Apparatus and method for facilitating transactions
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory device for storing information regarding at least one of a goal and an expectation regarding at least one of in-store sales, in-store revenues, in-store profits, and in-store losses, regarding a retail store;
a processor, wherein the processor processes at least one of in-store sales information, in-store revenue information, in-store profit information, and in-store loss information, corresponding to the retail store, in connection with the at least one of a goal and an expectation, in response to a selection or a triggering of an occurrence of an event by a manager or an employee of the retail store, wherein the processor determines whether or not the at least one of a goal and an expectation has been met, and further wherein the processor identifies at least one of a good, a product, and a service, for which an in-store price change is recommended, and further wherein the processor determines an in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service, wherein the processor generates a message containing information regarding the in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service; and
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the message to a wireless device associated with an individual, wherein the wireless device is inside the retail store.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method, including storing information regarding a goal and/or expectation regarding in-store sales, revenues, profits, or losses, regarding a retail store, selecting or triggering an occurrence of an event which is selected or triggered by an employee of the retail store, processing in-store sales, revenue, profit, or loss, information corresponding to the retail store in connection with the goal and/or expectation with a processor in response to the occurrence of the event, identifying a good, product, or service, for which an in-store price change is recommended, determining an in-store price change for the good, product, or service, generating a message containing information regarding the in-store price change, and transmitting the message to a wireless device associated with an individual. The wireless device is inside the retail store.
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52 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory device for storing information regarding at least one of a goal and an expectation regarding at least one of in-store sales, in-store revenues, in-store profits, and in-store losses, regarding a retail store; a processor, wherein the processor processes at least one of in-store sales information, in-store revenue information, in-store profit information, and in-store loss information, corresponding to the retail store, in connection with the at least one of a goal and an expectation, in response to a selection or a triggering of an occurrence of an event by a manager or an employee of the retail store, wherein the processor determines whether or not the at least one of a goal and an expectation has been met, and further wherein the processor identifies at least one of a good, a product, and a service, for which an in-store price change is recommended, and further wherein the processor determines an in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service, wherein the processor generates a message containing information regarding the in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service; and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the message to a wireless device associated with an individual, wherein the wireless device is inside the retail store.
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2. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory device for storing information regarding at least one of a goal and an expectation regarding at least one of in-store sales, in-store revenues, in-store profits, and in-store losses, regarding a retail store, and information regarding at least one of a bid and an offer for at least one of a good, a product, and a service, wherein the at least one of a bid and an offer is placed by or made by an individual or a shopper, and further wherein the at least one of a bid and an offer is at least one of entered into the apparatus via an input device and received by a receiver; a processor, wherein the processor processes at least one of in-store sales information, in-store revenue information, in-store profit information, and in-store loss information, corresponding to the retail store in connection with the at least one of a goal and an expectation, and wherein the processor determines whether or not the at least one of a goal and an expectation has been met, and further wherein the processor processes information regarding the at least one of a bid and an offer and determines whether or not the at least one of a bid and an offer is acceptable, and further wherein the processor determines an in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service, for the individual or the shopper in response to the at least one of a bid and an offer, wherein the processor generates a message containing information indicating that the at least one of a bid and an offer is accepted or containing information regarding the in-store price change for the individual or the shopper for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service, in response to the at least one of a bid and an offer; and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the message to a wireless device associated with the individual or the shopper, wherein the wireless device is inside the retail store.
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3. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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storing information regarding at least one of a goal and an expectation regarding at least one of in-store sales, in-store revenues, in-store profits, and in-store losses, regarding a retail store; selecting or triggering an occurrence of an event, wherein the event is selected or triggered by an employee of the retail store; processing at least one of in-store sales information, in-store revenue information, in-store profit information, and in-store loss information, corresponding to the retail store in connection with the at least one of a goal and an expectation with a processor in response to the occurrence of an event; identifying at least one of a good, a product, and a service, for which an in-store price change is recommended; determining an in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service; generating a message containing information regarding the in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service; and transmitting the message to a wireless device associated with an individual, wherein the wireless device is inside the retail store. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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33. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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storing information regarding at least one of a goal and an expectation regarding at least one of in-store sales, in-store revenues, in-store profits, and in-store losses, regarding a retail store, and information regarding at least one of a bid and an offer for at least one of a good, a product, and a service, wherein the at least one of a bid and an offer is placed by or made by an individual or a shopper; processing at least one of in-store sales information, in-store revenue information, in-store profit information, and in-store loss information, corresponding to the retail store in connection with the at least one of a goal and an expectation with a processor; processing information regarding the at least one of a bid and an offer with the processor; determining whether or not the at least one of a bid and an offer is acceptable; determining an in-store price change for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service, for the individual or the shopper in response to the at least one of a bid and an offer; generating a message containing information indicating that the at least one of a bid and an offer is accepted or containing information regarding the in-store price change for the individual or the shopper for the at least one of a good, a product, and a service, in response to the at least one of a bid and an offer; and transmitting the message to a wireless device associated with the individual or the shopper, wherein the wireless device is inside the retail store. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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