Incentives based upon active key sniffing
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1. A computer network implemented method comprising:
- transmitting a lookup table in association with a store identification from a POS central computer to an incentive central computer;
transmitting said lookup table from said incentive central computer to an incentive local computer for a store associated with said store identification; and
converting in said local incentive computer POS terminal data signals propagating on a sniffer line to product codes based at least in part on said lookup table stored in said local incentive computer.
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Abstract
A method and system for issuing incentives based on pressing certain mechanical or virtual keys on a POS system where such keys correspond to products, totals, sub-totals and other functions normally associated with a POS keyboard and the location of such keys are in a constant state of flux. A system and method for harvesting the information that describes the name and location of keys and using this information to issue incentives to a consumer at the POS terminal.
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1. A computer network implemented method comprising:
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transmitting a lookup table in association with a store identification from a POS central computer to an incentive central computer;
transmitting said lookup table from said incentive central computer to an incentive local computer for a store associated with said store identification; and
converting in said local incentive computer POS terminal data signals propagating on a sniffer line to product codes based at least in part on said lookup table stored in said local incentive computer. - 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, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 89)
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44. A computer network system comprising:
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a POS central computer;
an incentive central computer;
a POS terminal;
an incentive local computer;
a sniffer line;
a lookup table data structure associating data signals with product codes;
wherein said POS central computer is configured to transmit a lookup table having said lookup table data structure in association with a store identification to said incentive central computer;
wherein said incentive central computer is configured to transmit said lookup table to said incentive local computer for a store associated with said store identification; and
wherein said local incentive computer converts POS terminal data signals propagating on said sniffer line to product codes based at least in part on data stored in said lookup table stored in said local incentive computer. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90)
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87. A computer network implemented system comprising:
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structure for transmitting a lookup table in association with a store identification from a POS central computer to an incentive central computer;
structure for transmitting said lookup table from said incentive central computer to an incentive local computer for a store associated with said store identification; and
structure for converting in said local incentive computer POS terminal data signals propagating on a sniffer line to product codes based at least in part on said lookup table stored in said local incentive computer.
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88. A computer network implemented system comprising:
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means for transmitting a lookup table in association with a store identification from a POS central computer to an incentive central computer;
means for transmitting said lookup table from said incentive central computer to an incentive local computer for a store associated with said store identification; and
means for converting in said local incentive computer POS terminal data signals propagating on a sniffer line to product codes based at least in part on said lookup table stored in said local incentive computer.
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