摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide apparatus, systems and methodologies that facilitate negotiating discount offers; and to enable mobile devices to detect product identification data from a barcode or RFID tag.SOLUTION: The product identification data can be wirelessly transmitted to a discount negotiator, which calculates a discount offer for a product and sends a discount offer back to the mobile device while the customer is considering whether to purchase the product. The discount negotiator calculates the discount offers based on a set of rules which may account for one or more factors, including the expiration date of the product, the quantity to be purchased, product bundling, and the like.</p> |