Patent ID: 7370121

Claim:
A remote information capture system for the capture, storage and manipulation of remote information, the system comprising: (i) a portable remote information capture device located at a remote site for capturing remote information comprising consumer personal data and consumer preference data, the portable remote information capture device comprising: a reader for capturing the consumer personal data encoded on a consumer's identification (ID); and an entry module useable by an operator for entering the consumer preference data; (ii) a computer system accessible by the portable remote information capture device operative to store the captured remote information, the computer system comprising a global rules manager module for creating one or more global rules and managing one or more rewards based on the one or more global rules, the one or more global rules being uploaded to the portable remote information capture device; and (iii) a computer program operative to manipulate the captured remote information, the portable remote information capture device further comprising a module for identifying a consumer who is eligible for the one or more rewards defined by the uploaded one or more global rules, the module identifying the eligible consumer based on at least the captured remote information and the one or more global rules uploaded to the remote information capture device.