System and method for providing incentives based on receipt sniffing

• US 20050023346A1
• Filed: 06/09/2004
• Published: 02/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Outsite Networks, Inc. (Professional Datasolutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Outsite Networks, Inc. (Professional Datasolutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bakker, Anton, Allen, Marc L.
• Application Number:
  US10/863,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20050023346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system and method for providing an incentive for a purchase, including monitoring communications between a purchase system and price displaying device to determine information regarding a transaction; identifying at least one item being purchased as part of the transaction from the transaction information; determining a loyalty reward based on the identified item being purchased; and dispensing the loyalty reward.

Claims

1. A method of for providing an incentive for a purchase, comprising:

monitoring communications between a purchase system and price displaying device to determine information regarding a transaction;

identifying at least one item being purchased as part of the transaction from the transaction information;

determining a loyalty reward based on the identified item being purchased; and

dispensing the loyalty reward.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying step comprises determining the price of the item being purchased.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying step includes determining the quantity of the item being purchased.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring step comprises determining date and time of the transaction from the transaction information, and the method further comprises determining the loyalty reward based on the determined date and time of the transaction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchase system and the price displaying device comprise a point-of-sale terminal and a receipt printing device, respectively.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchase system and the price displaying device comprise a price scanner and check-out register, respectively.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchase system and the price displaying device comprise a point-of-sale terminal and a journal printer, respectively.

8. A system for providing an incentive for a purchase, comprising:

means for monitoring communications between a purchase system and price displaying device to determine information regarding a transaction;

means for identifying at least one item being purchased as part of the transaction from the transaction information;

means for determining a loyalty reward based on the identified item being purchased; and

means dispensing the loyalty reward.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for identifying comprises means for determining the price of the item being purchased.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for identifying comprises means for determining the quantity of the item being purchased.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for monitoring comprises means for monitoring date and time of the transaction from the transaction information, and the system further comprises means for determining the loyalty reward based on the determined date and time of the transaction.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the purchase system and the price displaying device comprise a point-of-sale terminal and a receipt printing device, respectively.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the purchase system and the price displaying device comprise a price scanner and check-out register, respectively.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the purchase system and the price displaying device comprise a point-of-sale terminal and a journal printer, respectively.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the monitoring means, the means for identifying at least one item being purchased, means for a loyalty reward and means for dispensing the reward comprise devices of a computer system.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein the monitoring means, the means for identifying at least one item being purchased, means for a loyalty reward and means for dispensing the reward comprise computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium.