Systems and methods for storing customer purchasing and preference data and enabling a customer to pre-register orders and events

A method for storing customer purchasing and preference data and enabling a customer to pre-register orders and events comprising the steps of:

• storing, in a database:
• purchasing and preference data in customer profiles for a plurality of customers;
• and,
• vendor data related to at least one vendor within a network of vendors, said vendor data pertaining to products or services available from the at least one vendor within said network of vendors;
• updating, by a data management system, said customer profiles with new purchases as new transaction are performed and new preference data, the new preference data being provided by the customer;
• pre-registering, via the data management system, an order or event with a selected vendor of the network of vendors by an ordering customer;
• detecting, by a vendor GPS zone detection device associated uniquely with the selected vendor, a GPS-enabled mobile device of the ordering customer entering a defined vendor GPS zone specific to the selected vendor utilizing a GPS feature of the mobile device;
• presenting, via the mobile device of the ordering customer, the pre-registered order or event;
• soliciting approval from the ordering customer for the pre-registered order or event;
• responsive to the ordering customer approving the pre-registered order or event, populating the pre-registered order or event to the selected vendor;
• automatically identifying, by an onsite vendor touchscreen device communicatively coupled to the at least one vendor GPS zone detection device, the ordering customer upon arrival of the ordering customer at the selected vendor;
• displaying, on the onsite vendor touchscreen device, information related to the pre-registered order to the ordering customer via a touchscreen interface;
• receiving input from the ordering customer via the touchscreen interface approving the pre-registered order;
• wherein, a profile of the ordering customer includes:
• an indication that the ordering customer has approved vendor access to the profile of the ordering customer for use in targeting promotional offers to the ordering customer, and,
• an indication of how the ordering customer desires to receive promotional offers;
• pushing promotional offers from at least one vendor to the ordering customer based at least on the location of the ordering customer, purchase history and preferences of the ordering customer, the location of the ordering customer, and the indication of how the ordering customer desires to receive promotional offers;
• and,
• providing a mechanism which enables the ordering customer to provide gift dollars or gift credits to the account of another customer.

A system that stores customer purchasing and preference data and enables a customer to pre-register orders and events, the system comprising:

• a database configured to store:
• purchasing and preference data in customer profiles for a plurality of customers, said customer profiles configured to be updated with new purchases as new transaction are performed and new preference data, the new preference data being provided by the customer;
• and,
• vendor data related to at least one vendor within a network of vendors, said vendor data pertaining to products or services available from the at least one vendor within said network of vendors
• a data management system operative to:
• allow an ordering customer of said plurality of customers to pre-register an order or event with a selected vendor of said network of vendors, said order or event relating to at least one product or service offered by the selected vendor;
• pre-register the order or event with the selected vendor;
• push promotional offers targeted to the ordering customer based on the ordering customer profile when the ordering customer has approved vendor access to the ordering customer's profile, wherein the ordering customer profile includes an indication of how the ordering customer desires to receive promotional offers;
• a point of service based remote access device comprising a touchscreen interface, the remote access device configured to be mounted in a vehicle and operative to:
• receive input to begin a recording process from the ordering customer;
• record voice data received from the mobile device of the ordering customer;
• cause the recorded voice data to be stored in the profile of the ordering customer;
• provide access to the stored voice data responsive to verification of the ordering customer.