Configurable electronic redeemable coupon
First Claim
1. A configurable portable electronic communication device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a wireless transmission containing coupon information;
a processor electronically coupled to the receiver;
a persistent dot-matrix liquid crystal display having a minimum nominal dimension of less than or equal to about 13 mils and an inter-pixel spacing of less than or equal to about 1.3 mils coupled to the processor;
a memory containing a computer-readable program, the processor reading the computer-readable program to generate a scannable coupon code from the coupon information on the electronic display.
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Abstract
A scannable coupon, such as a bar code, is generated on a configurable display of a portable electronic device, such as a personal digital assistant, handheld computer, or mobile telephone. The display has sufficient resolution and contrast to be scanned at a point-of-sale computer for redemption of the coupon. In a further embodiment, generic coupon information is sent to the portable electronic device, which can generate a scannable coupon in any one of several formats. In another embodiment, coupon information is sent in one format and the portable electronic device converts it to another format. In yet a further embodiment, a number of coupons are stored in a data structure according to a redemption characteristic, and may be serially displayed according to user input, such as pushing a step key.
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11 Claims
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1. A configurable portable electronic communication device comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a wireless transmission containing coupon information; a processor electronically coupled to the receiver; a persistent dot-matrix liquid crystal display having a minimum nominal dimension of less than or equal to about 13 mils and an inter-pixel spacing of less than or equal to about 1.3 mils coupled to the processor; a memory containing a computer-readable program, the processor reading the computer-readable program to generate a scannable coupon code from the coupon information on the electronic display.
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2. A configurable portable electronic communication device comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive an electronic wireless transmission containing coupon information; a processor electronically coupled to the receiver; an electronic display coupled to the processor, the electronic display having a nominal minimum dimension of less than about 13 mils and an inter-pixel spacing of less than about 1.3 mils; a memory containing a computer-readable program for generating a scannable coupon on the electronic display of the configurable portable electronic communication device from the coupon information and including instructions for converting the scannable coupon from a first scannable barcode format to a second scannable barcode format. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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