Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Discount or incentive
Patent
1996-09-12
2000-06-13
Voeltz, Emanuel Todd
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Discount or incentive
235383, 186 52, G06F 1760
Patent
active
060760680
ABSTRACT:
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for generating coupons to provide discounts for purchases includes providing a computer-based kiosk at a retail establishment such as a grocery store. A user identification of a household is received at the kiosk. The kiosk outputs a series of targeted coupons which have been assigned to the individual household on the basis of at least one attribute of that household. Images of coupons may be formatted "on the fly" from parameters set forth in a coupon record. The system may further include an enhancement system which provides tools for enhancing the coupon offer data by designating particular offers as either a targeted coupon offer assigned to individual households as a function of purchases by that household or a mandatory coupon which is assigned to substantially all households. The kiosk may additionally print personalized messages by substituting for a keyword a value derived from an attribute of the identified household and outputting the graphic image of the personalized message.
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DeLapa James P.
Willman James W.
Ad Response MicroMarketing Corporation
Alvarez Raquel
Todd Voeltz Emanuel
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