System, method and apparatus for coupon processing and booklet

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B42F 21/00 (2006.01) B42D 11/00 (2006.01) B42D 15/00 (2006.01) G06Q 30/00 (2006.01) G07G 1/00 (2006.01) G09B 19/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2332342

A coupon manager (100) is provided including a front end (102), a back end (104) and a central processor (106) for facilitating the processing and settlement of coupons. The coupons are received from customers at the front end (102) which may include a cashier register. The cashier scans a bar code on the coupons and the scanned information may be supplied to the back end (104). Valid coupons are destroyed and sent to a destruction bin (122), and invalid coupons may be sent to one of a number of other bins. The processed information is forwarded to the central processor (106) which collates the information from a number of stores and reports the information to manufacturers for settlement. The present invention also provides a booklet (600, 700) having a listing of discounted items identifiable by a single bar code.

La présente invention concerne un système de gestion de coupon (100) qui comprend une extrémité avant (102), une extrémité arrière (104) et un microprocesseur central (106) destinés à faciliter le traitement et le règlement de coupons. Les coupons sont reçus des clients à l'extrémité frontale (102), éventuellement équipée d'une caisse enregistreuse. Le caissier lit un code barre placé sur les coupons et l'information lue peut être envoyée à l'extrémité arrière (104). Les coupons valides sont détruits et envoyés dans un bac à destruction (122), et les coupons invalides sont envoyés vers un des nombreux autres bacs. L'information traitée est envoyée au microprocesseur central (106) qui collecte l'information provenant de nombreux magasins et rend compte de l'information aux fabricants en vue du paiement. La présente invention concerne aussi un carnet (600,700) qui comprend une liste d'articles à rabais, identifiables d'après un simple code barre.

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