Business method for promoting sale of merchandise and novel smiles stamps or gift stamps of philatelic value for use in promoting business by sale of merchandise
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1. A coupon/stamp for the promotion of sales, schemes, and/or merchandise, comprising:
- a sheet material having a plurality of separable units formed therein, the units being arranged in rows and columns, each unit carrying a value added feature therein having philatelic/exchange/encashment/credit or monetary or other similar value, one or more of the units having same or different value added features, the value added features being represented by any of numerals, messages, teachings, and information, wherein any one side of one or more units is independently provided with a slit while the other sides are provided with perforations.
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Abstract
A novel coupon/stamp is presented that allows for multiple coupons/stamps to be provided on a single sheet. Each coupon/stamp may have a unique added value and the sheet is formed so that any coupon/stamp may be removed from the sheet without separating any other coupon/stamp from the sheet. In addition, a method is presented for issuing the coupon/stamp as well as an ability to redeem the coupon/stamp.
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1. A coupon/stamp for the promotion of sales, schemes, and/or merchandise, comprising:
a sheet material having a plurality of separable units formed therein, the units being arranged in rows and columns, each unit carrying a value added feature therein having philatelic/exchange/encashment/credit or monetary or other similar value, one or more of the units having same or different value added features, the value added features being represented by any of numerals, messages, teachings, and information, wherein any one side of one or more units is independently provided with a slit while the other sides are provided with perforations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing purchasing incentives, comprising:
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receiving payment at a store for one or more items of merchandise from a customer;
issuing a first reward incentive if payment is made with cash;
issuing a second reward incentive if payment is made with a payment card not affiliated with the store. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer network operable to implement an incentive point service process, comprising:
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a redemption server operable to store information pertaining to accounts of a customer, a record and a unique person name record number of the customer, and incentives to be applied to purchases made by the customer;
a point of sale terminal at a merchant linked to the redemption server by a computer network of hardware and related software, wherein an incentive is applied pursuant to the redemption server through data processing means at the point of sale terminal in response to the customer purchasing merchandise associated with the incentive, a first incentive being applied through the data processing means if the payment is made through cash currency notes and a second incentive being applied through the data processing means if the payment is made through a payment card including a credit card, a debit card, a charge card, or a stored value cash card. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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