Patent ID: 8788347
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for calendaring a reminder, the method comprising: storing, by a computer system, one or more records identifying one or more products; storing, by the computer system, within the one or more records, a time period for each product of the one or more products, the time period identifying for a corresponding product of the one or more products an expected length of time between purchases of the corresponding product by a customer; conducting, by a point-of-sale system forming part of the computer system, a point-of-sale transaction comprising a sale of one or more goods or services to the customer, the sale occurring on a first date; searching, by the computer system, data documenting the sale to determine whether any product of the one or more products was purchased as part of the sale; determining, by the computer system based on the searching, that a first good or service purchased in the sale is a first product of the one or more products; and scheduling, by the computer system, a reminder for the customer to make another purchase of the first product on a second date, the temporal spacing between the second date and the first date being equal to the time period stored in the one or more records for the first product.