Patent ID: 9305438
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for printing information, the method being implemented by a computer system of a retail store, the computer system having a point-of-sale terminal and a point-of-sale printer, the method comprising: generating, by the point-of-sale terminal, default print information, which includes individual transaction data to be printed on a sales receipt, for an individual transaction; receiving, by said point-of-sale printer, said default print information from said point-of-sale terminal; transmitting, by the point-of-sale terminal, said individual transaction data to said generating computer system to generate said second print information, wherein said generating computer system identifies the at least one incentive based on at least a portion of the individual transaction data; determining, by said generating computer system, whether a predetermined send time associated with said individual transaction data has passed; responsive to a determination by said generating computer system that the predetermined send time has passed, not transmitting, by said generating computer system, said second print information to said point-of-sale printer; and responsive to a determination by said generating computer system that the predetermined send time has not passed, transmitting, by said generating computer system, said second print information to said point-of-sale printer; determining, by said point-of-sale printer, whether said point-of-sale printer receives, from a generating computer system separate from said point-of-sale terminal and separate from said point-of-sale printer, second print information, which includes said individual transaction data to be printed on the sales receipt and incentive data for at least one incentive to be printed on the sales receipt, prior to expiration of a wait period of time associated with a time of said individual transaction, wherein the incentive data indicates a value of the at least one incentive to be printed on the sales receipt; printing, by said point-of-sale printer, the sales receipt based on said second print information instead of said default print information responsive to a determination that said point-of-sale printer receives said second print information from said generating computer system prior to expiration of said wait period of time; and printing, by said point-of-sale printer, said sales receipt based on said default print information responsive to a determination that said point-of-sale printer does not receive said second print information from said generating computer system prior to said expiration of said wait period of time.