Method and apparatus for dispensing discount coupons

Details Method and apparatus for dispensing discount coupons Method and apparatus for dispensing discount coupons

1995-02-09

1997-03-18

McElheny, Jr., Donald E.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

395223, G06F 1900

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056128681

ABSTRACT:
A system for generating, in a retail store, a printable discount coupon image solely in response to a customer's action concerning the purchase of an item. The system includes at least one customer checkout terminal, a store controller, a file for storing the terms of at least one coupon deal in which a discount coupon image is generated upon the purchase of a triggering product. The system identifies the triggering product in the customer order, associates it with the coupon deal, and automatically generates data defining at least one discount coupon for a product, typically other than the triggering product, based on the details of the coupon deal, which are not communicated to the customer prior to processing the customer order.

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Supermarket News, Apr. 23, 1984, vol. 34, p. 514, Elson, "Computers seen transforming supermarket of the future".

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