Patent ID: 6554705
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A method for identifying and tracking customers of an establishment who have not previously registered or identified themselves to the establishment, which comprises:obtaining biometric identification information from the customer, transmitting acquired biometric data to a data processor memory, maintaining a library of files of anonymous customers and corresponding biometric identification data of the anonymous customers in the data processor memory, said processor comparing the received biometric data identifying the customer to identification data in the files of said library to determine if the acquired biometric data match stored biometric identification data of the anonymous customers, if said received biometric data match stored identification data of a prior customer in said library, said processor storing in the memory of said customer's file that a repeat identification has been made, and said processor storing in the memory of the customer's file information relating to a current transaction of the customer.