METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCUMULATING COUPON VALUES IN AN ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE REDEMPTION.
    4.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCUMULATING COUPON VALUES IN AN ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE REDEMPTION. 审中-公开
    方法和系统ACCUMULATE BY优惠券数值如果帐户以供日后赎回

    公开(公告)号:EP1386209A2

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-04

    申请号:EP02709618.9

    申请日:2002-03-07

    IPC分类号: G06F1/00

    摘要: A method, system, and computer program product for accumulating coupon values in an account for future redemption is disclosed. A memory stores consumer identifiers and account identifiers such that each consumer identifier maps to one of the account identifiers (103). Each consumer identifier corresponds to a consumer and each account identifier corresponds to a points account of a consumer. A processor in communication with the memory receives transaction information at a point-of-sale (POS) in response to a transaction between one of the consumers and a retailer (115). The transaction information includes one of the consumer identifiers and coupon information of unrelated coupons (113). The processor identifies the consumer's points account from the received one of the consumer identifiers, based on the stored consumer identifiers and the stored account identifiers, converts values of the unrelated coupons to points, and credits the points account of the consumer with the points (103).

    METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING AND REDEEMING ELECTRONIC COUPONS
    7.
    发明公开
    METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING AND REDEEMING ELECTRONIC COUPONS 审中-公开
    方法和系统分发和EINLVSEN电子优惠券

    公开(公告)号:EP1287468A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-03-05

    申请号:EP01933135.4

    申请日:2001-05-07

    发明人: LAOR, Raviv

    IPC分类号: G06F17/60

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/02

    摘要: A method/system for enabling and enhancing e-commerce over a communication channel with at least two terminals. Upon receiving a request for information from client A (110), server B (120) transfers with the requested information, additional information as a coupon C (204) or as a pointer to a coupon database (310), that allows client A to be recognized by other servers B' (130). Any server B' that subsequently recognizes client A, as client A makes requests for information to other servers B', can recognize only portions of the information related to it. When client A makes certain e-requests from server B', server B' simultaneously makes a request to a database (310) on server D (150) that authenticates the information C that transpired between client A and server B'. Thereafter, server B' allows client A to proceed with any transaction subject to other criteria of server B'.

    PRINTING OF PURCHASING INCENTIVES THROUGHOUT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF A RETAIL STORE
    9.
    发明公开
    PRINTING OF PURCHASING INCENTIVES THROUGHOUT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF A RETAIL STORE 无效
    印刷购买奖励在店内不同部门

    公开(公告)号:EP1181676A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-02-27

    申请号:EP99965754.7

    申请日:1999-11-16

    IPC分类号: G07G1/00 G06F17/60

    摘要: A system, process and computer readable medium for distributing purchasing incentives throughout departments of a retail store including an incentive processor including a network controller (30) and a database (16') for storing shopping histories of consumers associated with respective unique consumer identifiers; a plurality of incentive distributors (26) located throughout the departments of the retail store, each incentive distributor of the plurality of incentive distributors having a unique address, and including, a processor, a printing device, a network (28) interface device, and one of a card reader device and a scanner device; and a network, coupling the network controller to network interface devices of the plurality of incentive distributors, for effecting two-way communications between the incentive processor and the plurality of incentive distributors. Each card reader device and each scanner device of the plurality of incentive distributors is configured to detect a card device passed therethrough or key tag device scanned therein, respectively. The card device and the key tag device having a unique consumer identifier encoded therein, and the unique consumer identifier is detected by a card reader or scanner device of a respective incentive distributor of the plurality of incentive distributors and transmitted via a network interface of the respective incentive distributor over the network to the network controller coupled to the incentive processor. The incentive processor is configured to generate the purchasing incentives based on a shopping history of a consumer associated with a detected unique consumer identifier received from the respective incentive distributor and a location of the respective incentive distributor determined from the unique address thereof.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS FOR USE IN CONSUMER PROMOTIONS
    10.
    发明授权
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS FOR USE IN CONSUMER PROMOTIONS 失效
    方法和一种用于产生个人身份证号码FOR USE IN消费品销售额增长

    公开(公告)号:EP0823106B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-10

    申请号:EP97907558.7

    申请日:1997-02-14

    IPC分类号: G07G1/00 G07G5/00 G06F17/60

    摘要: A system for generating authorization codes, such as personal identification numbers, at the point of distribution of certificates of value on which the authorization codes are to be printed or otherwise encoded. Because the authorization codes are generated in real time, there is no need to store and safeguard an inventory of preprinted certificates, or even an inventory of activated authorization codes. The principles of the invention apply both to systems for generating incentive award certificates and to systems for generating purchased certificates of value. The incentive awards or certificates of value are tokens of prepayment for a service, such as long-distance telephone service or other service. The authorization codes generated for inclusion with the value certificates are unique and seemingly random. They are generated by taking a non-random unique code, such as a sequence code, and encrypting it to obtain seemingly random, but unique, authorization codes. Because each authorization code is not generated until immediately prior to distribution of the certificate with which the code is associated, security and other problems pertaining to preprinted certificates and cards are eliminated.