WO1999004326A3 - Printed coupons with embedded discounts for online purchases - Google Patents

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WO1999004326A3
WO1999004326A3 PCT/US1998/014540 US9814540W WO9904326A3 WO 1999004326 A3 WO1999004326 A3 WO 1999004326A3 US 9814540 W US9814540 W US 9814540W WO 9904326 A3 WO9904326 A3 WO 9904326A3
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symbol
coupon
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identifier associated
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Robert T Durst Jr
Kevin Hunter
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Neomedia Tech Inc
Robert T Durst Jr
Kevin Hunter
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Priority claimed from US08/967,383 external-priority patent/US5933829A/en
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Priority to EP98935645A priority Critical patent/EP1012690A2/en
Priority to CA002295981A priority patent/CA2295981A1/en
Priority to BRPI9811104-3A priority patent/BR9811104A/en
Priority to AU84843/98A priority patent/AU8484398A/en
Priority to JP2000503474A priority patent/JP2003524806A/en
Publication of WO1999004326A2 publication Critical patent/WO1999004326A2/en
Publication of WO1999004326A3 publication Critical patent/WO1999004326A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/02—Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

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).
PCT/US1998/014540 1997-07-15 1998-07-14 Printed coupons with embedded discounts for online purchases WO1999004326A2 (en)

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EP98935645A EP1012690A2 (en) 1997-07-15 1998-07-14 Printed coupons with embedded discounts for online purchases
CA002295981A CA2295981A1 (en) 1997-07-15 1998-07-14 Printed coupons with embedded discounts for online purchases
BRPI9811104-3A BR9811104A (en) 1997-07-15 1998-07-14 printed coupons with inline discounts for online shopping
AU84843/98A AU8484398A (en) 1997-07-15 1998-07-14 Printed coupons with embedded discounts for online purchases
JP2000503474A JP2003524806A (en) 1997-07-15 1998-07-14 Print coupon with embedded discount for online purchases

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US5259797P 1997-07-15 1997-07-15
US60/052,597 1997-07-15
US08/967,383 US5933829A (en) 1996-11-08 1997-11-08 Automatic access of electronic information through secure machine-readable codes on printed documents
US08/967,383 1997-11-08
US2391898A 1998-02-13 1998-02-13
US09/023,918 1998-02-13

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WO1999004326A3 true WO1999004326A3 (en) 1999-04-08

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