Patent ID: 8851374
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a first component to scan a physical coupon associated with a current checkout session; a second component to which the physical coupon is moved from the first component after the first component scans the physical coupon and the physical coupon has been validated, the second component to hold the physical coupon and any other physical coupons associated with just the current checkout session until the current checkout session has been successfully completed; and, a third component to which the physical coupon and any other physical coupons associated with the current checkout session are moved in unison from the second component once the current checkout session has been successfully completed, the third component to store the physical coupon and any other physical coupons associated with the current checkout session, together with additional physical coupons associated with other checkout sessions, wherein the first component is to return the physical coupon where validation of the physical coupon has failed, wherein the second component permits a user to retrieve the physical coupon and any other physical coupons associated with just the current checkout session where the current checkout session has been unsuccessfully completed, without the user having to look through the additional physical coupons associated with the other checkout sessions, wherein the first component comprises: a door that is opened by a customer associated with the current checkout session to place the physical coupon inside the first component and to then close the door; a scanning mechanism to scan the physical coupon upon the physical coupon being placed inside the first component and the door being closed, such that the scanning mechanism does not scan the physical coupon unless the door is closed; and, a surface on which the customer is to place the physical coupon inside the first component, wherein a portion of the surface has a first position at which the physical coupon is scanned by the scanning mechanism, and a second position in which the portion rotates downward in relation to the first position to release and drop the physical coupon to the second component after the physical coupon has been scanned by the scanning mechanism and the physical coupon has been validated.