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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
Inmar Clearing, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jess D. Walker, Georgetown, TX (US);
David Edward Johnson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Grazia Ruskin, Austin, TX (US);
INMAR CLEARING, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A system may include a promotions server for storing a brand-basedpromotional offer and a mobile wireless communications device associated with a user. The system may also include a point-of-sale (POS) terminal located at aserving establishment for acquiring user identification information, opening a usertab and communicating the user identification information to the promotions server, and closing and communicating the usertab to the promotions server. The usertab may identify a brand ofordered by the user. The promotions server may determine that the mobile device is at theserving establishment and send a notification of the brand-basedpromotional offer to the mobile device. The promotions server may also determine that the brand ofordered by the user matches the brand-basedpromotional offer and communicate the brand-basedpromotional offer to the POS terminal for redemption thereat.