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Retail facility with couponing

  • US 5,368,129 A
  • Filed: 07/23/1992
  • Issued: 11/29/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for selling products at a retail outlet comprising steps of:

  • displaying products available for sale at said retail outlet;

    providing at said retail outlet a checkout including a billing system;

    providing at said retail outlet a couponing system having means for identifying a product to which a coupon corresponds, means for randomly determining coupon pay-offs within predetermined parameters, said predetermined parameters corresponding to the type of product to which the coupon corresponds, and means for adding value to the coupon by recording thereon a pay-off value;

    formatting the parameters of coupon pay-offs within which coupon pay-off values are determined by said couponing system, the step of formatting including identifying products, determining pay-off values to be associated with said products, and determining frequencies of discounts;

    entering said formatted parameters in said means for randomly determining pay-off value;

    activating said couponing system by a shopper;

    recording one of said randomly determined pay-off values on a shopper'"'"'s coupon;

    presenting said coupon and a product corresponding to a product identified on said shopper'"'"'s coupon by the shopper at said checkout; and

    deducting said randomly determined pay-off value recorded on said presented shopper'"'"'s coupon from the shopper'"'"'s bill.

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