US 2013/0097033 A1Published application

System and method for promoting use of reusable shopping bags

OwnerKristen Brown, Mikel Eisenberginventors

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Abstract

A computer-based method for receiving purchase transaction data generated by a retailer system triggered by an identification device that is part of one or more reusable bags used by a user to carry goods purchased during the purchase transaction. The user is a student or student family member affiliated with a school or other community-based group. A reuse program server receives identification information provided by the identification device that signals the purchase transaction, updates reuse indicator information for the school; calculates a current savings to the school associated with the use of the reusable carrier; and transmits information indicating the current savings to a display device accessible to the user or to representatives of the school.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for receiving purchase transaction data generated by a retailer system, said purchase transaction data including an entity identifier for a reusable carrier used by a user, said user being affiliated with the entity;

receiving indicator information from the retailer system at a reuse program server, the indicator information indication a use of the reusable carrier in a purchase transaction by the user;
updating re-use indicator information for the entity by the reuse program server to account for the purchase transaction by the user;
calculating a current savings by the reuse program server as a function of the updated re-use indicator information for the entity;
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transmitting information indicating the current savings for display on a display device accessible to at least one of the entity or the user.

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