System and method for offering awards to patrons of an establishment
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting awards to be offered to patrons of an establishment, the method comprising:
- maintaining a patron database storing patron information relating to a plurality of patrons and historical transaction information involving said patrons;
monitoring substantially current transaction activity of at least a first patron of said plurality of patrons;
assigning a profile to said first patron based at least upon portions of said historical transaction information pertinent to said first patron and said current transaction activity; and
matching an award to said profile.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method for selecting awards to be offered to patrons of an establishment. The inventive system is configured to maintain a patron database storing patron information relating to a plurality of patrons and historical transaction information involving the patrons. The system also monitors substantially current transaction activity of patrons. The system assigns a profile to patrons based upon the historical transaction information pertinent to the respective patrons and the current transaction activity of the respective patrons. The system then matches awards to the profiles of the respective patrons.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for selecting awards to be offered to patrons of an establishment, the method comprising:
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maintaining a patron database storing patron information relating to a plurality of patrons and historical transaction information involving said patrons;
monitoring substantially current transaction activity of at least a first patron of said plurality of patrons;
assigning a profile to said first patron based at least upon portions of said historical transaction information pertinent to said first patron and said current transaction activity; and
matching an award to said profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20)
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10. A method of award offering comprising:
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maintaining a patron database storing patron information relating to a plurality of patrons of an establishment and historical transaction information involving said patrons;
monitoring substantially current transaction activity of said plurality of patrons;
regularly assigning profiles to said plurality of patrons based upon said historical transaction information and said current transaction activity;
matching awards to ones of said profiles; and
offering said awards to ones of said plurality of patrons assigned to said ones of said profiles. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of award offering comprising:
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receiving a description of an award, said award being associated with a profile assigned to a patron of an establishment based at least in part upon substantially real-time transaction activity of said patron;
receiving a script containing information relating to conveyance of said award; and
offering said award to said patron and conveying said information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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21. A computer-implemented patron award system comprising:
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a patron database in which is maintained patron information relating to a plurality of patrons and historical transaction information involving said patrons;
a current activity database for storing substantially current transaction activity information for said plurality of patrons;
a server unit operatively connected to said patron database and said current activity database, said central server including a processor and a memory associated with said processor wherein said memory further includes;
a profile assignment module executable by said processor, said profile assignment module being disposed to regularly assign profiles to said plurality of patrons;
an award matching module executable by said processor, said award matching module operating to match awards to ones of said profiles. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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