System and method for tracking and establishing a progressive discount based upon customer visits to a retail establishment

Abstract

Methods, computer readable media and apparatus are disclosed for determining and applying a discount for a customer. In some embodiments, the process includes receiving transaction data that represents a current transaction, receiving a customer identifier of a customer, determining a current transaction time and a last transaction time, determining that a duration between the last transaction time and the current transaction time equals or exceeds a predetermined time period, and determining that the current transaction is a first instance of the customer equaling or exceeding the predetermined time period. Since it was the first time the customer equaled or exceeded the predetermined time period, a discount is applied to the current transaction.

1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving transaction data that represents a current transaction;   receiving a customer identifier of a customer participating in the current transaction;   determining a current transaction time and a last transaction time associated with the customer;   determining that a duration between the last transaction time and the current transaction time equals or exceeds a predetermined time period;   determining that the current transaction comprises a first instance of the customer equaling or exceeding the predetermined time period;   determining a discount that was applied to the last transaction associated with the customer; and   applying the discount to the current transaction.