System for determining a substitute grocery item based upon a determined medication interaction and related methods

A system comprising:

• a mobile wireless communications device;
• a grocery store point-of-sale (POS) terminal;
• a pharmacy POS terminal;
• and
• a processor and an associated memory configured to
• store a grocery items purchase history for a given user based upon a loyalty account associated with the given user, the given user being associated with the mobile wireless communications device comprising a camera, and the loyalty account being associated with a name of the given user,
• determine a medication to be dispensed to the given user by matching the name of the given user to a name associated with the medication,
• compare the medication to the grocery items purchase history based upon the loyalty account, and determine a grocery item from the grocery items purchase history having an interaction with the medication,
• determine a level of effect on the given user of the interaction between the grocery item having the interaction and the medication,
• determine a frequency of purchase of the grocery item having the interaction based upon the grocery items purchase history,
• generate an interaction score based upon the level of effect on the given user of the interaction and the frequency of purchase of the grocery item having the interaction, a relatively higher interaction score being indicative of causing a higher effect of interaction on the given user,
• determine whether the interaction score exceeds an interaction threshold score for causing a threshold level of effect of interaction with the given user, and when so
• determine a substitute grocery item for the grocery item having the interaction with the medication,
• generate a digital coupon for the substitute grocery item, the digital coupon having a promotional value associated therewith and redeemable at the grocery store POS terminal within a grocery store for processing a purchase of grocery items,
• adjust the promotional value to increase based upon a higher interaction score,
• encode the digital coupon as a machine readable digital coupon code,
• generate a notification of the interaction,
• communicate the notification and the machine readable digital coupon code to the pharmacy POS terminal at a pharmacy within the grocery store so that the notification and the machine readable digital coupon code are printed at the pharmacy POS terminal,
• communicate the notification to the mobile wireless communications device so that the mobile wireless communications device displays the notification of the interaction,
• obtain the machine readable digital coupon code from the printed notification, the printed notification being obtained by the mobile wireless communications device from the printed notification via the camera, and
• store the digital coupon in a digital wallet for the loyalty account of the given user based upon obtaining the machine readable digital coupon code from the printed notification.

A method of communicating a digital coupon within a system comprising a mobile wireless communications device, a grocery store point-of-sale (POS) terminal, and a pharmacy POS terminal, the method comprising:

• using a server to
• store a grocery items purchase history for a given user based upon a loyalty account associated with the given user, the given user being associated with the mobile wireless communications device comprising a camera, and the loyalty account being associated with a name of the given user,
• determine a medication to be dispensed to the given user by matching the name of the given user to a name associated with the medication,
• compare the medication to the grocery items purchase history based upon the loyalty account, and determine a grocery item from the grocery items purchase history having an interaction with the medication,
• determine a level of effect on the given user of the interaction between the grocery item having the interaction and the medication,
• determine a frequency of purchase of the grocery item having the interaction based upon the grocery items purchase history,
• generate an interaction score based upon the level of effect on the given user of the interaction and the frequency of purchase of the grocery item having the interaction, a relatively higher interaction score being indicative of causing a higher effect of interaction on the given user,
• determine whether the interaction score exceeds an interaction threshold score for causing a threshold level of effect of interaction with the given user, and when so
• determine a substitute grocery item for the grocery item having the interaction with the medication,
• generate the digital coupon for the substitute grocery item, the digital coupon having a promotional value associated therewith and redeemable at the grocery store POS terminal within a grocery store for processing a purchase of grocery items,
• adjust the promotional value to increase based upon a higher interaction score,
• encode the digital coupon as a machine readable digital coupon code,
• generate a notification of the interaction,
• communicate the notification and the machine readable digital coupon code to the pharmacy POS terminal at a pharmacy within the grocery store so that the notification and the machine readable digital coupon code are printed at the pharmacy POS terminal,
• communicate the notification to the mobile wireless communications device so that the mobile wireless communications device displays the notification of the interaction,
• obtain the machine readable digital coupon code from the printed notification, the printed notification being obtained by the mobile wireless communications device from the printed notification via the camera, and
• store the digital coupon in a digital wallet for the loyalty account of the given user based upon obtaining the machine readable digital coupon code from the printed notification.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for communicating a digital promotion within a system comprising a mobile wireless communications device, a grocery store point-of-sale (POS) terminal, and a pharmacy POS terminal, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• storing a grocery items purchase history for a given user based upon a loyalty account associated with the given user, the given user being associated with the mobile wireless communications device comprising a camera, and the loyalty account being associated with a name of the given user;
• determining a medication to be dispensed to the given user by matching the name of the given user to a name associated with the medication;
• comparing the medication to the grocery items purchase history based upon the loyalty account, and determine a grocery item from the grocery items purchase history having an interaction with the medication;
• determining a level of effect on the given user of the interaction between the grocery item having the interaction and the medication;
• determining a frequency of purchase of the grocery item having the interaction based upon the grocery items purchase history;
• generating an interaction score based upon the level of effect on the given user of the interaction and the frequency of purchase of the grocery item having the interaction, a relatively higher interaction score being indicative of causing a higher effect of interaction on the given user;
• determining whether the interaction score exceeds an interaction threshold score for causing a threshold level of effect of interaction with the given user, and when so
• determining a substitute grocery item for the grocery item having the interaction with the medication,
• generating the digital coupon for the substitute grocery item, the digital coupon having a promotional value associated therewith and redeemable at the grocery store POS terminal within a grocery store for processing a purchase of grocery items,
• adjusting the promotional value to increase based upon a higher interaction score,
• encoding the digital coupon as a machine readable digital coupon code,
• generating a notification of the interaction,
• communicating the notification and the machine readable digital coupon code to the pharmacy POS terminal at a pharmacy within the grocery store so that the notification and the machine readable digital coupon code are printed at the pharmacy POS terminal,
• communicating the notification to the mobile wireless communications device so that the mobile wireless communications device displays the notification of the interaction,
• obtain the machine readable digital coupon code from the printed notification, the printed notification being obtained by the mobile wireless communications device from the printed notification via the camera, and
• store the digital coupon in a digital wallet for the loyalty account of the given user based upon obtaining the machine readable digital coupon code from the printed notification.