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System and method employing a portable card to configure a store for product promotion

US6354492B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1999
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0241
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods employing a portable card to configure a commercial system. An exemplary system acts to read from the card at a first location in the store, to process a signal corresponding to a first promotion set stored on the card. The exemplary system also acts to read from the card at a second location in the store, to process a signal corresponding to a second promotion set stored on the card.

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