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US 8,939,361 · App. 13/829,516 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Systems and methods for targeted point-of-sale content delivery

Inventors: Matthew John Stoudt (Santa Monica, CA); Nathan Frederic Gill (New York, NY); Sean Michael Lyden (Hermosa Beach, CA); Eric William Heatzig (Boca Raton, FL); Oliver Roger Koechli (Santa Monica, CA); Daniel R. Trotzer (Greenwich, CT)
G06Q20/34G06Q20/123G06Q20/20G06Q20/387
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,939,361
App. No.
13/829,516
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods of presenting targeted content to consumers at a point of sale using a customer profile derived at least in part from consumer credit or debit card information transmitted from the point of sale.

Claims (12)

1. A system for targeting content at a point-of-sale, the system comprising:

a card reader;

a point-of-sale system;

a transaction monitor hardware device, said transaction monitor hardware device being a physically separate device from said card reader and said point-of-sale system, said transaction monitor hardware device being coupled between the card reader and the point-of-sale system, said coupling of said transaction monitor hardware device having an input coupled with the card reader and an output coupled with the point-of-sale system, the transaction monitor hardware device configured to receive transaction information from at least one of the card reader and the point-of-sale system; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the transaction information to a display for targeted content presentation.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transaction information comprises at least one of ZIP code information from customer use of a debit or credit card at the card reader, customer name information from customer use of a debit or credit card at the card reader, an entity issuer identifier derived from customer use of a debit or credit card at the card reader, and information regarding a product located proximate to the debit or credit card reader, the product information including at least one of a price and an amount of product.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the transaction monitor hardware device is coupled with a distribution and control system, wherein the information regarding the product is received from the distribution and control system.

4. The system of claim 3 , the system further comprising a memory, the transaction monitor hardware device configured to store at least a portion of the received transaction information in the memory.

5. The system of claim 1 , the system further comprising a processor configured to generate a customer profile based at least in part on the received transaction information, wherein the transmitting the transaction information comprises transmitting the customer profile.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured for wireless transmission.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is coupled to the display via a wired connection.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transaction monitor hardware device comprises a passive splitter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2013
From: STOUDT, MATTHEW JOHN; GILL, NATHAN FREDERIC; LYDEN, SEAN MICHAEL; HEATZIG, ERIC WILLIAM; KOECHLI, OLIVER ROGER; TROTZER, DANIEL R.
To: OUTCAST MEDIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 030788/0063 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61683841 · Aug 16, 2012
Provisional Application 61621816 · Apr 9, 2012
Related Publication 20130264385A1 · Oct 10, 2013