System and method for retail management of controlled substances
A method and system for retail management of controlled substances is provided. Controlled substances such as alcohol or cannabis may be sold as products or served at a venue. The process of purchasing the controlled substance, or service of a controlled substance the current venue includes a customer presenting the controlled substance for purchase and providing a customer identifier. The point of sale device at the venue may send an authorization request to a processing server at a remote service, which may reply with an advisory response including information from a customer profile. Optionally, a system and method of retail management of controlled substances provides for a law enforcement system may send an investigation request comprising a vehicle identifier to the processing server, and in response an investigation response may be sent to the law enforcement system may be sent including information from the customer profile.
1. A method for retail management of controlled substances at a current venue, the current venue comprising a current retailer point-of-sale device, the method comprising:
receiving, at a processing server from a prior retailer point-of-sale device, a prior authorization request comprising one or more prior product identifiers corresponding to one or more prior controlled substance products presented for purchase at the prior retailer point-of-sale device, and a customer identifier presented by the customer purchasing the one or more prior controlled substance products at the prior retailer point-of-sale device, the prior authorization request corresponding to the customer identifier;
generating, at the processing server, a corresponding customer profile associated with the customer identifier, and the one or more prior product identifiers in the prior authorization request;
receiving, at a processing server from the current retailer point-of-sale device, a current authorization request comprising one or more current product identifiers corresponding to one or more current controlled substance products presented for purchase at the current retailer point-of-sale device, and the customer identifier presented by the customer purchasing the one or more current controlled substance products at the current retailer point-of-sale device, the current authorization request corresponding to the customer identifier;
determining, at the processing server, the corresponding customer profile associated with the customer identifier;
updating, at the processing server, the corresponding customer profile with the one or more current product identifiers in the current authorization request;
transmitting, from the processing server to the current retailer point-of-sale device, an advisory response corresponding to the current authorization request and the corresponding customer profile based on the one or more current product identifiers and the one or more prior product identifiers.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a time of purchase of the one or more prior controlled substance products represented by the one or more prior product identifiers.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a prior location type of a prior venue.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a current location type of the current venue.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a distance between the prior venue and the current venue.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a transportation type used between the prior venue and the current venue.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a product type corresponding to the one or more current product identifiers and the one or more prior product identifiers.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a container indicia of the one or more current controlled substance products represented by the one or more current product identifiers and a container indicia of the one or more prior controlled substance products represented by one or more prior product identifiers.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the advisory response further comprises one or more refusal events.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the advisory response further comprises a theft indicator associated with the customer identifier.
11. A system for retail management of controlled substances at a current venue, the current venue comprising a current retailer point-of-sale device, the method comprising:
a processing server, the processing server comprising:
a memory;
a network device; and
a processor in communication with the memory and the network device, the processor configured to:
receive, at the network device from a prior retailer point-of-sale device, a prior authorization request comprising one or more prior product identifiers corresponding to one or more prior controlled substance products presented for purchase at the prior retailer point-of-sale device, and a customer identifier presented by the customer purchasing the one or more prior controlled substance products at the prior retailer point-of-sale device, the prior authorization request corresponding to the customer identifier;
generate a corresponding customer profile associated with the customer identifier, and the one or more prior product identifiers in the prior authorization request;
receive, at the network device from the current retailer point-of-sale device, a current authorization request comprising one or more current product identifiers corresponding to one or more current controlled substance products presented for purchase at the current retailer point-of-sale device, and the customer identifier presented by the customer purchasing the one or more current controlled substance products at the current retailer point-of-sale device, the prior authorization request corresponding to the customer identifier;
determine the corresponding customer profile associated with the customer identifier;
update the corresponding customer profile with the one or more current product identifiers in the current authorization request;
transmit, from network device to the current retailer point-of-sale device, an advisory response corresponding to the current authorization request and the corresponding customer profile based on the one or more current product identifiers and the one or more prior product identifiers.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a time of purchase of the one or more prior controlled substance products represented by the one or more prior product identifiers.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a prior location type of a prior venue.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a current location type of the current venue.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a distance between the prior venue and the current venue.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a transportation type used between the prior venue and the current venue.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a product type corresponding to the one or more current product identifiers and the one or more prior product identifiers.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the advisory response is further based on a container indicia of the one or more current controlled substance products represented by the one or more current product identifiers and a container indicia of the one or more prior controlled substance products represented by one or more prior product identifiers.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the advisory response further comprises one or more refusal events.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the advisory response further comprises a theft indicator associated with the customer identifier.