Method of Promoting Customer Loyalty and Charitable Donations by Adjusting a Sale Transaction Subtotal by Executing Computer-Executable Instructions Stored On a Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium

摘要

A method of promoting customer loyalty and charitable donations by adjusting a sale transaction subtotal prompts customers to transfer small amounts of money to one of a variety of accounts. The customer is prompted to add an adjustment amount to their transaction, and choose where to send the adjustment amount. If the customer pays with cash, the adjustment amount is the customer's change. If the customer pays with an electronic payment, the adjustment amount is the difference between the subtotal and the next dollar amount, or a different pre-set amount. The customer then chooses whether to deposit the adjustment amount into a customer rewards account, donate the adjustment amount to a charity of their choice, or tip the employee.

主权项

1. A method of promoting customer loyalty and charitable donations by adjusting a sale transaction subtotal by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises the steps of:
providing a database; providing a plurality of monetary accounts; processing a sale transaction in order to produce a transaction subtotal; receiving a payment amount; calculating a payment differential between the transaction subtotal and the payment amount, if the payment amount is greater than the transaction subtotal; prompting to charge a payment add-on, if the payment amount is equal to the transaction subtotal; prompting to transfer either the payment differential or the payment add-on into a desired account from the plurality of monetary accounts; transferring the payment differential or the payment add-on into the desired account, if the desired account is selected from the plurality of monetary accounts; and dispensing the payment differential, if the payment amount is greater than the transaction subtotal, and if the desired account is not selected from the plurality of monetary accounts.