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Service Plan Product and Associated System and Method

  • US 20100287058A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2010
  • Published: 11/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A warranty plan system comprising:

  • a primary product offered for retail sale, wherein the primary product is tangible and includes;

    a product bar code including data representing an identification of the primary product, wherein the product bar code is tangible;

    a warranty plan product provided separately from the primary product and displayed for retail sale in a physical retail store, the warranty plan product providing for or facilitating repair, replacement and other servicing of the primary product as needed during a predefined term of the warranty plan product, wherein the warranty plan product is tangible and includes;

    a first bar code for the warranty plan product, the first bar code indicating a level of warranty based on a purchase price of the primary product, wherein the level of warranty is one of a plurality of levels of warranty, anda second bar code for the warranty plan product, the second bar code indicating an individual account with the level of warranty indicated by the first bar code,wherein the individual account provides for the repair or replacement of the primary product, and the first bar code, the second bar code and the product bar code are all separate from one another; and

    a point-of-sale terminal positioned within the physical retail store, wherein the primary product and the warranty plan product are separately and selectively displayed in the physical retail store;

    wherein, when the primary product and the warranty plan product are brought to the point-of-sale terminal, the point-of-sale terminal is configured to machine read the first bar code, the second bar code and the product bar code to automatically associate the individual account with the primary product, wherein the first bar code and the second bar code exist prior to processing the primary product and the warranty plan product at the point-of-sale terminal.

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