Method and system for the direct delivery of product samples
CA 2448173 A1 · Owner: Starkey, Michael D. · Inventors: Kampff, Steven A.; Starkey, Michael D.
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A method, system, and computer program (4) product for implementing a product sampling program includes a system for performing the steps of determining offers for retailers to participate in a sampling program transmitting the , offers to the retailers receiving from various retailer computer systems consumer profile data comprising CIDs of customers of the retailers which , data may be in various formats determining CIDs associated with data meeting consumer profile criteria, and communicating instructions for delivering sample products to consumers associated with selected CIDs.
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- Filed May 24, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 24, 2022.
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