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Method and apparatus for selecting a supplemental product to offer for sale during a transaction

US7542919B1 · kind B1 · utility

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25Claims
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Filing dateJun 26, 2000
Grant dateJun 2, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G5/00
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus a user or other customer, controller, point-of-sale terminal, etc. to conduct a transaction for the purchase of one or more products and/or services, during which a supplemental product or service to offer a user during a transaction, either in addition to the products and/or services the user is purchasing or as a replacement to one or more of the products and/or services that the user is purchasing. The method may be implemented in retail embodiment where a user is purchasing products and/or services at a cash register or other point-of-sale terminal. The method may also be implemented in a online embodiment where a user is purchasing products and/or services using a computer, terminal, telephone or other client or user device and accessing a World Wide Web site, online catalog, interactive voice response unit or system, etc.

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