Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and devices for obtaining information about consumer spending
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Application No.: US15453761Application Date: 2017-03-08
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Publication No.: US10580019B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Jaipal Singh Kumawat , Vipul Mehrotra , Gurpreet Atwal
- Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Priority: SG10201601831S 20160309
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; G06Q10/08

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170262871A1 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT CONSUMER SPENDING Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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