System and Method for Communicating with a User at a Point-of-Sale
AssigneeEmpire Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGregory Charles WOODWARD, Harold Irving WOODWARD
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for providing promotions. The system receives a user-initiated request for a transaction and obtains, from a storage device of the system, information identifying one or more past purchases or present purchases of the user. The system determines, based on the information, a promotion to present to the user, and determines a promotional identifier associated with the promotion. The system outputs, with machine readable information, the promotional identifier to the user.
Claims18
A computerized method for providing promotions by an application of an automated promotion presentation system, comprising:
- receiving, at the automated promotion presentation system, a user-initiated request for a transaction;
- obtaining, from a storage device of the automated promotion presentation system, information identifying one or more past purchases or present purchases of the user determining, based on the obtained information, a promotion to present to the user;
- determining a promotional identifier associated with the promotion;
- and
- outputting, with machine readable information, the promotional identifier to the user.
A computerized method for providing promotions by an application of an automated promotion presentation system, comprising:
- receiving, at the automated promotion presentation system, a user-initiated request for information, wherein the request is received before a purchase transaction;
- determining, in response to the user-initiated request, a promotion to present to the user;
- receiving, during the purchase transaction, a promotion identifier of the promotion that was presented to the user;
- and
- applying the promotion to the purchase transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.