Point of Sale System for Communicating Marketing Messages Based on a Sales Transaction

摘要

A method, POS system, and computer program product is provided for integrating a POS system with social networking platforms. A Point Of Sale (POS) system obtains sales information associated with a sales transaction. After acquiring a customer's authorization to use his/her e-mail address information, the POS system reconciles the sales information with marketing data. The POS system packages marketing information based on the sales information acquired and communicates the marketing information associated with the sales transaction to a social networking platform to which the customer is a subscriber.