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Point of sale offer redemptions

  • US 10,235,689 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2014
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method to provide point of sale processing of offers via communication of a contactless device with a point of sale data collector, comprising:

  • scanning, by a point of sale scanner, one or more items for a purchase transaction to capture product identification information for each item;

    receiving, by a point of sale data collector from the point of sale scanner, the product identification information for each item;

    forwarding, by the point of sale data collector, the received product identification information to a point of sale terminal;

    detecting, by the point of sale data collector, a mobile communication device in proximity to the point of sale data collector;

    establishing, by the point of sale data collector, a first communication channel between the mobile communication device and the point of sale data collector;

    receiving, by the point of sale data collector via the first communication channel with the mobile communication device, identifying information for a user of the mobile communication device;

    establishing, by the point of sale data collector, a second communication channel between a remote server and the point of sale data collector;

    communicating, by the point of sale data collector, the identifying information for the user, the product identification information, and information identifying a merchant that is a party to the transaction to the remote server via the second communication channel;

    identifying, by the remote server, one or more offers to apply to the purchase transaction based on at least one of the identifying information for the user, the product identification information, and the information identifying the merchant that is a party to the transaction, each of the one or more offers comprising a redemption code;

    receiving, by the point of sale data collector, one or more offers that were identified by the remote server to apply to the purchase transaction;

    displaying, by the point of sale data collector, the one or more offers to the user via a user interface of the contactless device for selection by the user of an offer to be redeemed in connection with the transaction by user input on the user interface;

    receiving, by the point of sale data collector, the user input via the user interface selecting the offer to be redeemed;

    transmitting, by the point of sale data collector, the redemption code for the selected offer to the point of sale terminal; and

    redeeming, by the point of sale terminal, the selected offer based on the received redemption code.

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