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Patent No.:

US 11087318 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2020

System and method for electronic coupons

Applicant:

Ecr Software Corporation, Boone, NC (US);

Inventors:

Peter Terry Catoe, Boone, NC (US);

Burt Aycock, Boone, NC (US);

Mark Noble, Boone, NC (US);

Matthew James Mellon, Boone, NC (US);

Assignee:

ECR Software Corporation, Boone, NC (US);

Attorney:

MacCord Mason PLLC

Primary Examiner:

David J Stoltenberg

Assistant Examiner:

Michael I Ezewoko

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06N 5/025 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0224 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0237 (2013.01);
Abstract

Improved checkout systems, apparatuses and methods for managing electronic coupons include a checkout kiosk, a point-of-sale system and a microprocessor with an electronic rules engine. The electronic rules engine is configured to allow application of electronic coupons to customer accounts internally to the point-of-sale system. Redemption of the electronic coupons is allowed by the consumer at the kiosk without a scan-able artifact.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Catoe, Peter. (2021). System and method for electronic coupons (U.S. Patent No. 11087318). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11087318

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