Patent ID: 8478696
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A warranty plan system comprising: a physical display within a retail store; a tangible warranty plan product positioned on the physical display, the tangible warranty plan product including: a point-of-sale register within the retail store, the point-of-sale register being configured to receive the tangible warranty plan product once the tangible warranty plan product is transferred to the point-of-sale register from the physical display, the point-of-sale register being configured to optically read the first bar code and the second bar code of the tangible warranty plan product and a primary product bar code of the primary product during a mercantile transaction in which the tangible warranty plan product and the primary product are processed as separate items for retail sale, the point-of-sale register including a computer that is programmed to process the first bar code as an indication of the identified one of the plurality of available tiers of warranty plan accounts and that is programmed to process the second bar code as an indication of the link between the tangible warranty plan product and the individual warranty plan account within the one of the plurality of available tiers of warranty plan accounts, wherein the primary product bar code differs from the first bar code and the second bar code, and the point-of-sale register associates the primary product with the individual warranty plan account based on the second bar code, which is optically read from the tangible warranty plan product, and the primary product bar code, which is optically read from the primary product, and initializes the tangible warranty plan account for a predetermined term,