Management of coupons used for purchasing items of goods
First Claim
1. A method for managing coupons used for purchasing an item of goods comprised by a plurality of items, said method comprising:
- receiving, by a transceiver of a coupon issuance control server in real time, notification that a user has exercised a coupon for purchasing the item of goods, of information identifying the user, and of a coupon identifier (ID) that identifies a coupon for purchasing the item, wherein a discount for discounting a purchase price of the item is incorporated into the coupon,in response to said received notification, said coupon issuance control server incrementing, in real time, a coupon count of coupons exercised for purchase of the item;
after said incrementing, said coupon issuance control server calculating, in real time, a number of remaining exercisable coupons for purchasing the item by subtracting the coupon count from a preset number of coupons; and
said coupon issuance control server transmitting via the transceiver in real time, through a network, the calculated number of remaining exercisable coupons to an advertising contents management server to facilitate display, in real time with respect to when the user exercised the coupon, of the number of remaining exercisable coupons to users requesting coupons for purchase of the item,wherein item availability data in a coupon information database comprised by the coupon issuance control server includes real-time information as to the calculated number of said remaining exercisable coupons currently available for purchasing the item.
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Abstract
A coupon issuing system and a method for managing coupons used for purchasing items of goods. A coupon issuing device receives a request from a user for a coupon pertaining to purchasing an item of goods. The coupon issuing device issues to the user ticket information corresponding to the item. The ticket information includes a coupon identifier (ID) that identifies a coupon for purchasing the item, information pertaining to the user, and a current discount for discounting the item'"'"'s purchase price. A coupon issuance control server receives notification that the user has exercised the coupon for purchasing the item. The coupon issuance control server transmits a calculated number of remaining exercisable coupons to an advertising contents management server to facilitate display of the number of remaining exercisable coupons to users requesting coupons for purchase of the item.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for managing coupons used for purchasing an item of goods comprised by a plurality of items, said method comprising:
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receiving, by a transceiver of a coupon issuance control server in real time, notification that a user has exercised a coupon for purchasing the item of goods, of information identifying the user, and of a coupon identifier (ID) that identifies a coupon for purchasing the item, wherein a discount for discounting a purchase price of the item is incorporated into the coupon, in response to said received notification, said coupon issuance control server incrementing, in real time, a coupon count of coupons exercised for purchase of the item; after said incrementing, said coupon issuance control server calculating, in real time, a number of remaining exercisable coupons for purchasing the item by subtracting the coupon count from a preset number of coupons; and said coupon issuance control server transmitting via the transceiver in real time, through a network, the calculated number of remaining exercisable coupons to an advertising contents management server to facilitate display, in real time with respect to when the user exercised the coupon, of the number of remaining exercisable coupons to users requesting coupons for purchase of the item, wherein item availability data in a coupon information database comprised by the coupon issuance control server includes real-time information as to the calculated number of said remaining exercisable coupons currently available for purchasing the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising a coupon issuance control server, said coupon issuance control server comprising:
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a coupon information database for holding privilege information data and item availability data, a transceiver for providing, to an external device, an output of the privilege information data and the item availability data held in the coupon information database, and a coupon details change processor for updating details of the privilege information data held in the coupon information database based on an exercise status of the privilege information data; wherein the system is configured to implement a method for purchasing an item of goods comprised by a plurality of items, said method comprising; receiving, by the transceiver in real time, notification that a user has exercised a coupon for purchasing the item of goods, of information identifying the user, and of a coupon identifier (ID) that identifies a coupon for purchasing the item, wherein a discount for discounting a purchase price of the item is incorporated into the coupon, and wherein the privilege information data in the coupon information database is the discount; in response to said received notification, said coupon issuance control server incrementing, in real time, a coupon count of coupons exercised for purchase of the item; after said incrementing, said coupon issuance control server calculating, in real time, a number of remaining exercisable coupons for purchasing the item by subtracting the coupon count from a preset number of coupons; and said coupon issuance control server transmitting via the transceiver in real time, through a network, the calculated number of remaining exercisable coupons to an advertising contents management server to facilitate display, in real time with respect to when the user exercised the coupon, of the number of remaining exercisable coupons to users requesting coupons for purchase of the item, wherein the item availability data includes real-time information as to the calculated number of said remaining exercisable coupons currently available for purchasing the item. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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