[특허]System and method for generating price-per-gallon discounts for fuel

System and method for generating price-per-gallon discounts for fuel 원문보기

IPC분류정보
국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G06Q-030/00
출원번호	UP-0157578 (2005-06-21)
등록번호	US-7653571 (2010-02-24)
발명자 / 주소	Jacoves, Peter G. Hall, William Y. Mains, Karla J. Naul, Charles H.
출원인 / 주소	Excentus Corporation
대리인 / 주소	Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 80

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A fuel rewards program wherein awards received from the purchase of discount-triggering items at a first transaction are redeemed for a price-per-unit (PPU) discount on fuel. A scanner scans product codes and inputs the information to a POS system through a comparator such that a product may be determined to be a discount-triggering item. Information regarding the discount-triggering item is first stored in a potential buffer. A rewards process processes the information in the potential buffer and stores that information in a filtered potential buffer. A potential file accumulates basic information about one or more transactions. A purchase buffer stores all of the information, which is ultimately printed on a cash register receipt. The receipt may be scanned at a fuel dispenser to begin the redemption of the PPU discount on the fuel.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method of providing a discount-per-gallon for fuel to a customer who purchases a threshold amount of goods or services, said method comprising: awarding by a store computer a first discount-per-gallon for the fuel to the customer in response to a purchase by the customer of at least a first threshold amount of goods or services; storing the first discount-per-gallon in a discount database; awarding by the store computer a second discount-per-gallon for the fuel to the customer in response to a purchase by the customer of at least a second threshold amount of goods or services; adding by the store computer the second discount-per-gallon to the first discount-per-gallon stored in the discount database to determine a total discount-per-gallon for the fuel; receiving by a fueling station controller, an indication that the customer has initiated a subsequent purchase of fuel, said indication including an identifier associated with the total discount-per-gallon stored in the discount database; retrieving by the fueling station controller in response to the indication that the customer has initiated a subsequent purchase of fuel, the total discount-per-gallon from the discount database; dispensing a number of units of fuel to the customer at a posted price-per-gallon to determine a preliminary cost of the fuel; calculating by a fuel controller a financial discount by multiplying the total discount-per-gallon by the number of units of fuel dispensed; and reducing by the fuel controller the preliminary cost by the calculated financial discount to determine a final cost of the fuel. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of awarding the first and second discounts-per-gallon for the fuel include the steps of: calculating a cumulative total of purchases by the customer over a period of time; awarding the first discount-per-gallon when the cumulative total of purchases is at least the first threshold amount; and awarding the second discount-per-gallon when the cumulative total of purchases is at least the second threshold amount. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the goods and services are goods or services of a specified type. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of awarding, storing, and adding the discounts-per-gallon are performed by a processor associated with a point-of-sale (POS) system at the fueling station. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of awarding, storing, and adding the discounts-per-gallon are performed by a processor associated with a point-of-sale (POS) system at a merchant different from the fueling station, said merchant and said fueling station having a cross-marketing agreement for the discounted sale of fuel in exchange for the customer purchasing at least the first or second threshold amount of goods or services from the merchant. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the goods and services are goods or services from a specified department of the merchant. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after adding the second discount-per-gallon to the first discount-per-gallon to determine a total discount-per-gallon for the fuel, the steps of: determining whether the total discount-per-gallon exceeds a maximum allowable discount-per-gallon; and if the total discount-per-gallon exceeds a maximum allowable discount-per-gallon, limiting the total discount-per-gallon to the maximum allowable discount-per-gallon. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing the calculated financial discount in a redemption database.

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