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:
- sending credentials over a computer communications network;
sending a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over the computer communications network from the portable computing device;
sending a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service;
receiving a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service;
receiving a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and
displaying the personalized price and the suggestion with 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 communication'"'"'s 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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30 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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sending credentials over a computer communications network; sending a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over the computer communications network from the portable computing device; sending a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; receiving a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service; receiving a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and displaying the personalized price and the suggestion with the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system for providing a personalized shopping experience to a user of a portable computing device, the method comprising:
a processor for; sending credentials over a computer communications network; sending a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over the computer communications network from the portable computing device; sending a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; receiving a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service; receiving a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and displaying the personalized price and the suggestion with the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. 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 sending credentials over a computer communications network; means for sending a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over the computer communications network from the portable computing device; means for sending a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; means for receiving 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 receiving a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and means for displaying the personalized price and the suggestion with the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. 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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sending credentials over a computer communications network; sending a merchant identifier corresponding to a merchant over the computer communications network from the portable computing device; sending a scan of a machine-readable code primarily associated with at least one of a primary good and a primary service; receiving a personalized price, for a consumer associated with the portable computing device, corresponding to the at least one primary good or primary service; receiving a suggestion of an additional good or service secondarily associated with the scanned machine-readable code; and displaying the personalized price and the suggestion with the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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