Method of providing a dividend on a transaction based on calculating and providing a third-party discount
First Claim
1. A method of linking a plurality of third-party discounters to a unique customer ID in a retail sales transaction comprising:
- assigning a unique customer ID to a customer;
creating a customer account record associated with the unique customer ID;
adding a plurality of registered third-party discounters to the customer account record;
processing a sale of a good in a sales transaction;
identifying a registered third-party discounter associated with the good;
verifying that the customer is currently registered with the registered third-party discounter associated with the good to ensure a current eligibility of the customer;
applying a predetermined third-party discount to a gross sales price of the good to determine a net sales price for the good; and
collecting a monetary value from the customer equaling the net sales price for the good.
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Abstract
A method of linking a plurality of third-party discounters to a unique customer ID in a retail sales transaction that comprises assigning a unique customer ID to a customer, creating a customer account record that is associated with the unique customer ID, and adding a plurality of registered third-party discounters to the customer account record. The method also includes processing a sale of a good in a sales transaction, identifying a registered third-party discounter associated with the good, and verifying that the customer is currently registered with the registered third-party discounter associated with the good to ensure a current eligibility of the customer. The method further includes applying a predetermined third-party discount to a gross sales price of the good to determine a net sales price for the good, and collecting a monetary value from the customer equaling the net sales price for the good.
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57 Claims
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1. A method of linking a plurality of third-party discounters to a unique customer ID in a retail sales transaction comprising:
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assigning a unique customer ID to a customer;
creating a customer account record associated with the unique customer ID;
adding a plurality of registered third-party discounters to the customer account record;
processing a sale of a good in a sales transaction;
identifying a registered third-party discounter associated with the good;
verifying that the customer is currently registered with the registered third-party discounter associated with the good to ensure a current eligibility of the customer;
applying a predetermined third-party discount to a gross sales price of the good to determine a net sales price for the good; and
collecting a monetary value from the customer equaling the net sales price for the good. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of linking a third-party discounter to a unique customer ID in a retail sales transaction comprising:
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assigning a unique customer ID to a customer;
creating a customer account record associated with the unique customer ID;
adding a registered third-party discounter to the customer account record;
processing a sale of a good in a sales transaction;
determining if the registered third-party discounter offers a discount on the good;
verifying that the customer is currently registered with the registered third-party discounter associated with the good to ensure a current eligibility of the customer;
applying a predetermined third-party discount to a gross sales price of the good to determine a net sales price for the good;
collecting a monetary value from the customer equaling the net sales price for the good; and
incrementing a dividend account balance associated with the customer account record based on the net sales price. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of linking a plurality of drug manufacturers to a unique customer ID in a retail sales transaction comprising:
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assigning a unique customer ID to a customer;
creating a customer account record associated with the unique customer ID;
adding a plurality of registered drug manufacturers to the customer account record;
processing a sale of a drug in a sales transaction;
identifying a registered drug manufacturer associated with the drug;
verifying that the customer is currently registered with the registered drug manufacturer associated with the drug to ensure a current eligibility of the customer;
applying a predetermined drug manufacturer discount to a gross sales price of the drug to determine a net sales price for the drug; and
collecting a monetary value from the customer equaling the net sales price for the drug. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of linking a drug manufacturer to a unique customer ID in a retail sales transaction, comprising the steps of:
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assigning a unique customer ID to a customer;
creating a customer account record associated with the unique customer ID;
adding a registered drug manufacturer to the customer account record;
processing a sale of a drug in a sales transaction;
determining if the registered drug manufacturer offers a rebate on the drug in the sales transaction;
verifying that the customer is currently registered with the registered drug manufacturer associated with the drug in the sales transaction to ensure a current eligibility of the customer;
applying a predetermined drug manufacturer rebate to a gross sales price of the drug to determine a net sales price of the drug;
collecting a monetary value from the customer equaling the net sales price of the drug; and
incrementing a dividend account balance associated with the customer account record based on the net sales price of the drug. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A dividend management system for linking a third-party discounter to a unique customer ID in a retail sales transaction comprising:
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a processor a memory coupled to the processor;
a first software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to assign a unique customer ID to a customer;
a second software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to create a customer account record associated with the unique customer ID;
a third software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to add a registered third-party discounter to the customer record;
a fourth software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to process a sale of a good in a sales transaction;
a fifth software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to determine if the registered third-party discounter offers a discount on the good;
a sixth software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to verify that the customer is currently registered with the registered third-party discounter associated with the good to ensure a current eligibility of the customer;
a seventh software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to apply a predetermined third-party discount to a gross sales price of the good to determine a net sales price for the good; and
an eighth software routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to increment a dividend account balance associated with the customer account record based on the net sales price. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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