Wells D Burke

US Patent:

20130226702, Aug 29, 2013

Filed:

Feb 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/774187

Inventors:

Wells Dickson BURKE - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1457

Abstract:

A customer purchase encouragement system including a transaction media reader located in a first retail store, a message database, which stores messages suitable for customers, and a Purchase Triggered Message Selection Module (PTMSM), which receives Purchase Triggered Location Data (PTLD), including the location of the first retail store at which a customer is making a purchase using the transaction media reader, and is operative to select at least one message from the message database and to provide a Proximity-based Selected Message Output (PSMO) enabling presentation of a second-store-purchase encouragement-message to the customer.

US Patent:

20110093344, Apr 21, 2011

Filed:

Oct 21, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/909530

Inventors:

Wells D. Burke - Atlanta GA, US
Douglas J. Kruep - Dunwoody GA, US
Jason E. Linscott - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 1465

Abstract:

Systems and methods are disclosed for operating an interactive content system in a retail environment. As items are scanned at a point of sale system, item data may be provided to an interactive content system and used to generate one or more messages that may presented to a customer offering other items, which may be offered at a discount. Message may be selected based on a relative ranking of available messages. The customer may select one or more of the other items directly on a display, or a cashier may include such items in the transaction at the direction of the customer. Items presented to a customer in a message may be ordered or presented in a format based on item ranking. A cashier may be provided with a script including prompts regarding suggested items.