Patent ID: 8370199

Claim:
A data processing system for tracking and processing a plurality of in-store discounts to potential purchasers of plural products during the checkout process wherein said discounts are each associated with a specific one of said plural products, said system comprising: a discount vehicle, characterized by two or more of said discounts, including descriptive material to provide information at least identifying the products and their associated discounts, wherein said vehicle is associated with a select code that permits tracking of said vehicle during checkout, said code uniquely identifying all the discounts for all of the plural products associated with the vehicle; a checkout processing terminal including computer based tracking of individual purchasers' purchased products and the prices thereof, wherein said processing terminal includes a device for receiving the code associated with the vehicle during checkout; and a data processor attached to said checkout terminal for receiving information regarding transactions associated with checkout, selected products and the discounts associated with the code associated with said vehicle forming a part of the transactions, and processing said discounts in accord with said code; wherein said data processor selectively deactivates the code for only particular discounts, of the plurality of discounts, associated with the purchased products by redemption of the code associated with the vehicle such that the code remains active for future use with yet unused ones of the plurality of discounts associated with said plural products, said data processor being further connected to memory for storing data associated with said transaction.