Patent ID: 7813956
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing customer-specific information for a customer to a weigh station, the method comprising: a) obtaining customer identification information for identifying a customer to be served at the weigh station; b) storing a plurality of customer profiles for a plurality of customers wherein each customer in the plurality of customers has an associated customer profile; and, c) when the customer is in the plurality of customers, retrieving the associated customer profile for the customer using the customer identification information and providing associated customer-specific information based on the associated customer profile to a weigh station display, wherein the associated customer profile comprises, for each customer in the plurality of customers, a unique associated customer identifier, the customer-specific information comprises associated reward information, and the associated reward information specifies at last one of an associated coupon and an associated discount to be provided to the customer.