SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC SELECTION AND VALIDATION OF THE OPTIMAL COUPONS COMBINATION

摘要

The present invention is in the field of coupon management and redemption for customers at the point of sale. The goal of the present invention is to provide a streamlined and automated way to determine the best award according to business logic or rules as chosen to apply by a cashier or customer available to a customer at a point of sale based upon the coupons and/or discounts available to the customer that either the customer presents or that the customer has uniquely associated with their customer identifier on a processing server.

主权项

1. A method for generating the optimal combination of coupons, comprising:
a. customer arrives at point of sale; b. determining coupons and/or awards available to the customer; c. automatically determining the maximum award available to the customer based upon items on customer's purchase and coupons and/or awards available to the customer, store identification, a user profile associated with the customer, a customer's purchase history, or collected bonus points, and creating a selected list of coupons or awards; d. validating the selected list of coupons and/or awards; e. approving the selected list of coupons and/or awards; f. finishing the transaction and providing a paper receipt or e-receipt; g. redeeming customer's coupons and/or awards so that they are marked as redeemed so that the now used coupons and/or awards cannot be used again.