Method and apparatus for dispensing discount coupons

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5612868
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08386205

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A system for generating, in a retail store, a printable discount coupon image solely in response to a customer's action concerning the purchase of an item. The system includes at least one customer checkout terminal, a store controller, a file for storing the terms of at least one coupon deal in which a discount coupon image is generated upon the purchase of a triggering product. The system identifies the triggering product in the customer order, associates it with the coupon deal, and automatically generates data defining at least one discount coupon for a product, typically other than the triggering product, based on the details of the coupon deal, which are not communicated to the customer prior to processing the customer order.

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CATALINA MARKETING INTERNATIONAL INCST PETERSBURG FL 33716

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mindrum, Thomas L Fairfield, CT 3 1691
O'Brien, Michael R Santa Monica, CA 48 3771
Off, George W Huntington Beach, CA 6 2617
Scroggie, Michael C Valencia, CA 18 4518

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