Electronic coupon storage and retrieval system correlated to highway exit service availability information
First Claim
1. A system for providing data related to discounted services available near a given location, said system comprising:
- a book of coupons corresponding to the discounted services;
a memory storing compressed service data representative of a plurality of services in various locations and compressed coupon data representative of discounts available for the services, said services being categorized by type of service, said coupon data including identifying numbers identifying locations of coupons within the coupon book corresponding to the discounts available for the services;
a data entry circuit for receiving and compressing input data identifying a desired category of services and the given location;
a microprocessor, receiving and responsive to the compressed input data, for selectively retrieving the service data and coupon data from the memory and for expanding the retrieved service data and coupon data into a user-readable form, said retrieved service data representing one or more selected services in the desired category near the given location and said retrieved coupon data representing the discounts available for the selected services including the identifying numbers of the coupons in the coupon book corresponding to the available discounts; and
a display for displaying the expanded retrieved service data and coupon data.
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Abstract
A system for providing data related to discounted services available near a given location. The system includes a memory storing compressed service data representative of a plurality of services in various locations categorized by type of service and compressed coupon data representative of discounts available for the services. The system also includes a book of coupons corresponding to the discounted services wherein the coupon data includes identifying numbers which identify locations of coupons within the coupon book corresponding to the discounts available for the services. A data entry circuit receives and compresses input data identifying a desired category of services and the given location and a microprocessor, receiving and responsive to the compressed input data, selectively retrieves the service data and coupon data from the memory. The retrieved service data represents one or more selected services in the desired category near the given location and the retrieved coupon data represents the discounts available for the selected services including the identifying numbers of the coupons. The microprocessor then expands the retrieved service data and coupon data into a user-readable form and a display displays the expanded retrieved service data and coupon data.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for providing data related to discounted services available near a given location, said system comprising:
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a book of coupons corresponding to the discounted services; a memory storing compressed service data representative of a plurality of services in various locations and compressed coupon data representative of discounts available for the services, said services being categorized by type of service, said coupon data including identifying numbers identifying locations of coupons within the coupon book corresponding to the discounts available for the services; a data entry circuit for receiving and compressing input data identifying a desired category of services and the given location; a microprocessor, receiving and responsive to the compressed input data, for selectively retrieving the service data and coupon data from the memory and for expanding the retrieved service data and coupon data into a user-readable form, said retrieved service data representing one or more selected services in the desired category near the given location and said retrieved coupon data representing the discounts available for the selected services including the identifying numbers of the coupons in the coupon book corresponding to the available discounts; and a display for displaying the expanded retrieved service data and coupon data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for providing data related to discounts available for selected services, said system comprising:
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a book of coupons corresponding to the discounts; a memory storing compressed coupon data representative of discounts available for a plurality of services, each of said discounts being related to at least one of the services, said coupon data including identifying numbers identifying locations of coupons within the coupon book corresponding to the discounts available for the services; a data entry circuit for receiving and compressing input data identifying a selected service; a microprocessor, receiving and responsive to the compressed input data, for selectively retrieving the coupon data from the memory and for expanding the retrieved coupon data into a user-readable form, said retrieved the coupon data representing the discounts available for the selected service including the identifying numbers of the coupons in the coupon book corresponding to the available discounts; and a display for displaying the expanded retrieved coupon data.
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5. A data processing system for providing data related to a plurality of discounted services available within a given location, the system comprising:
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means for storing in compressed form service data identifying a plurality of services available in various locations and coupon data identifying discounts available for various services; means for relating the discounts identified by the coupon data to the services identified by the service data; a memory; means for entering input data in the memory identifying a desired category of service and the given location; means for compressing the input data identifying the desired category of services and the given location; means for retrieving from the storing means compressed and as a function of the compressed input data service data representing one or more services near the given location and for retrieving from the storing means the related discounts identified by the compressed coupon data representing discounts available for the retrieved services; means for expanding the retrieved compressed service data and retrieved compressed coupon data into a user readable form; and means for displaying the expanded retrieved service data and the expanded retrieved coupon data including the discounts related to the retrieved service data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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