Advertising device and method for use at point of sale

US5992888A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Vaughn W. North · US

Inventors

• Vaughn W. North · Salt Lake City, US
• Kent R. Johnson · Seattle, US
• G. O'Brien Garrett · Sandy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 16, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 30, 1999
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0268
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device and method for displaying advertising materials to a potential purchaser coincident with the making of a financial transaction by the purchaser. The device comprises at least one transaction recording card sized to attach to and conform to dimensions of a standard credit or debit card and includes a format for making a record of a transaction associated with the purchaser. Third party advertising material is placed on the recording card in a format which may be viewed by the purchaser at a time and place of making the record of the transaction. The method comprises the steps of a) identifying a group of purchasers having a common interest in a particular market; b) selecting a group of businesses which desire to access the group of purchasers for third party advertising purposes; c) producing at least one transaction recording card having a format for making a record of a financial transaction associated with the purchaser; d) placing the advertising material on the recording card in a format which may be viewed by the purchaser at a time and place of making the record of the financial transaction, and e) providing means for attachment of the transaction recording card and…