PROVIDING DIRECTED MARKETING INCENTIVES USING IDENTIFICATION OF CUSTOMERS AND PURCHASE SELECTIONS THROUGH RF ID TECHNOLOGY - Patent 1252590

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EP 1 252 590 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.08.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44

(21)	Application number: 00913320.8

(22)	Date of filing: 01.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/60

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0002/529

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0101/8732 (15.03.2001 Gazette 2001/11)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

03.09.1999 US 389783

(71)	Applicant: Catalina Marketing International, Inc.
	St. Petersburg, FL 33716 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	CLACK, James, B. Palm Harbor, FL 34685 (US)

(74)	Representative: Molyneaux, Martyn William
	Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon11th Floor, Tower 3,Clements Inn, London WC2A 2AZ London WC2A 2AZ (GB)

(54)	PROVIDING DIRECTED MARKETING INCENTIVES USING IDENTIFICATION OF CUSTOMERS AND PURCHASE SELECTIONS THROUGH RF ID TECHNOLOGY