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1. A server for use in an electronic coupon and receipt management system comprising:
a processor; a storage device; and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to control the storage device and the communication interface to perform the following functions:
store a plurality of electronic receipts, each electronic receipt corresponding to a transaction, and each including customer identification information corresponding to a customer who initiated the corresponding transaction,store a plurality of electronic coupons, each electronic coupon corresponding to a coupon that can be used in a transaction and including a permitted number of times of usage by a customer,store a plurality of coupon usage records, each coupon usage record including the customer identification information corresponding to a customer who used the corresponding coupon in a transaction at least one time, and a total number of times the coupon has been used by the customer,update a coupon usage record based on receiving a new electronic receipt that indicates the corresponding coupon has been used by the customer, the update including incrementing by one the total number of times the corresponding coupon was used by the customer,receive from a user terminal a request for one or more coupons, the request including customer identification information of the user of the user terminal, andtransmit to the user terminal, in response to the request, one or more of the electronic coupons for which the number of times the corresponding coupon was used by the requesting customer is less than or equal to the permitted number of times of usage. |
