre-defined locations, a pre-defined sale target, and historical behavior, associated with the object, of a plurality of users.
18. The monitoring system of claim 10, wherein predicting the time instant of providing the one or more promotions is based on the determined emotion of the user at a location.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing a computer comprising one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
detecting a movement event associated with an object using one or more sensors;

initializing capturing of audio data of a user in contact with the object on detection of the movement event;
determining an emotion, associated with the object, of the user based on the audio data; and
predicting in real time, a time instant at which one or more promotions are provided to the user based on the determined emotion and the audio data.

Dated this 23rd day of December, 2016

Swetha SN
Of K&S Partner
Agent for the Applicant
, Description:TECHNICAL FIELD

The present subject matter is related, in general to retail product monitoring systems, and more particularly, but not exclusively to a method and a system for predicting a time instant for providing promotions to a user.