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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a consumer makes a purchase at a retail location, a communication device associated with the consumer receives information specifying the type of product purchased. This may be done by the consumer entering the information manually, by the communication device receiving a data file over an interface, or by a camera of the communication device capturing a picture of a receipt. The information may be, or may be converted into, stock-keeping unit (SKU) data. The data can be analyzed to derive consumer spending patterns and to suggest product offers to the consumer.