Method and system for providing personalized store-issued coupons prior to shopping
First Claim
1. A method for providing personalized coupons to a customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a current shopping list from a wireless communication device of the customer;
correlating the current shopping list with an available coupon list to identify personalized coupons for the customer; and
providing the personalized coupons to the customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing personalized coupons at the beginning of a customers shopping process, i.e., before the customer starts to shop. The method includes the steps of obtaining a current shopping list from a wireless communication device (e.g., a PDA, a mobile phone) of the customer, correlating the current shopping list with an available coupon list to identify personalized coupons for the customer, and providing the personalized coupons to the customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process, so that the coupons can be used effectively during the customer'"'"'s current store visit.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for providing personalized coupons to a customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a current shopping list from a wireless communication device of the customer;
correlating the current shopping list with an available coupon list to identify personalized coupons for the customer; and
providing the personalized coupons to the customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing personalized coupons to a customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process, the system comprising:
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an interface for obtaining a current shopping list from a wireless communication device of the customer;
a correlation module for correlating the current shopping list with an available coupon list to identify personalized coupons for the customer; and
a coupon generator for generating the personalized coupons to the customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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19. A computer program product embodied on computer readable media readable by a computing system in a computing environment, for providing personalized coupons to a customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process, the computer program product comprising:
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first computer-readable program code means for obtaining a current shopping list from a wireless communication device of the customer;
second computer-readable program code means for correlating the current shopping list with an available coupon list to identify personalized coupons for the customer; and
third computer-readable program code means for providing the personalized coupons to the customer at the beginning of the customer'"'"'s shopping process.
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