System and apparatus for dispensing coupons having selectively printed borders around preferred products
US6278979A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07G5/00
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and a corresponding method for creating a coupon or other like incentive in response to a transaction. A record pertaining to the details of the transaction is examined to determine whether the transaction is intended to trigger the creation of a coupon or other like incentive having a border. The non-existence of a certain detail of the transaction examined will result in creation of a coupon or other like incentive having a border. Also, the existence of a certain detail of the transaction examined will result in the creation of a coupon or other like incentive having a border. Transactions that do not trigger the creation of a coupon or other like incentive having a border may result in creation of coupons or other like incentives not having borders or in creation of a transaction receipt not having a border.
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