Patents by Inventor David Ciancio

David Ciancio has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8123125
    Abstract: A combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system having a first point-of-sale system, having a checkout manager and one or more checkout terminals, and a second point-of-sale system, having a fuel center and one or more fuel pumps, in communication with each other and with one or more primary databases containing marketing data, consumer data, customer data, master sales data, discount data, and merchandise product data, for generating a fuel discount at the second point-of-sale system based on first purchasing activity at the first point-of-sale system and/or second purchasing activity at said second point-of-sale system. The fuel discount is maintained for each customer in one of said primary databases and is based on a total purchase of products, a total purchase of product units, a total purchase amount of a product type, time period for total purchase of products, or a tiered spending amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Kroger Co.
    Inventors: David Ciancio, David Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7618318
    Abstract: A method for operating a reward program including the steps of establishing a plurality of product categories and receiving an indication of selected ones of the product categories. The method further includes the step of tracking customer purchases in at least the selected categories and providing a reward to the customer based at least in part upon customer purchases in the selected categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Kroger Co.
    Inventors: David Ciancio, Gregory J. Freeman, Edward J. Korfhagen, James E. Schiesler, Richard P. Stern, Stephen L. Wall, Adrian Coy, Simon Hay, Mark Hinds, Sarah Myatt
  • Publication number: 20090150244
    Abstract: A combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system having a first point-of-sale system, having a checkout manager and one or more checkout terminals, and a second point-of-sale system, having a fuel center and one or more fuel pumps, in communication with each other and with one or more primary databases containing marketing data, consumer data, customer data, master sales data, discount data, and merchandise product data, for generating a fuel discount at the second point-of-sale system based on first purchasing activity at the first point-of-sale system and/or second purchasing activity at said second point-of-sale system. The fuel discount is maintained for each customer in one of said primary databases and is based on a total purchase of products, a total purchase of product units, a total purchase amount of a product type, time period for total purchase of products, or a tiered spending amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: David Ciancio, David Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7469826
    Abstract: A combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system having a first point-of-sale system, having a checkout manager and one or more checkout terminals, and a second point-of-sale system, having a fuel center and one or more fuel pumps, in communication with each other and with one or more primary databases containing marketing data, consumer data, customer data, master sales data, discount data, and merchandise product data, for generating a fuel discount at the second point-of-sale system based on first purchasing activity at the first point-of-sale system and/or second purchasing activity at said second point-of-sale system. The fuel discount is maintained for each customer in one of said primary databases and is based on a total purchase of products, a total purchase of product units, a total purchase amount of a product type, time period for total purchase of products, or a tiered spending amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: The Kroger Co.
    Inventors: David Ciancio, David Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20070152038
    Abstract: A combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system having a first point-of-sale system, having a checkout manager and one or more checkout terminals, and a second point-of-sale system, having a fuel center and one or more fuel pumps, in communication with each other and with one or more primary databases containing marketing data, consumer data, customer data, master sales data, discount data, and merchandise product data, for generating a fuel discount at the second point-of-sale system based on first purchasing activity at the first point-of-sale system and/or second purchasing activity at said second point-of-sale system. The fuel discount is maintained for each customer in one of said primary databases and is based on a total purchase of products, a total purchase of product units, a total purchase amount of a product type, time period for total purchase of products, or a tiered spending amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: David Ciancio, David Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20040219971
    Abstract: A method for operating a reward program including the steps of establishing a plurality of product categories and receiving an indication of selected ones of the product categories. The method further includes the step of tracking customer purchases in at least the selected categories and providing a reward to the customer based at least in part upon customer purchases in the selected categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: David Ciancio, Gregory J. Freeman, Edward J. Korfhagen, James E. Schiesler, Richard P. Stern, Stephen L. Wall, Adrian Coy, Simon Hay, Mark Hinds, Sarah Myatt