Methods and systems for associating customized advertising materials with billing statements
First Claim
1. A system for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular billing statement associated with a particular customer, the system comprising:
- an industrial printer adapted to produce at least one customized advertising insert from at least one customized advertising insert image;
a collating device configured to receive the at least one customized advertising insert from the industrial printer and associate the at least one customized advertising insert with the particular billing statement, wherein the at least one customized advertising insert and the particular billing statement each comprise a common identifier;
a database adapted to store a plurality of customized promotional messages;
at least one processor in communication with the industrial printer and the database; and
at least one computer readable medium in communication with the processor, wherein the computer readable medium comprises instructions executable by the processor to select at least one of the plurality of customizable promotional messages, to create the at least one customized advertising insert image, wherein the at least one customized advertising insert image further comprises at least one of the plurality of customizable promotional messages, and to transmit the at least one customized advertising insert image to the industrial printer.
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Abstract
The present invention, therefore, provides systems and methods for overcoming certain deficiencies in the prior art. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular billing statement. The particular billing statement can be associated with a particular customer, and a system for producing the insert in accordance with embodiments of the invention can comprise an industrial printer adapted to produce at least one customized advertising insert from at least one customized advertising insert image. This system can further comprise a collating device configured to receive at least one customized advertising insert from the industrial printer. The collating device can further be configured to associate the at least one customized advertising insert with the particular billing statement. The customized advertising insert and a particular billing statement can each comprise a common identifier.
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1. A system for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular billing statement associated with a particular customer, the system comprising:
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an industrial printer adapted to produce at least one customized advertising insert from at least one customized advertising insert image;
a collating device configured to receive the at least one customized advertising insert from the industrial printer and associate the at least one customized advertising insert with the particular billing statement, wherein the at least one customized advertising insert and the particular billing statement each comprise a common identifier;
a database adapted to store a plurality of customized promotional messages;
at least one processor in communication with the industrial printer and the database; and
at least one computer readable medium in communication with the processor, wherein the computer readable medium comprises instructions executable by the processor to select at least one of the plurality of customizable promotional messages, to create the at least one customized advertising insert image, wherein the at least one customized advertising insert image further comprises at least one of the plurality of customizable promotional messages, and to transmit the at least one customized advertising insert image to the industrial printer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular billing statement associated with a particular customer, the system comprising:
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printing means for producing at least one customized advertising insert;
collating means for associating the at least one customized advertising insert with the particular billing statement, wherein the at least one customized advertising insert and the particular billing statement each comprise a common identifier;
means for storing a plurality of customized promotional messages;
means for selecting at least one of the plurality of customizable promotional messages;
means for creating the at least one customized advertising insert image, wherein the at least one customized advertising insert image further comprises at least one of the plurality of customized promotional messages; and
means for transmitting the at least one customized advertising insert image to the printing means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular billing statement associated with a particular customer and comprising an identifier, the method comprising:
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storing in a database a plurality of customizable promotional messages;
selecting at least one of the plurality of customizable promotional messages;
creating at least one customized advertising insert image, wherein the at least one customized advertising insert image includes the identifier and the at least one customizable promotional message;
transmitting the at least one customized advertising insert image to an industrial printer;
producing at least one customized advertising insert from the customized advertising insert image; and
associating the at least one customized advertising insert with the particular billing statement, wherein the particular billing statement also comprises the common identifier. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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