Title (en)

DYNAMIC PROPAGATION OF PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION IN A NETWORK OF POINT-OF-SALE TERMINALS

Title (de)

DYNAMISCHE VERBREITUNG VON WERBEINFORMATIONEN IN EINEM NETZWERK MIT VERKAUFSSTELLENENDGERÄTEN

Title (fr)

DIFFUSION DYNAMIQUE D'INFORMATIONS A CARACTERE PROMOTIONNEL DANS UN RESEAU DE TERMINAUX DE POINTS DE VENTE

Publication

EP 1208506 A2 20020529 (EN)

Application

EP 00947442 A 20000717

Priority

• US 0019426 W 20000717
• US 15063099 P 19990825
• US 53875100 A 20000330

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0115033A2] A promotional offer is made to customers who engage in transactions at a first point-of-sale (POS) terminal in a network of POS terminals. It is determined whether the offer is successful, and additional POS terminals may be selected to receive data indicative of the offer. The additional POS terminals may be selected before the offer is evaluated at the first POS terminal or may be selected after the evaluation (<i>e.g.</i>, based on considerations determined prior to the evaluation). Data setting forth rules for carrying out the offer and one or more messages to be conveyed to customers in making the offer may be transmitted to the selected additional POS terminals. The process of evaluating the offer, selecting additional POS terminals to receive the offer, and transmitting the necessary offer data to the additional POS terminals may be carried out in a central server associated with the POS network, and/or in one or more of the POS terminals.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/60

IPC 8 full level

G06Q 30/00 (2012.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0115033A2

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 0115033 A2 20010301; WO 0115033 A3 20010607; AU 6105100 A 20010319; CA 2381387 A1 20010301; EP 1208506 A2 20020529

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0019426 W 20000717; AU 6105100 A 20000717; CA 2381387 A 20000717; EP 00947442 A 20000717