摘要 |
A combination parking and shopping system comprising a data collection system for collecting purchase data of a user of the system, a parking entry machine comprising a portable user device dispenser, and a parking station comprising an identity input device and a data input device. The data collection system comprises a data input device for receiving the purchase data from a portable user device, an identity input device for receiving a user identification input in association with the purchase data, and a communication interface for communicating with a user database adapted to store user records corresponding to respective users of the system. The records comprise purchase data of the respective users. The communication interface is adapted to output to the user database the purchase data received by the data input device in association with a user identifier comprising or derived from the user identification input received by the identity input device, for storage in a user record of the user database corresponding to the user identifier.
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