Biometric system and method for identifying a customer upon entering a retail establishment
First Claim
1. A method of biometrically identifying a customer of a retail establishment to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience, comprising:
- obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of a customer using a biometric sensing device;
retrieving shopping history related information for said customer based on said biometric profile;
providing the customer with one or more items that facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience, the one or items based on the shopping history related information.
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Abstract
A method of biometrically identifying a customer of a retail or non-retail establishment to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience. The method includes obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of a customer using a biometric sensing device; retrieving shopping history related information for the customer based on the biometric profile; and providing the customer with one or more items that facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience such as coupons, a shopping list, and/or a map showing the physical location of shopping list items in the retail establishment, the one or items based on the shopping history related information.
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57 Claims
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1. A method of biometrically identifying a customer of a retail establishment to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience, comprising:
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obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of a customer using a biometric sensing device;
retrieving shopping history related information for said customer based on said biometric profile;
providing the customer with one or more items that facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience, the one or items based on the shopping history related information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52)
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26. A system for biometrically identifying a customer of a retail establishment to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience, comprising:
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a biometric sensing device adapted to convert a biometric characteristic of a customer of the retail establishment into a representative biometric profile; and
a computer coupled to said biometric sensing device and adapted to retrieve shopping history related information for said customer based on said biometric profile and provide the customer with one or more items that facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience, the one or items based on the shopping history related information.
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49. A method of registering a biometric characteristic and identifying a customer, comprising:
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registering a biometric characteristic of a customer comprising the steps of;
obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of a customer using a biometric sensing device;
obtaining payment information from said customer;
associating and storing said biometric profile and payment information for said customer;
biometrically identifying the customer to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience comprising the steps of;
obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of a customer using a biometric sensing device;
retrieving shopping history related information for said customer based on said biometric profile;
providing the customer with one or more coupons, a shopping list that may indicate the physical location of shopping list items in the retail establishment, and/or a map indicating the physical location of shopping list items in the retail establishment to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience.
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53. A method of registering a biometric characteristic, identifying a customer, and checkout at a retail establishment, comprising:
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registering a biometric characteristic of a customer comprising the steps of;
obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of a customer using a biometric sensing device;
obtaining payment information from said customer;
associating and storing said biometric profile and payment information for said customer;
biometrically identifying the customer to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience comprising the steps of;
obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of a customer using a biometric sensing device;
retrieving shopping history related information for said customer based on said biometric profile;
providing the customer with one or more coupons, a shopping list that may indicate the physical location of shopping list items in the retail establishment, and/or a map indicating the physical location of shopping list items in the retail establishment to facilitate or enhance the customer'"'"'s shopping experience;
biometrically checking out of the retail establishment comprising the steps of;
obtaining a biometric profile representative of a biometric characteristic of the customer using a biometric sensing device;
retrieving payment information for said customer based on said biometric profile; and
paying for one or more items using said payment information. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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