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Promotional controller for financial transactions

  • US 8,144,356 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2010
  • Issued: 03/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of printing a promotional coupon by a system including a promotional controller coupled to a financial transaction promotional printer of a financial transaction machine that is a vending machine, the method comprising:

  • transmitting, by the promotional controller, coupon data to the financial transaction promotional printer;

    receiving, by the financial transaction promotional printer, the coupon data from the promotional controller via an auxiliary communication port coupling the financial transaction promotional printer to the promotional controller separately from a financial transaction machine controller, the auxiliary communication port constructed to receive the coupon data separately from a main communication port, the main communication port coupling the financial transaction promotional printer to the financial transaction machine controller for receiving financial transaction data;

    receiving, by the financial transaction promotional printer, the financial transaction data from the financial transaction machine controller via the main communication port;

    generating, by the financial transaction promotional printer, a receipt using the financial transaction data;

    generating, by the promotional controller, a trigger using trigger data, the trigger data including a location row and location column within the vending machine of a vended product;

    transmitting, by the promotional controller to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port, the trigger; and

    generating, by the financial transaction promotional printer, in response to the trigger, the coupon using the coupon data.

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