EP 1012690 A2 20000628 - PRINTED COUPONS WITH EMBEDDED DISCOUNTS FOR ONLINE PURCHASES
Title (en)
PRINTED COUPONS WITH EMBEDDED DISCOUNTS FOR ONLINE PURCHASES
Title (de)
GEDRUCKTE COUPON MIT EINGESCHLOSSENEM DISCOUNT FÜR ONLINEKÄUFE
Title (fr)
COUPONS IMPRIMES AVEC REMISES INCLUSES POUR ACHATS EN LIGNE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9814540 W 19980714
- US 5259797 P 19970715
- US 96738397 A 19971108
- US 2391898 A 19980213
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9904326A2] A method for providing discounts in e-commerce transactions comprising printing a discount coupon (2) with human readable information describing the incentive, product, vendor, and a machine-readable symbol (2b) such as a linear or two-dimensional bar code symbol. The symbol is encoded with data fields comprising a first identifier associated with the Internet Protocol address of a vendor's computer, optionally, a second identifier associated with the discount applied to a product, optionally, a third identifier associated with the targeted consumer, and optionally, instructions to enable a computer to access a client program. The method also comprises the steps of disseminating the discount coupon (2); scanning the machine-readable coupon symbol; decoding the scanned data to generate the vendor's IP address; launching the client program to enable access to the online system; communicating with the vendor's host computer; and downloading a file from the vendor's host computer associated with the scanned coupon (2).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G09G 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9904326A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9904326 A2 19990128; WO 9904326 A3 19990408; AU 8484398 A 19990210; BR 9811104 A 20070102; CA 2295981 A1 19990128; EP 1012690 A2 20000628; JP 2003524806 A 20030819
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9814540 W 19980714; AU 8484398 A 19980714; BR 9811104 A 19980714; CA 2295981 A 19980714; EP 98935645 A 19980714; JP 2000503474 A 19980714