APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COUPON PROGRAM
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1. A user terminal, comprising:
- a memory device configured to store a rule specifying an event whose occurrence indicates that an electronic coupon is to be allocated to a user of the user terminal; and
a coupon allocation device configured to, upon the occurrence of the event, generate an electronic coupon which is allocated to the user of the user terminal.
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Abstract
A data processing arrangement having a memory device which stores at least one rule specifying at least one coupon and specifying an aim which a user has achieved when the at least one coupon has been allocated to the user, a first communication interface which receives data containing information about the at least one rule, and a second communication interface which receives a request for information about the rule and sends the requested information in response to the request.
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14 Claims
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1. A user terminal, comprising:
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a memory device configured to store a rule specifying an event whose occurrence indicates that an electronic coupon is to be allocated to a user of the user terminal; and
a coupon allocation device configured to, upon the occurrence of the event, generate an electronic coupon which is allocated to the user of the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A user terminal, comprising:
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a memory means for storing a rule specifying an event whose occurrence indicates that an electronic coupon is to be allocated to a user of the user terminal; and
a coupon allocation means for, upon the occurrence of the event, generating an electronic coupon which is allocated to the user of the user terminal.
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10. A method of operating a user terminal, comprising:
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storing a rule specifying an event whose occurrence indicates that an electronic coupon is to be allocated to a user of the user terminal; and
upon the occurrence of the event, generating an electronic coupon which is allocated to the user of the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication arrangement comprising:
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a server unit configured to provide definitions of various coupon programs in a form of one or more rules; and
a user terminal, comprising;
a receiver configured to receive from the server unit a rule specifying an event whose occurrence indicates that an electronic coupon is to be allocated to a user of the user terminal;
a memory device configured to store the rule; and
a coupon allocation device configured to, upon the occurrence of the event, generate an electronic coupon which is allocated to the user of the user terminal.
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