Method to ensure maintenance of individual government benefits in a retail environment
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1. A method to ensure maintenance of individual government benefits in a retail environment, the method comprising:
- identifying an individual shopper with an associated level of available benefits during a shopping session;
tracking purchases relative to predetermined criteria, including the associated level of available benefits; and
scheduling a next appointment during the shopping session for the individual shopper with an agency providing the government benefits based on the tracking, wherein a potential lapse in benefits is avoided.
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Abstract
Aspects to ensure maintenance of individual government benefits in a retail environment include identifying of an individual shopper with an associated level of available benefits during a shopping session. Purchases relative to predetermined criteria, including the associated level of available benefits, are tracked. Scheduling a next appointment during the shopping session for the individual shopper with an agency providing the government benefits based on the tracking occurs, wherein a potential lapse in benefits is avoided.
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1. A method to ensure maintenance of individual government benefits in a retail environment, the method comprising:
identifying an individual shopper with an associated level of available benefits during a shopping session; tracking purchases relative to predetermined criteria, including the associated level of available benefits; and scheduling a next appointment during the shopping session for the individual shopper with an agency providing the government benefits based on the tracking, wherein a potential lapse in benefits is avoided. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for ensuring maintenance of individual government benefits in a retail environment, the method comprising:
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notifying an individual shopper during a shopping session of a need to make an appointment for obtaining further government benefits; and scheduling the appointment during the shopping session with an agency providing the government benefits. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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