System and method for providing a personalized shopping experience and personalized pricing of products and services with a portable computing device
First Claim
1. A method for providing a personalized shopping experience to a user of a portable computing device, the method comprising:
- verifying credentials for gaining access to a central mobile payment controller;
receiving a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over a computer communications network from the portable computing device;
receiving from the portable computing device a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service;
retrieving information associated with the machine-readable code from a database;
determining a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service;
generating a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and
transmitting the personalized price and the suggestion over a computer communications network to the portable computing device.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a personalized shopping experience with a portable computing device (“PCD”) are described. The system and method may include checking-in PCD consumers upon entering an establishment of a merchant. The checking-in of the PCD consumer may include verifying credentials for gaining access to a central mobile payment controller and receiving a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant from a computer communications network. Next, a scan of a machine-readable code associated with at least one of a good and a service may be received. Information associated with the machine-readable code may be retrieved from a database. Subsequently, a personalized price for the at least one good or service may be determined by applying one or more rules. The personalized price may be transmitted over a computer communications network to the portable computing device for display to the PCD consumer.
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Citations
36 Claims
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1. A method for providing a personalized shopping experience to a user of a portable computing device, the method comprising:
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verifying credentials for gaining access to a central mobile payment controller; receiving a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over a computer communications network from the portable computing device; receiving from the portable computing device a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; retrieving information associated with the machine-readable code from a database; determining a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service; generating a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and transmitting the personalized price and the suggestion over a computer communications network to the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system for providing a personalized shopping experience to a user of a portable computing device, the method comprising:
a processor for; verifying credentials for gaining access to a central mobile payment controller; receiving a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over a computer communications network from the portable computing device; receiving from the portable computing device a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; retrieving information associated with the machine-readable code from a database; determining a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service; generating a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and transmitting the personalized price and the over a computer communications network suggestion to the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computing system for providing a personalized shopping experience to a user of a portable computing device, the method comprising:
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means for verifying credentials for gaining access to a central mobile payment controller; means for receiving a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over a computer communications network from the portable computing device; means for receiving from the portable computing device a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; means for retrieving information associated with the machine-readable code from a database; means for determining a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service; means for generating a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and means for transmitting the personalized price and the suggestion over a computer communications network to the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for providing a personalized shopping experience to a user of a portable computing device, said method comprising:
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verifying credentials for gaining access to a central mobile payment controller; receiving a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over a computer communications network from the portable computing device; receiving from the portable computing device a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; retrieving information associated with the machine-readable code from a database; determining a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service; generating a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and transmitting the personalized price and the suggestion over a computer communications network to the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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