System and method for downloading marketing messages to a point of sale printer
CA 2446845 A1 · Owner: Gilbert, Jeffrey · Inventors: Nye, Andrew B. Iii; Kobziar, Andrew; Turner, Kyle
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A scheduled advertising method and system for printing marketing messages on a point of sale (POS) printer uses new POS printer capabilities with existing computer, database and networking capabilities to implement a functional and economic marketing, message scheduling and delivery system to retail end points. Providing dynamic marketing messaging capabilities on transaction receipts in a multi-lane retail POS, environment, which includes a POS retail server and multiple host terminals with receipt, printers in a multilane check-out configuration is accomplished using various , levels of scheduling services and databases which associate a schedule with each marketing, message. The …
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- Filed October 27, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 27, 2023.
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