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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATION AND RELIABLE EXPIRATION OF VALUABLE ELECTRONIC PROMOTIONS

  • US 20140136301A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2013
  • Published: 05/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electronic promotion system comprising:

  • one or more merchant tags located at a merchant'"'"'s business location;

    a distribution server configured to store and distribute a plurality of electronic promotional items;

    one or more portable customer devices comprising;

    a scanning device configured to read the one or more merchant tags;

    a communication device configured to receive one or more of the plurality of electronic promotional items from the distribution server;

    a storage device storing the one or more electronic promotional items received via the communication device;

    a processor configured to determine the validity of the one or more electronic promotional items stored on the one or more storage devices, and if validated to subsequently expire the one or more electronic promotional items on the one or more customer devices without communication with the distribution server to prevent further use of the one or more electronic promotional items; and

    a display screen configured to present a validity indicator if the one or more electronic promotional items are validated by the processor;

    wherein the validity of the one or more electronic promotional items is determined using information read from the one or more merchant tags;

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