Patent ID: 7877288
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A manufacturer's offer redemption system for authenticating a manufacturer's offer redemption transaction, the system comprising: a manufacturer's offer registry comprising an electronic database of manufacturer's offers capable of being redeemed, each offer having at least one redemption requirement; a point of sale system, the point of sale system having at least one store portal and configured to generate a transaction log during a product purchase transaction; a manufacturer's offer redemption terminal; and a manufacturer's offer clearinghouse; wherein said manufacturer's offer redemption terminal generates an initial token after validation, verification and destruction of a manufacturer's offer, the initial token based upon data generated by the point of sale system during the product purchase transaction and configured to permit authentication of the manufacturer's offer redemption transaction; and wherein said manufacturer's offer clearinghouse creates a regenerated token based upon the data generated by the point of sale system during the product purchase transaction and compares said regenerated token with said initial token to authenticate the manufacturer's offer redemption transaction.