US 12,277,576 B2
Loyalty program system, apparatus, and media
Espen Zachrisen, Bartlett, IL (US); and Vinayak Hegde, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Assigned to TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Filed by Transform SR Brands LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,891.
Application 18/101,891 is a continuation of application No. 17/018,132, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,599,899.
Application 17/018,132 is a continuation of application No. 14/644,689, filed on Mar. 11, 2015, granted, now 10,776,810, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0169536 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0233 (2013.01) 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
reading, via one or more point-of-sale (POS) devices, a code from a physical item, wherein the code is representative of a membership identifier that is assigned to a member of a loyalty program;
reading, via the one or more POS devices, a product code from an item, wherein the product code identifies the item;
receiving, via a server, information regarding a purchase of the item by the member of the loyalty program, wherein the information comprises the membership identifier and the product code;
determining, via the server, an earn offer, according to the information received from the one or more POS devices, wherein the earn offer applies to a purchase of the item; and
updating, via the server, earned loyalty points of the member in one or more point categories according to a quantity of loyalty points earned in each of the one or more point categories based on the purchase of the item, wherein:
the purchase of the item is associated with a particular department of a store having a plurality of departments, and
the earn offer favors the particular department over other departments of the store.