Patent ID: 6278979
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B41J,G06F,G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
A system for printing a redeemable coupon in a retail store, solely in response to the purchase of at least one preselected item or the non-purchase of at least one preselected item, the system comprising:(a) at least one terminal at a customer checkout location, said at least one terminal having means for reading product codes on purchased items in a customer order;(b) a store controller with which said at least one terminal can communicate, said store controller having access to an item record file containing price and other information for each product item;(c) means for storing the terms of at least one coupon deal in which the printing of a discount coupon for a selected product will be triggered by the purchase or non-purchase of at least one triggering product;(d) means for identifying the at least one triggering product in the customer's order;(e) means for associating the at least one triggering product with the coupon deal;(f) means for automatically printing at least one discount coupon having a border based on the details of the coupon deal and without the intervention or participation of the customer other than in purchasing or not purchasing the at least one triggering product; and(g) means for printing at least one discount coupon not having a border as set by default by the retail store without the intervention or participation of the customer other than in not purchasing the at least one triggering product.