Patent ID: 9558503
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, with a wireless sensor positioned proximate a point-of-sale terminal during a first time period, a probe signal from each wireless interface of a plurality of mobile devices that are respectively associated with a plurality of customers; extracting from each probe signal a time stamp that is indicative of when a respective probe signal was received by the wireless sensor and a mobile identifier that identifies a mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices whose wireless interface transmitted the probe signal; receiving, during the first time period, a plurality of transactions from the point-of-sale terminal, wherein each transaction identifies one or more sold items; matching, from the plurality of mobile devices, a mobile device that is most likely associated with the customer who purchased the sold items identified by a transaction from the plurality of transactions, wherein the matching is based on the time stamps and mobile identifiers extracted from the probe signals received during the first time period and on a transaction time indicative of when the transaction occurred at the point-of-sale terminal; and in response to said matching the mobile device, updating a purchase history associated with the mobile identifier for the matched mobile device based on the sold items identified by the transaction.