Patent ID: 6886748
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A computer-assisted method of recording an identity of a purchaser of a particular item in a retail setting comprising: accepting from a purchaser at a point of retail sale an item encoded with a unique item identifier, said item identifier identifying the manufacturer of said item and comprising indicia specific to said item, said item being enclosed in a package having a visible electronically-readable coded form package identifier correlateable with said indicia specific to said item; accepting from said purchaser of said good at a point of retail sale an identity card housing electronically-readable personal identification information; inputting at the point of sale by an electro-optical reader said personal identification information from said identity card into electronic storage; inputting at the point of sale by an electro-optical reader into said electronic storage said visible electronically-readable coded form package identifier and information pertaining to the manufacturer of said item; correlating said personal identification information with said package identifier and information pertaining to the manufacturer of said item in a computer database.