System and Methods for Storing Customer Purchasing and Preference Data, Enabling a Customer to Pre-Register Orders and Events, and for Vendors to Market to the Customers Using the Customers' Profiles and GPS Location
First Claim
1. A system that stores customer purchasing and preference data and enables a customer to pre-register orders and events, the system comprising:
- a database configured to store purchasing and preference data in customer profiles for a plurality of customers, said customer profiles configured to be updated with new purchases as new transactions are performed and with new preference data provided by the customer, and to store vendor data related to at least one vendor within a network of vendors, said vendor data pertaining to products or services available from the at least one vendor within said network of vendors;
a data management system operative to allow an ordering customer of said plurality of customers to pre-register an order and/or an event with a selected vendor of said network of vendors, said order and/or event relating to at least one product or service offered by the selected vendors; and
a remote access device that allows the customer to identify himself/herself to the selected vendor for acceptance of the pre-registered order and/or event.
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Abstract
A real time management system for marketing to customers and vendors with customer purchasing and preference data in specific consumer markets including restaurant, retail, travel, hospitality, entertainment, and combinations thereof. The management database allows the consumer to make Precision Purchasing™ transactions, reservation transactions, and Precision Gifting™ transactions via a web-based interface, POS based touchscreen interface, and mobile device-based interface. The consumer profile database is comprised of mainly consumer inputted preference and consumer purchase data which is stored into each customer profile and can be accessed/verified with a GPS recognition of the customer'"'"'s mobile device, biometric hand or finger scan, access card, retinal scan, password, or other terminal kiosk, touchscreen, or mobile application of the like.
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1. A system that stores customer purchasing and preference data and enables a customer to pre-register orders and events, the system comprising:
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a database configured to store purchasing and preference data in customer profiles for a plurality of customers, said customer profiles configured to be updated with new purchases as new transactions are performed and with new preference data provided by the customer, and to store vendor data related to at least one vendor within a network of vendors, said vendor data pertaining to products or services available from the at least one vendor within said network of vendors; a data management system operative to allow an ordering customer of said plurality of customers to pre-register an order and/or an event with a selected vendor of said network of vendors, said order and/or event relating to at least one product or service offered by the selected vendors; and a remote access device that allows the customer to identify himself/herself to the selected vendor for acceptance of the pre-registered order and/or event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for storing customer purchasing and preference data and enabling a customer to pre-register orders and events with vendors within a network of vendors, comprising the steps of:
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storing, in a database, purchasing and preference data in customer profiles for a plurality of customers and vendor data relating to products and/or services available from at least one vendor within said network of vendors; updating, by a data management system, said customer profiles with new purchasing data based on purchase transactions by the customer and preference data as provided by the customer; pre-registering, using the data management system, an order and/or event with one or more vendors of said network of vendors, said order and/or event relating to products and/or services offered by the respective vendors; forwarding, using said data management system, the pre-registered order and/or event to said one or more vendors upon acceptance by the customer; receiving, at said data management system, verification of the customer'"'"'s identity; and providing, using said data management system, the pre-registered order and/or event to the identified customer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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