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Check transaction processing, database building and marketing method and system utilizing automatic check reading
Assignee: Catalina Marketing Corp
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Filing: 1994-11-09
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Granted: 1995-07-04
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Expires: 2014-11-09
Abstract
Abstract The present invention includes automatic check reading techniques which enables the detection of a customer's checking account number on a check, regardless of the bank, bank branch or type of account. The customer identification code is automatically used to provide check verification as well as to provide various targeted marketing techniques based upon the customer's prior transactional history with the store.
Inventors
- 👤 David W. Deaton
- 👤 Rodney G. Gabriel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-27 16:51
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/042; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/20; G06Q20/204; G06Q20/208; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/387; G06Q30/0201; G06Q30/0207; G06Q30/0224; G06Q30/0235; G06Q30/0236; G06Q30/0238; G06Q30/0241; G06Q30/0251; G06Q30/0255; G06Q30/0268; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/02; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/42; G07G; G07G1/00; G07G1/0036; G07G1/12; G07G1/14; G07G1/145
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
216 words
A system for differential customer sales promotion in a retail establishment comprising: a terminal for entering customer transaction data including customers' unique identification codes at the point-of-sale; a bar code scanner for detecting the universal product code on products purchased by said customers; a memory for storing said unique identification codes in association with said customer transaction data regarding a plurality of individual customers' specific product items detected over a period of time; a processor responsive to said stored customer transaction data for generating incentive signals for different customers, said incentive signals designating product promotion awards for an individual customer based upon product items detected by said bar code scanner in said individual customers' transactions prior to the current shopping visit, said incentive signals also designating different values for said product promotion awards in dependence upon different dollar amounts tendered by said customers in sales transactions at the point-of-sale in said retail establishment; and a device for issuing sales promotions in response to said incentive signals, said sales promotions related to the product items scanned in individual customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said sales promotions being related to said customers' dollar tender amount at the point-of-sale, such that different incentives can be delivered to customers with different tender amounts and different product detection.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
216 words
A system for differential customer sales promotion in a retail establishment comprising: a terminal for entering customer transaction data including customers' unique identification codes at the point-of-sale; a bar code scanner for detecting the universal product code on products purchased by said customers; a memory for storing said unique identification codes in association with said customer transaction data regarding a plurality of individual customers' specific product items detected over a period of time; a processor responsive to said stored customer transaction data for generating incentive signals for different customers, said incentive signals designating product promotion awards for an individual customer based upon product items detected by said bar code scanner in said individual customers' transactions prior to the current shopping visit, said incentive signals also designating different values for said product promotion awards in dependence upon different dollar amounts tendered by said customers in sales transactions at the point-of-sale in said retail establishment; and a device for issuing sales promotions in response to said incentive signals, said sales promotions related to the product items scanned in individual customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said sales promotions being related to said customers' dollar tender amount at the point-of-sale, such that different incentives can be delivered to customers with different tender amounts and different product detection.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said customers' unique identification codes are generated from payment instruments tendered by the customers at the point-of-sale.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said payment instruments comprise personal checks.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said payment instruments comprise credit cards.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said sales promotions are related to product items which have been purchased in individual customers' prior shopping visits.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said device for issuing sales promotions comprises a coupon printer at the point-of-sale.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
248 words
A system for targeted customer promotion at a retail comprising: a terminal for entering customers' unique identification codes, along with customer transaction data including the dollar amounts tendered at the point-of-sale; a scanner at the point-of-sale for detecting the machine readable product code on products purchased by said customers; a memory for storing a plurality of previously entered customer identification codes; said memory further storing data relating to machine readable product codes of products scanned in prior shopping visits and the dollar amounts tendered in previous shopping visits by a plurality of customers, such that data regarding product items scanned and dollar amounts tendered in individual customers' prior shopping visits are stored in association with said customer identification codes; a processor responsive to the entry of customer identification codes for generating incentive signals for an individual customer, said incentive signals designating product incentive awards based upon product items detected by said product code reader in shopping visits prior to the current shopping visit and stored in association with said individual customers' identification code, said incentive signals also designating values in dependence upon the dollar amount tendered by said individual customers in prior shopping visits to said retail establishment; and a device for issuing product incentive awards at the point-of-sale in response to said incentive signals, said incentive awards based on the product items detected in said customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said incentive awards based on said customers' tendered dollar amounts in prior shopping visits.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
248 words
A system for targeted customer promotion at a retail comprising: a terminal for entering customers' unique identification codes, along with customer transaction data including the dollar amounts tendered at the point-of-sale; a scanner at the point-of-sale for detecting the machine readable product code on products purchased by said customers; a memory for storing a plurality of previously entered customer identification codes; said memory further storing data relating to machine readable product codes of products scanned in prior shopping visits and the dollar amounts tendered in previous shopping visits by a plurality of customers, such that data regarding product items scanned and dollar amounts tendered in individual customers' prior shopping visits are stored in association with said customer identification codes; a processor responsive to the entry of customer identification codes for generating incentive signals for an individual customer, said incentive signals designating product incentive awards based upon product items detected by said product code reader in shopping visits prior to the current shopping visit and stored in association with said individual customers' identification code, said incentive signals also designating values in dependence upon the dollar amount tendered by said individual customers in prior shopping visits to said retail establishment; and a device for issuing product incentive awards at the point-of-sale in response to said incentive signals, said incentive awards based on the product items detected in said customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said incentive awards based on said customers' tendered dollar amounts in prior shopping visits.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said customers' unique identification codes are generated from payment instruments tendered by the customers at the point-of-sale.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 8 wherein said payment instruments comprise personal checks.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 8 wherein said payment instruments comprise credit cards.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said product incentive awards are related to product items which have been purchased during individual customers' prior shopping visits.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said device for issuing product incentive awards comprises a coupon printer.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
203 words
A method for differential customer sales promotion in a retail establishment comprising: entering customer transaction data including customers' unique identification codes at the point-of-sale; detecting the universal product code on products purchased by said customers at the point-of-sale; storing said unique identification codes in association with said customer transaction data regarding a plurality of individual customers' specific product items detected over a period of time; in response to said stored customer transaction data, generating incentive signals for different customers, said incentive signals designating product promotion awards for an individual customer based upon product items detected by said bar code scanner in said individual customers' transactions prior to the current shopping visit, said incentive signals also designating different values for said product promotion awards in dependence upon different dollar amounts tendered by said customers in sales transactions at the point-of-sale in said retail establishment; and issuing sales promotions in response to said incentive signals, said sales promotions related to the product items scanned in individual customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said sales promotions being related to said customers' dollar tender amount at the point-of-sale, such that different incentives can be delivered to customers with different tender amounts and different product detection.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
203 words
A method for differential customer sales promotion in a retail establishment comprising: entering customer transaction data including customers' unique identification codes at the point-of-sale; detecting the universal product code on products purchased by said customers at the point-of-sale; storing said unique identification codes in association with said customer transaction data regarding a plurality of individual customers' specific product items detected over a period of time; in response to said stored customer transaction data, generating incentive signals for different customers, said incentive signals designating product promotion awards for an individual customer based upon product items detected by said bar code scanner in said individual customers' transactions prior to the current shopping visit, said incentive signals also designating different values for said product promotion awards in dependence upon different dollar amounts tendered by said customers in sales transactions at the point-of-sale in said retail establishment; and issuing sales promotions in response to said incentive signals, said sales promotions related to the product items scanned in individual customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said sales promotions being related to said customers' dollar tender amount at the point-of-sale, such that different incentives can be delivered to customers with different tender amounts and different product detection.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said customers' unique identification codes are generated from payment instruments presented by the customers at the point-of-sale.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said payment instruments comprise personal checks.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 15 wherein said payment instruments comprise credit cards.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said sales promotions are related to product items which have been purchased in individual customers' prior shopping visits.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
222 words
A method for targeted customer promotion at a retail store comprising: entering customers' unique identification codes, along with customer transaction data including the dollar amounts tendered at the point-of-sale; detecting at the point-of-sale the machine readable product code on products purchased by said customers; storing a plurality of previously entered customer identification codes; storing data relating to machine readable product codes of products scanned in prior shopping visits and the dollar amounts tendered in previous shopping visits by a plurality of customers, such that data regarding product items scanned and dollar amounts tendered in individual customers' prior shopping visits are stored in association with said customer identification codes; generating incentive signals for an individual customer, said incentive signals designating product incentive awards based upon product items detected by said product code reader in shopping visits prior to the current shopping visit and stored in association with said individual customers' identification code, said incentive signals also designating values in dependence upon the dollar amount tendered by said individual customer in prior shopping visits to said retail establishment; and issuing incentive awards at the point-of-sale in response to said incentive signals, said incentive awards based on the product items detected in said customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said incentive awards based on said customers' tendered dollar amounts in prior shopping visits.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
222 words
A method for targeted customer promotion at a retail store comprising: entering customers' unique identification codes, along with customer transaction data including the dollar amounts tendered at the point-of-sale; detecting at the point-of-sale the machine readable product code on products purchased by said customers; storing a plurality of previously entered customer identification codes; storing data relating to machine readable product codes of products scanned in prior shopping visits and the dollar amounts tendered in previous shopping visits by a plurality of customers, such that data regarding product items scanned and dollar amounts tendered in individual customers' prior shopping visits are stored in association with said customer identification codes; generating incentive signals for an individual customer, said incentive signals designating product incentive awards based upon product items detected by said product code reader in shopping visits prior to the current shopping visit and stored in association with said individual customers' identification code, said incentive signals also designating values in dependence upon the dollar amount tendered by said individual customer in prior shopping visits to said retail establishment; and issuing incentive awards at the point-of-sale in response to said incentive signals, said incentive awards based on the product items detected in said customers' prior shopping visits and the value of said incentive awards based on said customers' tendered dollar amounts in prior shopping visits.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 18 wherein said customers' unique identification codes are generated from payment instruments tendered by the customers at the point-of-sale.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 19 wherein said payment instruments comprise personal checks.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 19 wherein said payment instruments comprise credit cards.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method claim 18 wherein said product incentive awards are related to product items which have been purchased during individual customers' prior shopping visits.
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