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US 7,406,438 B2Granted
System and method for tracking and establishing a progressive discount based upon a customer's visits to a retail establishment
AssigneeWalker Digital, LLC
InventorsJay S. Walker, Andrew S. Van Luchene, Magdalena Mik, John Chuprevich
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Abstract
In accordance with one described embodiment, methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for determining a progressive discount for a customer. In one example, a customer is provided with a discount that is incremented if the customer visits at least once in a pre-defined period.
Claims11
A computer readable medium storing instructions configured to direct a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a customer identifier that indicates a customer;
- determining a previous purchase associated with the customer and a time of the previous purchase;
- determining a first discount associated with the customer and a time of the first discount;
- determining a current transaction associated with the customer and a time of the current transaction;
- determining a first difference between the time of the current transaction and the time of the previous purchase;
- determining a second difference between the time of the current transaction and the time of the first discount;
- and
- determining a second discount based on whether the first difference is less than a predetermined minimum transaction period and whether the second difference is greater than a predetermined discount adjustment period.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable medium in communication with the processor, the computer readable medium storing instructions configured to direct the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a customer identifier that indicates a customer;
- determining a previous purchase associated with the customer and a time of the previous purchase;
- determining a first discount associated with the customer and a time of the first discount;
- determining a current transaction associated with the customer and a time of the current transaction;
- determining a first difference between the time of the current transaction and the time of the previous purchase;
- determining a second difference between the time of the current transaction and the time of the first discount;
- and
- determining a second discount based on whether the first difference is less than a predetermined minimum transaction period and whether the second difference is greater than a predetermined discount adjustment period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.