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A '''Consumerium buying signal''' travels over the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] to the [[front end user]] of [[Consumerium Services]].
A '''Consumerium buying signal''' travels over the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] to the [[front end user]] of [[Consumerium Services]].


This could be actually experienced by the user in a great many ways.  The [[Signal Wiki]] should have no bias as to how the signal is delivered.  That's the main reason the language IS so abstract right now, actually.
It normally consists of some definitive buying advice, seen by the end user as a [[red light|red]]/[[yellow light|yellow]]/[[green light|green]] traffic-type '''signal''', or as a [[score]] easily translated into a [[price premium]], or as a note in [[Simple English]] about issues with, or merits of, the [[product]] at the [[retail shelf]].


*[[Web browser]] access to the [[Signal Wiki]] would be the default for in-home or in-office use, and might constitute the bulk of [[Consumerium Service access]].  However, it would not reach the actual [[point of purchase]]. This combined with [[Checkout Consumerium]] functionality, where you can grab the id's of products you just bought and take them out on you home or office computer.
Because it is a '''healthy signal''', it can be sent only over a [[healthy signal infrastructure]] such as standard TCP/IP networks, [[Bluetooth]] and AM/FM radio


*We could distribute data on what's in the store in [[book]] or [[leaflet]] form, even customized book form.  You could for instance slide a [[frequent buyer card]] into a slot, and get a printed book with [[price premium]] information customized to you, or generic information like [[score]]s for at least some subset of highlighted products. 
Setting this self-funding up is a task of the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] and probably affects the [[Consumerium License]].
 
:This requires [[friendly retail]] although it might only be minimally friendly, i.e. having released price data for [[intershop comparison]], bragging about its low prices, it's possible to calculate [[score]]s for every product.
 
:[[Coupon]]s might tie in well to this kind of system.
 
*Data might get printed at the [[retail shelf]] [[display card]] or [[leaflet]] someday if some chain or region or nation decides to require it - the first step to [[Consumerium Country]].  This might be a way to positively market [[local food]], for instance, and could work with tie-ins to the [[Slow Food]] people. This requires [[friendly retail]].
 
*Customized and definitive buying advice, seen by the end user as a [[red light|red]]/[[yellow light|yellow]]/[[green light|green]] traffic-type '''signal''', or as a [[score]] easily translated into a [[price premium]], or as a note in [[Simple English]] about issues with, or merits of, the [[product]] at the [[retail shelf]].
 
:These would be expected to enable [[intrashop comparison]] of two products that the user is just about to buy, and it would be possible to get feedback on what you did buy, perhaps, if the [[checkout counter]] cooperates in the system.
 
As a '''healthy signal''', it should be sent only over a [[healthy signal infrastructure]].  These might be standard TCP/IP networks, [[Bluetooth]] or [[radio]].  If it can be an [[audio]] signal, that's good.
 
The exact means of delivery probably depends on the way the system is made [[self-funding]], what [[marketing tie-in]]s are possible, etc..  This is a task of the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] and probably affects the [[Consumerium License]].
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