Method and system for building a database for use with selective incentive marketing in response to customer shopping histories
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1. A system for performing targeted marketing on shopping customers comprising:
- a device for entering a customer'"'"'s account number as a unique customer identification code;
a terminal for entering data relating to the customer'"'"'s shopping transactions, said transaction data including at least each customer'"'"'s purchased products;
means for creating a database of the store'"'"'s customers'"'"' account and transaction data in response to said device and terminal;
circuitry for generating a signal upon entry of the account number of customers whose previously purchased products at the store meet predetermined shopping history criteria; and
a coupon printer for dispensing a sales promotion to the customer at the point of sale during a customer'"'"'s checkout in response to said signal, said sales promotion being efficiently directed toward only the class of customers who meet said predetermined shopping history criteria, and such that validity of said sales promotion is contingent upon a customer meeting a predetermined future shopping criteria.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for customer promotion. A terminal enters a customer'"'"'s identification code, along with customer transaction data, at a point of sale. A memory stores a database of previously entered customer identification codes and transaction data. Circuitry is provided for generating a signal representative of a customer'"'"'s shopping history, wherein incentive coupons may be issued to customers in dependence upon the signal.
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1. A system for performing targeted marketing on shopping customers comprising:
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a device for entering a customer'"'"'s account number as a unique customer identification code; a terminal for entering data relating to the customer'"'"'s shopping transactions, said transaction data including at least each customer'"'"'s purchased products; means for creating a database of the store'"'"'s customers'"'"' account and transaction data in response to said device and terminal; circuitry for generating a signal upon entry of the account number of customers whose previously purchased products at the store meet predetermined shopping history criteria; and a coupon printer for dispensing a sales promotion to the customer at the point of sale during a customer'"'"'s checkout in response to said signal, said sales promotion being efficiently directed toward only the class of customers who meet said predetermined shopping history criteria, and such that validity of said sales promotion is contingent upon a customer meeting a predetermined future shopping criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for performing targeted marketing on shopping customers comprising:
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means for entering a customer'"'"'s account number as a unique customer identification code; a terminal for entering data relating to the customer'"'"'s shopping transactions, said data including at least each customer'"'"'s purchased products; means for creating a database of the store'"'"'s customers'"'"' account number and transaction data in response to said entering means and terminal; circuitry for generating a signal upon entry of the account number of customers whose previously purchased products at the store meet predetermined shopping history criteria; and means responsive to said signal for dispensing a sales promotion to the customers at the point of sale during a customer'"'"'s checkout, wherein said sales promotion is efficiently directed toward only the customers who meet said predetermined shopping history criteria, and wherein validity of said sales promotion is contingent upon a customer meeting a predetermined future shopping criteria. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for performing targeted marketing on shopping customers comprising:
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a device for entering the account code of a plurality of payment instruments from a plurality of different financial institutions for use as a unique customer identification code in response to the presentation of a customer'"'"'s payment instrument at the point of sale; a terminal for entering data relating to the customer'"'"'s shopping habits, said data including at least each customer'"'"'s purchased products; a processor for creating a database of the store'"'"'s customers'"'"' transaction data and account codes in response to said device and terminal; circuitry for generating a signal upon entry of account codes of customers whose previously purchased products at the store meet predetermined shopping history criteria in shopping visits prior to the current visit; and circuitry responsive to said signal for effecting sales promotion to said customers at the point of sale during a customer'"'"'s checkout, wherein said sales promotion is efficiently directed toward the customers who meet said predetermined shopping history criteria. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 91)
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46. A system for customer promotion comprising:
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a terminal for entering a customer'"'"'s identification code from a payment instrument presented by the customer, along with customer transaction data, at the point of sale, wherein said transaction data includes at least each customer'"'"'s purchased products; a memory for storing a database of previously entered customer identification codes and transaction data for a plurality of customers; and circuitry for generating a signal representative of a customer'"'"'s shopping history, wherein incentives may be issued to customers during a current shopping visit whose transaction data includes previously purchased products that meet predetermined shopping history criteria as indicated by said signal. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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63. A system for customer promotion comprising:
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a terminal located at the point of sale for entering a customer'"'"'s account number and customer transaction data, wherein said transaction data includes at least each customer'"'"'s purchased products; means for comparing said account number and said transaction data with a stored database of previously used account numbers and transaction data; circuitry responsive to said comparing means for generating an indication of the customer'"'"'s whose previously purchased products meet predetermined shopping history criteria; and incentives having varying values for being disbursed to customers during a current shopping visit whose transaction data includes previously purchased products that meet said predetermined shopping history criteria. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 88, 89, 90)
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