ELECTRONIC VOUCHER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
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Abstract
An electronic voucher system comprising: a voucher facilitator; at least one merchant; and at least one customer, where each merchant communicates details of themselves and at least one voucher to the voucher facilitator; the voucher facilitator allocates a unique identifier to the merchant and stores details of the at least one voucher and the merchant'"'"'s allocated unique identifier in a voucher database and prepares an advertisement for publication in a media, the advertisement including a destination address and details of each merchant offering at least one voucher, including their unique identifier; where, when a customer sends a first communication message to the destination address and the voucher facilitator is operable to determine a unique identifier included in, or associated with, the first communication message, the voucher facilitator searches the voucher database for a voucher having a corresponding unique identifier and, when found, sends a second communication message including the voucher to the customer.
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79 Claims
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1-59. -59. (canceled)
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60. An electronic voucher system comprising:
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a voucher facilitator; and
at least one merchant, the merchant communicates details of themselves and at least one voucher to the voucher facilitator;
wherein the voucher facilitator allocates a unique identifier to the merchant and stores details of the at least one voucher and the merchant'"'"'s allocated unique identifier in a voucher database and prepares an advertisement for publication in or on a media, the advertisement including a destination address, details of each merchant offering at least one voucher, and the merchant'"'"'s allocated unique identifier;
where, when a customer sends a first communication message to the destination address and the voucher facilitator is operable to determine a unique identifier included in, or associated with, the first communication message, the voucher facilitator searches the voucher database for at least one voucher having a corresponding unique identifier and, when found, sends a second communication message including one of the at least one voucher to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A method of providing an electronic voucher to a customer comprising the steps of:
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receiving details of at least one merchant and allocating a unique identifier to the merchant;
receiving details of at least one voucher to be provided by the at least one merchant;
storing details of the at least one voucher and the merchant'"'"'s allocated unique identifier in a voucher database;
preparing an advertisement for publication in or on a media, the advertisement including a destination address and details of each merchant offering at least one voucher, including their unique identifier;
receiving a first communication message at the destination address;
determining a unique identifier included in, or associate with, the first communication message; and
searching the voucher database for a voucher having a corresponding unique identifier and, when found, sending a second communication message including one of the at least one voucher to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A computer readable medium having software recorded thereon, the software including:
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membership means for receiving details of at least one merchant and at least one voucher to be provided by the at least one merchant and allocate a unique identifier to the merchant;
a voucher database for storing details of the at least one voucher and the merchant'"'"'s allocated unique identifier;
publication means for preparing an advertisement for publication in or on a media, the advertisement including a destination address and details of each merchant offering at least one voucher, including their unique identifier; and
customer interaction means for receiving a first communication message at the destination address;
determining a unique identifier included in, or associate with, the first communication message;
searching the voucher database for a voucher having a corresponding unique identifier; and
, when found, sending a second communication message including the voucher to the customer.
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