System and method providing customer incentive to purchase fuel at a store
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Abstract
A system and computer-implemented method of providing an incentive for a customer to purchase fuel at a store that sells products or services and fuel. The system detects that the customer purchased a threshold quantity of fuel in a first visit to the store, and provides the customer with a first reward entitling the customer to a first amount of free fuel, a rebate of a portion of the total purchase price of the fuel, or a reduced price or free non-fuel product or service. The system then detects that the customer purchased additional fuel in a second visit to the store, and provides the customer with a second reward.
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95 Claims
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1-75. -75. (canceled)
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76. A computer-implemented method of providing an incentive for a customer to purchase fuel at a store, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining the quantity of fuel purchased during an initial fueling transaction by the customer; and upon determining that the customer purchased a threshold quantity of fuel, issuing a reward to the customer entitling the customer to a rebate of a portion of the total purchase price of the fuel. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A computer-implemented method of providing an incentive for a customer to purchase fuel at a store, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining the quantity of fuel purchased during an initial fueling transaction by the customer; and upon determining that the customer purchased a threshold quantity of fuel, issuing a reward to the customer entitling the customer to a non-fuel product or service at a reduced price or free. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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92. A computer-implemented method of providing an incentive for a customer to purchase fuel at any one of a plurality of affiliated stores, said method comprising the steps of:
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networking the plurality of affiliated stores with a central database; recording in the database, a customer identifier each time a customer purchases fuel at one of the affiliated stores; determining whether the customer has purchased a threshold quantity of fuel at the affiliated stores a threshold number of times; and providing the customer with a reward upon determining that the customer has purchased the threshold quantity of fuel at the affiliated stores the threshold number of times. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94)
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95. A system for providing an incentive for a customer to purchase fuel at a store, said system comprising:
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means for determining that the customer purchased a threshold quantity of fuel during an initial fueling transaction; and means for issuing a reward to the customer in response to determining that the customer purchased the threshold quantity of fuel, wherein the reward is selected from a group consisting of; a rebate of a portion of the total purchase price of the fuel; a free or reduced price non-fuel product in the store; a free or reduced price carwash; and a free or reduced price product or service provided by a merchant associated with the store through a cross-marketing agreement.
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