SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MEMBER CUSTOMERS OF A RETAIL ENTERPRISE MEMBERSHIP SERVICE AT ENTERPRISE POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20160171472A1
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14965874

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Disclosed is a system and method for effecting payment for purchases at point-of-sale systems of a retail enterprise. Each point-of-sale system is associated with a different stored identification code, and a stored first code is associated with a stored electronic payment system preauthorized by a customer member of the retail enterprise for automatic payment processing during purchase transactions carried out by the customer member at any of the plurality of point-of-sale systems. In response to a wirelessly received identification code, the point-of-sale system associated with the stored identification code that matches the wirelessly received identification code is identified, and in response to a wirelessly received second code, payment for one or more items in a current purchase transaction at the identified point-of-sale system is automatically processed using the stored, preauthorized electronic payment system if the wirelessly received second code matches the stored first code.

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MEIJER INC2929 WALKER NW GRAND RAPIDS MI 49544

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Pallas, David Scott Hudsonville, US 14 388
Pugh, Brian Grand Rapids, US 48 907
Robinson,, Jr Elmer L Marne, US 18 257
Ross, K Michael Grand Rapids, US 12 193

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