System and method for control and monitor of sales transactions
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1. A method for monitoring the sale of a product comprising:
- acquiring information pertaining to a potential sale of a product by a merchant to a purchaser;
storing the information in a computer storage medium; and
determining whether the potential sale of the product is outside a predefined threshold limit; and
providing to the merchant an indication of whether the potential sale of the product is outside the predefined threshold limit.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring and controlling the sale of products to customers is disclosed. The system may include a database for storing the information necessary to control and monitor the sale of products. The system may also include one or more user interfaces for interacting with the database, including a merchant user interface, a law enforcement user interface, a healthcare regulator user interface, and/or an administrator user interface. The user interfaces may be any combination of hardware and software that enable the user to submit information to, and view information from, the database in conformance with the user'"'"'s access privileges.
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62 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring the sale of a product comprising:
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acquiring information pertaining to a potential sale of a product by a merchant to a purchaser; storing the information in a computer storage medium; and determining whether the potential sale of the product is outside a predefined threshold limit; and providing to the merchant an indication of whether the potential sale of the product is outside the predefined threshold limit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for monitoring sale of a product comprising:
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receiving information pertaining to a potential sale of a product by a merchant to a customer; evaluating the information in view of a predefined policy relating to the sale of the product; and providing to the merchant an indication of whether the potential sale of the product conforms to the predefined policy. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer for performing the method of monitoring sale of a product, comprising:
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receiving information pertaining to a potential sale of a product by a merchant to a customer; evaluating the information in view of a predefined policy relating to the sale of the product; and providing to the merchant an indication of whether the potential sale of the product conforms to the predefined policy.
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26. A method of monitoring sale of a product comprising:
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collecting information pertaining to a potential sale of a product by a merchant to a customer; submitting the information for evaluation in view of a predefined policy relating to the sale of the product; and receiving an indication of whether the potential sale of the product conforms to the predefined policy. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for notifying an entity whether a customer is attempting to purchase a product in excess of a predetermined limit, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one datum pertaining to an attempted purchase transaction by a customer from a merchant; determining whether the attempted purchase transaction conforms to a predetermined limit on the purchase of the product; and notifying the entity whether the attempted purchase conforms to the predetermined limit. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of accessing a database to obtain information to monitor a sale of a regulated product comprising:
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accessing a database through a user interface, wherein contents of the database are comprised of information identifying at least one regulated product, information identifying at least one merchant who sells the product;
sales transaction records of the at least one regulated product; and
information identifying at least one customer who has purchased the regulated product;using the user interface to implement a search of the contents of the database with respect to the sale of the at least one regulated product; and receiving a result of the search through the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A computer database for monitoring sale of a regulated product, the database comprising:
- at least one regulated product;
at least one predetermined limitation on the sale of the regulated product, identification information of customers who purchase the regulated product, and historical regulated product purchase information for each customer who purchased the regulated product. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
- at least one regulated product;
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