Adaptive discount coupons, numbered tickets, and related advertisements
First Claim
1. A ticket information output control method comprising the steps of:
- issuing predetermined ticket information to a user;
accepting said ticket information presented by the user; and
controlling issuance of subsequent ticket information based on said accepted ticket information.
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Abstract
An issuing system and an electronic advertisement management method which allow both users and issuers to exploit ticket information, privilege information, and additional information for coupons and numbered tickets. A user can receive a coupon issued by a coupon issuing device and exercise it at a coupon exercising terminal in a store to enjoy a privilege such as a discount. When a coupon is exercised at the coupon exercising terminal, the fact is communicated to a coupon issuance control server, which can alter subsequent coupons substantially in real time. Coupon discounts can be changed according to the coupon exercise status or exercise history for each user.
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19 Claims
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1. A ticket information output control method comprising the steps of:
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issuing predetermined ticket information to a user;
accepting said ticket information presented by the user; and
controlling issuance of subsequent ticket information based on said accepted ticket information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A privilege information issuing system for coupons, comprising:
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a coupon issuing device for providing a user with coupon privilege information including predetermined information;
a coupon exercising terminal for receiving said coupon privilege information from said user; and
a coupon issuance control server for controlling privilege information outputs from said coupon issuing device, based on said coupon privilege information received by said coupon exercising terminal. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A coupon issuing device which provides privilege information at a request of a user, comprising:
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a coupon issuance manager for acquiring privilege details information which depends on a usage of previously issued privilege information; and
a coupon issuer for issuing privilege information which includes said privilege details information acquired by said coupon issuance manager. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An electronic advertising display system comprising:
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an advertising contents database for holding advertising contents data;
an advertisement information display for displaying said advertising contents databased on data transferred from said advertising contents database through a network;
a coupon information database for holding additional information associated with said advertising contents data to be displayed on said advertisement information display;
a coupon issuer operably connected to said advertisement information display for providing an output of said additional information based on data transferred from said coupon information database through said network; and
a coupon exercise manager for acquiring utilization data of said additional information output by said coupon issuer;
wherein said coupon information database changes said additional information held by said coupon information database, based on said utilization data acquired by said coupon exercise manager. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A coupon exercising terminal comprising:
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a coupon acceptance processor for accepting privilege information presented by a user and executing a predetermined process depending on said privilege information; and
a transceiver for notifying an external server through a network that said privilege information is accepted by said coupon acceptance processor. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A coupon issuance control server which controls an output of privilege information, comprising:
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a coupon information database for holding privilege information data;
a transceiver for providing an output of said privilege information data held in said coupon information database to an external device; and
a coupon details change processor for updating details of said privilege information data held in said coupon information database based on an exercise status of said privilege information provided by said transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An electronic advertisement management method comprising the steps of:
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displaying advertising contents with privilege information attached thereto;
providing data on said privilege information at a request of a user and recording the data on a recording medium;
acquiring the data on said privilege information from said recording medium presented by the user;
exercising a privilege identified from the data on said privilege information; and
updating the privilege information attached to said advertising contents in a subsequent execution of the step of displaying, according to the exercise of said privilege information.
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19. An electronic advertisement management method comprising the steps of:
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displaying advertising contents with privilege information attached thereto;
acquiring information for identifying a user at a user'"'"'s request to exercise said privilege information, and storing the information for identifying in a predetermined server;
acquiring the information for identifying the user when the user exercises said privilege information, and querying said server about the information for identifying the user;
exercising a privilege identified from said privilege information after querying said server; and
updating the privilege information attached to said advertising contents in a subsequent execution of the step of displaying according to the exercise of said privilege information.
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