In-store printing of rainchecks for discount coupons or other purchasing incentives
CA 2371617 A1 · Owner: Catalina Marketing International, Inc. · Inventors: White, Phillip
Overview
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A system, process and computer readable medium for providing in-store printing of rainchecks for purchasing incentives associated with items subject to rainchecks, including an incentive processor (16) for storing a plurality of purchasing incentives corresponding to a plurality of item identifiers for items subject to rainchecks; at least one incentive printer (18); an incentive processor bus (20) coupling the incentive processor to the at least one incentive printer; a point-of-sale (POS) controller (10); at least one cash register (14); and a POS bus coupling the POS controller (12) the at least , one cash register, and the incentive processor. A respective cash register of the …
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- Filed August 26, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 26, 2019.
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