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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Catalina Marketing Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Hunter, La Jolla, CA (US);

Joshua Herzig-Marx, Newton, MA (US);

Benjamin S. Sprecher, Newton, MA (US);

Mark Bees, Needham, MA (US);

Assignee:

Catalina Marketing Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0229 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0222 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0224 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, including receiving, from a consumer, a client device identification though an application running in a client device, is provided. The method includes matching the client device identification with a loyalty card for a retail store, identifying a shopping history for consumer, associated with the retail store, in a database, based on the loyalty card, and requesting, through the application, an information from consumer, based on the shopping history. The method further includes verifying the identity of consumer when at least a portion of the information matches the shopping history associated with the retail store, for consumer, and providing an offer to consumer, through the application running in the client device, of a product in the retail store. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.


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