Patent ID: 6954732

Claim:
A retail establishment discount coupon generating system, adapted for use with a chain comprising a plurality of retail establishments, said coupon generating system comprising: a generating and delivery system which generates discount coupon offers and delivers said coupon offers to a plurality of different retail establishments, said coupon offers comprising an offer description and a discount value; wherein said generating and delivery system including an enhancement function which provides tools for enhancing said coupon offers including selecting particular ones of said coupon offers for dispensing by particular one or ones of said retail establishments and not by other one or ones of said retail establishments; and dispensers at said retail establishments dispensing coupon offers selected by said tools for dispensing at the retail establishments at which the respective dispensers are located, whereby an operator can select different coupon offers for dispensing at different retail establishments, wherein said coupon offers include targeted coupons that are assigned to individual households as a function of at least one attribute of each household, wherein the discount value is variable among said targeted coupons and targeted coupons having different discount values are assigned to individual households at least in part as a function of said at least one attribute of each household.