System and method for determining packaging preference
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorKyle N. Patrick
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method and system for determining packaging preference of a customer by identifying the customer using a customer identifier, and retrieving available packaging preference information using the customer identifier. In an embodiment, the customer's packaging preference information for a particular identified item is retrieved and graphically communicated. In another embodiment, customer packaging preference information based on a quantity of items is retrieved and graphically communicated. Customer packaging preference information based on both the identified items and the quantity of items may also be retrieved and graphically communicated.
Claims9
A method of determining a customer's packaging preference in a conventional point-of-sale retail location, wherein the point-of-sale retail location includes a person who performs the packaging of items purchased in the point-of-sale retail location for the customer, comprising the steps of:
- identifying the customer using a customer identifier;
- and
- retrieving available container packaging preference information for the purchased items using the customer identifier for the identified customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.