Patent ID: 7784702

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving user input representing a user selection of two or more brands or products by selecting at least a bar code number, in a graphical user interface, for a plurality of products, wherein the user input does not specify family codes for the products; receiving a request to generate one suggested family code for the plurality of products as a group; wherein the plurality of products as a group does not yet have a suggested family code applicable to all the products in the plurality; determining an existing individual family code for each product in the plurality of products; generating, by a processor, the suggested family code based on each determined individual family code for each product, by selecting a value that is rounded off to a most significant digit that is common to all the determined individual family codes for all products in the plurality of products; and generating bar code data for a coupon that identifies each of the plurality of products as a group based, at least in part, on the suggested family code; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.