Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Mechanized store
Patent
1988-11-16
1991-04-16
Pitts, Harold
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Mechanized store
235487, G06K 1500
Patent
active
050085190
ABSTRACT:
A manufacturers' coupon redemption system that is electronically controlled, and compatible in any supermarket using Universal Product Codes. The system includes a newly-styled, uniform coupon, with special bar code indicia redeemable on up to three families of products. At the supermarket, a special device for reading the coupons is provided that reads the coupons presented by the consumer. The system verifies that the consumer did, in fact, purchase the items specified, that the coupon has not expired, and other validation conditions. The unit communicates the results of the validation to the cash register for credit to the consumer's bill. The accepted coupon is then mutiliated to prevent reuse. The reader devices, and the in-store controller, are under the jurisdiction of the coupon clearing house, thus enabling the clearing house to electronically poll the coupon redemption data by computer directly from the stores, and to immediately produce tallies and totals for the purpose of immediate billing of the manufacturers and crediting of the retailers.
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Amareno Carmelo S.
Cunningham William R.
Kayan Helmut
Benn Marvin
Gerstein Milton S.
Pitts Harold
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