Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, devices, products and other implementations, including a method that includes intercepting, by a monitoring system, communications in a closed system between one or more peripheral devices and one or more host devices, the closed system being configured to enable communication between only designated closed system devices, the designated closed system devices including the one or more peripheral devices and the one or more host devices, with the communications including information relating to one or more transactions. The method further includes generating, by the monitoring system, based on at least one of the intercepted communications, supplemental data relating to at least one transaction of the one or more transactions, and communicating from the monitoring system to at least one of the designated closed system devices the supplemental data relating to the at least one transaction.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, devices, products and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving, at one or more processor-based devices, information about at least one transaction, including information about at least one first item selected by a customer in the at least one transaction, and determining, at the one or more processor-based devices, data relating to a reward provided to the customer in response to achieving a chance-based outcome for an activity performable by the customer, the data relating to the reward determined, at least in part, based on the received information.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving information from a plurality of retail points, with the information including transaction data for a plurality of transactions at one or more of the plurality of retail points and respective local retail data for each of the plurality of retail points. The method further includes determining for a retail point, from the plurality of the retail points, a set of promotion rules based on the transaction data and on the respective local retail data, and communicating the set to the retail point. When the set of promotion rules is applied to subsequent transaction data obtained at the retail point, a resultant promotion is generated in response to application of the set of promotion rules to one or more of the subsequent transaction data and/or to subsequent local retail data obtained at retail point.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving information from a plurality of retail points, with the information including transaction data for a plurality of transactions at one or more of the plurality of retail points and respective local retail data for each of the plurality of retail points. The method further includes determining for a retail point, from the plurality of the retail points, a set of promotion rules based on the transaction data and on the respective local retail data, and communicating the set to the retail point. When the set of promotion rules is applied to subsequent transaction data obtained at the retail point, a resultant promotion is generated in response to application of the set of promotion rules to one or more of the subsequent transaction data and/or to subsequent local retail data obtained at retail point.

Abstract: A method for automatically performing marketing actions. The method includes receiving consumer input relating to a product and/or service (“Product/Service”) from a service information display, receiving contextual input associated with the consumer input, placing the received consumer and contextual input into one or more segmented data groups, wherein each segmented group includes consumers data and associated contextual data having similar characteristics, and wherein each segmented group has sufficient consumers data and associated contextual data to enable statistical analysis.

Abstract: A method for automatically performing marketing actions. The method includes receiving consumer input relating to a product and/or service (“Product/Service”) from a service information display, receiving contextual input associated with the consumer input, placing the received consumer and contextual input into one or more segmented data groups, wherein each segmented group includes consumers data and associated contextual data having similar characteristics, and wherein each segmented group has sufficient consumers data and associated contextual data to enable statistical analysis.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, devices, products and other implementations, including a method that includes intercepting, by a monitoring system, communications in a closed system between one or more peripheral devices and one or more host devices, the closed system being configured to enable communication between only designated closed system devices, the designated closed system devices including the one or more peripheral devices and the one or more host devices, with the communications including information relating to one or more transactions. The method further includes generating, by the monitoring system, based on at least one of the intercepted communications, supplemental data relating to at least one transaction of the one or more transactions, and communicating from the monitoring system to at least one of the designated closed system devices the supplemental data relating to the at least one transaction.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, devices, products and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving, at one or more processor-based devices, information about at least one transaction, including information about at least one first item selected by a customer in the at least one transaction, and determining, at the one or more processor-based devices, data relating to a reward provided to the customer in response to achieving a chance-based outcome for an activity performable by the customer, the data relating to the reward determined, at least in part, based on the received information.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, devices, products and other implementations, including a method that includes detecting a signal from an access point located within a geographical area, including identifying the access point based on data included in the signal representative of an identity of the access point. The method further includes establishing through a communication node, different from the access point, a communication link with a remote server in response to detecting the signal from the access point, and receiving from the remote server via the communication node data associated with the geographical area in which the access point is located.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods and devices, including a method that includes receiving information about one or more transactions, each transaction including a respective sale of at least one first item selected by a customer and an offer of cross-sale of at least one second item offered to the customer, the information about each of the transactions including information about an outcome of the respective offer of cross-sales. The method further includes determining effectiveness measures based on the received information, with each of the effectiveness measures being associated with at least one of a plurality of combinations of at least one purchasable item and a corresponding offer of cross-sale of at least another purchasable item. The effectiveness measures are representative of a likelihood of the corresponding offer of the cross-sale being accepted when offered in combination with the respective at least one purchasable item.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, computer program products, systems, and devices, including a method, performed by execution of computer readable program code on one or more processing-based devices, that includes receiving data relating to past customer activities by at least one customer, receiving data relating to future events available to a plurality of customers, and determining data relating to promotion of opportunities corresponding to the future events to be presented to the at least one customer based on the data relating to the past customer activities by the at least one customer and on the data relating to the future events available to the plurality of customers.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods and devices, including a method that includes receiving information about one or more transactions, each transaction including a respective sale of at least one first item selected by a customer and an offer of cross-sale of at least one second item offered to the customer, the information about each of the transactions including information about an outcome of the respective offer of cross-sales. The method further includes determining effectiveness measures based on the received information, with each of the effectiveness measures being associated with at least one of a plurality of combinations of at least one purchasable item and a corresponding offer of cross-sale of at least another purchasable item. The effectiveness measures are representative of a likelihood of the corresponding offer of the cross-sale being accepted when offered in combination with the respective at least one purchasable item.

Abstract: A method for determining a schedule for presenting audiovisual items is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of audiovisual items, each of the plurality of audiovisual items associated with a corresponding priority data, assigning to each of the plurality of audiovisual items a corresponding exposure level data representative of the portico of time the corresponding audiovisual item is to be presented during a particular time interval, identifying one or more audiovisual items from the plurality of audiovisual items that are to be included in a playlist of audiovisual items based, at least in part, on the corresponding priority data of the plurality of audiovisual terns, and determining a presentation schedule for the identified one or more audiovisual items based, at least in part, on the corresponding exposure level data.

Abstract: A method for automatically performing marketing actions. The method includes receiving consumer input relating to a product and/or service (“Product/Service”) from a service information display, receiving contextual input associated with the consumer input, placing the received consumer and contextual input into one or more segmented data groups, wherein each segmented group includes consumers data and associated contextual data having similar characteristics, and wherein each segmented group has sufficient consumers data and associated contextual data to enable statistical analysis.