Patent ID: 6783459
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
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 their corresponding biometric identification data 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 anonymous customers, if said processor determines that said 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, said processor storing in the memory of the customer's file information relating to the customer's current transaction, if said processor is only able to reduce the identity of the customer to two or more of said library of files of anonymous customers and their corresponding biometric identification data in the data processor memory, a human being compares the received biometric data identifying the customer to the identification data in the two or more files of said library to determine which one of the two or more files of said library correspond to the anonymous customer, and said human being manually inputting into said processor which of the two or more files of said library correspond to the anonymous customer causing said processor to store in the memory of said customer's file that a repeat identification has been made and causing said processor to store in the memory of the customer's file information relating to the customer's current transaction.