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US 2010/0306168 A1Published application
Transaction data capture devices and related methods
OwnerNima Ostad, Robert William Bohn +1inventors
InventorsNima Ostad, Robert William Bohn, William Robert Bohn
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Abstract
A data capture system captures transaction data and a unique identifier of a recipient and combines the information to form a total transaction data set. The total transaction data set is associated with demographic information about the recipient and the total information is reserved for review by providers or recipients respectively to analyze the transactions.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a data capture module that captures transaction data related to a transaction and a unique identifier of a recipient;
- a data association module that associates the transaction data and the unique identifier;
- a database for storing the associated transaction data and unique identifier disposed on a server;
- and
- an internet module.
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A method comprising using a computer to:
- capture a unique identifier of a recipient;
- capture transaction data related to a transaction between the recipient and a provider;
- associate the unique identifier with the transaction data to form a total transaction data set;
- record the total transaction data set in a database;
- and
- provide the data related to one or more transaction to a user via an internet module;
- wherein the associated unique identifier and transaction data are recorded whereby the total transaction data are associated with at least one of a provider account or a recipient account.
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A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for, on a computer:
- associating a recipient with a unique identifier;
- collecting demographic information from the recipient;
- capturing a unique identified of the recipient at the point of sale of a transaction;
- capturing transaction data related to the transaction between the recipient and a provider at the point of sale;
- associating the unique identifier with the transaction data to form a total transaction data set;
- recording the associated unique identifier and transaction data in a database;
- and
- further associating the total transaction data set with demographic information collected from the recipient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.