公开(公告)号：US06865545B1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-08

申请号：US09615175

申请日：2000-07-13

申请人： Seth M. Epstein ,  William Bailey ,  William Zeigler ,  Corey Snook ,  Steve Simoneau ,  Rick Dinnis ,  Mark S. Smith ,  Jennifer J. Smith ,  George V. Cinquegrana

发明人： Seth M. Epstein ,  William Bailey ,  William Zeigler ,  Corey Snook ,  Steve Simoneau ,  Rick Dinnis ,  Mark S. Smith ,  Jennifer J. Smith ,  George V. Cinquegrana

IPC分类号： B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G07G1/00 ,  G07G5/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： B41J15/04 ,  B41J11/0005 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0225 ,  G06Q30/0235 ,  G06Q30/0236 ,  G06Q30/0611 ,  G07G1/0036 ,  G07G5/00

摘要： In accordance with the present invention, a method for providing a consumer with a plurality offers to be used to purchase goods is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a database containing a plurality of available offers with the offers being arranged in groups and the offers in each of the groups being arranged in ranked tiers; connecting a consumer activated dispenser to the database; selecting a plurality of offers from the database for presentation to the consumer each time the consumer activates the dispenser; and the selecting step comprising examining each group in the database for available offers starting with a highest priority tier in said group and proceeding to a lowest priority tier.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明，提供了一种用于向消费者提供要用于购买商品的多个要约的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤：提供包含多个可用报价的数据库，其中所述报价被分组排列，并且每个组中的报价被排列成排列级; 将消费者激活的分配器连接到数据库; 从数据库中选择多个提供，以在每次消费者激活分配器时呈现给消费者; 并且所述选择步骤包括检查所述数据库中的每个组以从所述组中的最高优先级层次开始的可用提供，并且进行到最低优先级层级。