Patent ID: 6408286
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A coupon distribution system for distributing coupons, the system comprising:a postage printing system including a computer in operative communication with a printer for printing a postal indicium on an envelope; a data center in operative communication with the computer, the computer being located remotely from the data center, the data center including a plurality of third party advertiser accounts, each of the third party advertiser accounts including respective ad data having coupon data and restriction data, each of the coupon data representative of a coupon to be printed; a control system in operative communication with the data center and the computer for: establishing a transaction session between the computer and the data center to generate the postal indicium; obtaining recipient address information from the user; and using the recipient address information and the restriction data from the plurality of advertiser accounts to identify a subset of coupons available for printing on an envelope in conjunction with the postal indicium; and a redemption center in operative communication with the data center and coupon redeemers for reconciling payments corresponding to redeemed coupons.