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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Vincent R. Koser, Lafayette, IN (US);
G. Mark Mcgregor, Pine Village, IN (US);
Kent A. Wert, Lafayette, IN (US);
Vincent R. Koser, Lafayette, IN (US);
G. Mark McGregor, Pine Village, IN (US);
Kent A. Wert, Lafayette, IN (US);
NCR Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for execution of customer-specific marketing, discounts, and promotions which alerts the customer that the customer is to receive the promotion. In one form, the system includes a point-of-sale computer at a checkout counter for processing purchase of items, a customer interface device at the checkout counter which alerts a customer to the existence of a promotion and for transferring details of the promotion to the point-of-sale computer, wherein the details of the promotion appear as bar code data to the point-of-sale computer, and a local promotional server wirelessly connected to the customer interface device for sending the details of the promotion to the customer interface display.