Delivery of targeted offers for move theaters and other retail stores
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1. A computer system comprising:
- a first POS computer system, said first POS computer system comprising a central processing unit, memory, a database of information stored in said memory, and a POS terminal, said central processing unit having read write access to said database in said memory, said POS terminal designed to transmit transaction information and one or more customer IDs associated with a transaction to said central processing unit;
stored movie showings data for at least one movie theater store defining movie showings in at least one theater in said at least one movie theater store and stored transactions data defining transactions associated with said at least one movie theater store including at least one of purchase of tickets for showing of movies and purchase of other items sold by said movie theater store;
stored incentive offer criteria including at least one of (1) threshold criteria for determining whether an incentive offer should be communicated to a consumer and (2) terms criteria determining terms for said consumer obtaining an incentive defined by said incentive offer, wherein at least one of said threshold criteria and said terms criteria are applicable to transaction data; and
said POS terminal including (1) a device for reading or inputting data including both an ID of a customer and identity of products or services being purchased by said customer as part of a transaction and (2) a device for communicating information to said customer while said customer is conducting a transaction at said POS terminal.
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Abstract
The invention provides a computer system and methods of use for effecting marketing to customers in movie theater stores and other retail stores including cross-marketing, and marketing based upon aspects of movie showings, and methods of identification and use of transaction data related to the same consumer.
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59 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a first POS computer system, said first POS computer system comprising a central processing unit, memory, a database of information stored in said memory, and a POS terminal, said central processing unit having read write access to said database in said memory, said POS terminal designed to transmit transaction information and one or more customer IDs associated with a transaction to said central processing unit;
stored movie showings data for at least one movie theater store defining movie showings in at least one theater in said at least one movie theater store and stored transactions data defining transactions associated with said at least one movie theater store including at least one of purchase of tickets for showing of movies and purchase of other items sold by said movie theater store;
stored incentive offer criteria including at least one of (1) threshold criteria for determining whether an incentive offer should be communicated to a consumer and (2) terms criteria determining terms for said consumer obtaining an incentive defined by said incentive offer, wherein at least one of said threshold criteria and said terms criteria are applicable to transaction data; and
said POS terminal including (1) a device for reading or inputting data including both an ID of a customer and identity of products or services being purchased by said customer as part of a transaction and (2) a device for communicating information to said customer while said customer is conducting a transaction at said POS terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer implemented method comprising:
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storing movie showings data for at least one movie theater store defining movie showings in at least one theater in said at least one movie theater store storing transactions data defining transactions associated with said at least one movie theater store including at least one of purchase of tickets for showing of movies and purchase of other items sold by said movie theater store;
storing incentive offer criteria including at least one of (1) threshold criteria for determining whether an incentive offer should be communicated to a consumer and (2) terms criteria determining terms for said consumer obtaining an incentive defined by said incentive offer, wherein at least one of said threshold criteria and said terms criteria are applicable to transaction data; and
providing a first POS computer system, said first POS computer system comprising a central processing unit, memory, a database of information stored in said memory, and a POS terminal, said central processing unit having read write access to said database in said memory, said POS terminal designed to transmit transaction information and one or more customer IDs associated with a transaction to said central processing unit, and said POS terminal including (1) a device for reading or inputting data including both an ID of a customer and identity of products or services being purchased by said customer as part of a transaction and (2) a device for communicating information to said customer while said customer is conducting a transaction at said POS terminal.
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44. A computer system comprising:
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a first POS computer system, said first POS computer system comprising a first POS computer system central processing unit, a first POS computer system memory, first POS computer system database of information stored in said memory, and a first POS computer system POS terminal, said first POS computer system central processing unit having read write access to said first POS computer system database in said first POS computer system memory, said first POS computer system POS terminal designed to transmit transaction information and one or more customer IDs associated with a transaction to said first POS computer system central processing unit;
said first POS computer system database storing movie showings data for at least one movie theater store defining movie showings in at least one theater in said movie theater store and transactions data defining transactions associated with said at least one movie theater store including purchase of tickets for showing of movies and purchase of other items sold by said movie theater store;
a second POS computer system for a non-movie theater retail store, said second POS computer system comprising a second POS computer system central processing unit, a second POS computer system memory, a second POS computer system database of information stored in said memory, and a second POS computer system POS terminal, said second POS computer system central processing unit having read write access to said second POS computer system database in said second POS computer system memory, said second POS computer system POS terminal designed to transmit transaction information and one or more customer IDs associated with a transaction to said central processing unit;
said second POS computer system database storing transactions data for transactions including product purchase data for at least one product purchased in a non-movie theater retail store;
stored incentive offer criteria including at least one of (1) threshold criteria for determining whether an incentive offer should be communicated to a consumer and (2) terms criteria determining terms for said consumer obtaining an incentive defined by said incentive offer, wherein at least one of said threshold criteria and said terms criteria depend upon said transaction data; and
said second POS terminal including a device for reading or inputting data including both an ID of a customer and identity of products or services being purchased by said customer as part of a transaction and a device for communicating information to said customer while said customer is conducting a transaction at said second POS terminal. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A computer implemented method comprising:
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providing a first POS computer system, said first POS computer system comprising a first POS computer system central processing unit, a first POS computer system memory, first POS computer system database of information stored in said memory, and a first POS computer system POS terminal, said first POS computer system central processing unit having read write access to said first POS computer system database in said first POS computer system memory, said first POS computer system POS terminal designed to transmit transaction information and one or more customer IDs associated with a transaction to said first POS computer system central processing unit;
storing in said first POS computer system database movie showings data for at least one movie theater store defining movie showings in at least one theater in said movie theater store and transactions data defining transactions associated with said at least one movie theater store including purchase of tickets for showing of movies and purchase of other items sold by said movie theater store;
providing a second POS computer system for a non-movie theater retail store, said second POS computer system comprising a second POS computer system central processing unit, a second POS computer system memory, a second POS computer system database of information stored in said memory, and a second POS computer system POS terminal, said second POS computer system central processing unit having read write access to said second POS computer system database in said second POS computer system memory, said second POS computer system POS terminal designed to transmit transaction information and one or more customer IDs associated with a transaction to said central processing unit;
storing in said second POS computer system database transactions data for transactions including product purchase data for at least one product purchased in a non-movie theater retail store;
storing incentive offer criteria including at least one of (1) threshold criteria for determining whether an incentive offer should be communicated to a consumer and (2) terms criteria determining terms for said consumer obtaining an incentive defined by said incentive offer, wherein at least one of said threshold criteria and said terms criteria depend upon said transaction data; and
reading or inputting data into said second POS terminal including both an ID of a customer and identity of products or services being purchased by said customer as part of a transaction and communicating information to said customer while said customer is conducting a transaction at said second POS terminal.
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