A method for collecting points related to promotions or to other activities destined to comercial and/or market research purposes

An assembly of apparatus for performing a purchase of one or more products, comprising:

• a central server (3);
• one or more local servers (10) placed in communication with the central server (3), the central server (3) or the local servers containing an electronic reference list of one or more products;
• a device configured to generate one or more user codes (1), each user code (1) being associated in a univocal manner to a user;
• and
• a device (4) configured to electronically record purchased products and to generate a first electronic list of the purchased products by the user that are associated with the generated user code (1), the device (4) being programmed to send, to the local server (10), the user code (1) and said first electronic list of the purchased products that are associated with said user code,
• wherein the local server (10) comprises a processor programmed to make a comparison of said electronic list of reference, containing one or more products that are subject to a pre-determined promotion, with said first electronic list of products purchased by the user, and to create a second electronic list containing only the purchased products belonging to said reference list that are associated with the user code (1), and
• wherein the local server is further programmed to send to the central server (3) said second list following reception of an electronic consensus input, the central server being programmed to process data from said second list and verify a possible reaching of a reference value for each user associated to the user code (1).

An assembly of apparatus for operating a purchase method, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform the following method:

• providing a central server (3) and one or more local servers (10) placed in communication with the central server (3);
• generating, through a processor, one or more user codes (1), each one being associated in a univocal manner to one user;
• generating a first electronic list of products purchased by the user through a reading of an identification code of a purchased product and sending to a local server (10) of the generated user code (1) and of said first electronic list of purchased products and associated with said user code;
• providing an electronic list of reference and comparing in the local server (10), through the processor of said local server, said reference list, containing one or more products that are subject to a pre-determined promotion, with said first electronic list of products purchased by the user to determine a second electronic list, associated with the user code (1), and containing only the purchased products present in the electronic list of reference;
• sending from the local server (10) to the central server (3) the user code (1) and said second list associated with the user code (1), the step of sending being performed following reception by the local server (10) of a consensus input;
• receiving and memorizing, by the central server (3), said received data;
• and
• processing said received data in the central server (3) through the processor thereof to verify a possible reaching of a reference value for each user associated to the code (1).