The present invention is directed to a system and method for administration of a customer loyalty program at a point of sale terminal. The system, in one embodiment, contains a database of customer records for the loyalty program where each customer record contains information about a customer's payment device and information about a customer's mobile device. The system may locate a customer record in a database based on payment device or mobile device information captured at the point of sale terminal and apply any applicable loyalty program discounts. The system may then forward the payment device information to a third-party payment processor for payment processing. The system may print out a receipt at the point of sale terminal indicating any discounts and containing a promotional message. The system may also send a promotional message to the customer's mobile device using the mobile device information stored in the customer's record.

System and method for administering a loyalty program and processing payments

A media targeting system may be configured to coordinate media and manage media conflicts in its delivery to consumers. The media targeting system may in near real-time arbitrate between all offers assigned to a particular consumer or available to the consumer via one or more channels to ensure that a consumer only receives non-conflicting offers during particular time periods. The media targeting system may translate offers into a real-time, in- store loyalty environment including consumer real-time behavior assignment into traits in order to make a real-time offer assignment based on the traits.

System and method of a media delivery services platform for targeting consumers in real time

A media targeting system may be configured to coordinate media and manage media conflicts in its delivery to consumers. The media targeting system may in near real-time arbitrate between all offers assigned to a particular consumer or available to the consumer via one or more channels to ensure that a consumer only receives non-conflicting offers during particular time periods. The media targeting system may translate offers into a real-time, in-store loyalty environment including consumer real-time behavior assignment into traits in order to make a real-time offer assignment based on the traits. An application on a mobile device of a consumer may allow the consumer to share offers with other consumers via a bump of the consumers' mobile devices.

A system in which a user controls the log-in, transaction, and log-out process with respect to a merchant. The user's presence at the merchant's facility triggers the log-in process, such that the merchant's systems become aware of the user's presence. Once the user is registered with the merchant, information and services become available to the user without further action required by the user. Transactions are facilitated, specials are brought to the user's attention, personal shopping becomes available while the user remains in the facility. Upon leaving the facility, or after a certain elapsed time with a transaction being consummated, the user is logged-out of the system.

System and method for user controlled log-in; interacting and log-out

The invention provides an apparatus and a method for improving the control of access by a terminal device in a WLAN environment having an access point for determining whether the device utilizes an IEEE 802.1x protocol by the access point communicating to the device, a packet, whereby if the devices utilizes a IEEE 802.1x protocol the device appropriately responds and otherwise the access point determines that the terminal device protocol does not employ a IEEE 802.1x protocol and selects an authentication mechanism compatible with the terminal device. If the device is not an IEEE 802.1x client, an IP packet filtering is configured to redirect a user HTTP request to a local server, and when the HTTP requests are thereby redirected, the HTTP server presents the terminal device with information specifically related to the browser based authentication.

A flexible wlan access point architecture capable of accommodating different user devices

A method for externally controlling and managing a wireless local area network subscriber assigned to at least one wireless local area network includes requesting a service using the subscriber, checking an authorization of the subscriber to access the TCP/IP network, and establishing a connection via the TCP/IP network to the subscriber if the subscriber has the authorization to access the TCP/IP network. Signaling and/or information data are managed using a control and managing device connected to the public TCP/IP network via an interface device.

Method and arrangement for externally controlling and managing at least one wlan subscriber who is assigned to a local radio network

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum externen Steuern und Verwalten wenigstens eines WLAN-Teilnehmers (32), der wenigstens einem lokalen Funknetz (12, 52) zugeordneten ist und uber ein offentliches TCP/IP-Netz (80) Dienste anfordern kann. Die Erfindung betrifft ferner eine Anordnung aus mehreren Kommunikationsnetzen insbesondere zur Durchfuhrung des Verfahrens sowie eine Steuer- und Verwaltungseinrichtung (90) zum Einsatz in einer solchen Netzwerkanordnung. Ein Kerngedanke der Erfindung ist darin zu sehen, bei Anforderung eines Internet-Dienstes durch einen WLAN-Teilnehmer (32) die entsprechende Verbindungs- und Dienststeuerung von einer externen Einrichtung (90) durchfuhren und verwalten zu lassen.

Christoph Henkels

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Method and arrangement for externally controlling and managing at least one wlan subscriber who is assigned to a local radio network

Verfahren und anordnung zum externen steuern und verwalten wenigstens eines einem lokalen funknetz zugeordneten wlan-teilnehmers