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Method and system for generating incentives based on substantially real-time product purchase information    
United States Patent6292786   
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Inventor(s)Deaton; David W. (Abilene, TX), Gabriel; Rodney G. (Abilene, TX)
AbstractA method for use in marketing includes receiving at a remote location through the Internet, substantially real-time product purchase information from a retail store in conjunction with an identification code of a customer purchasing the parts at a point-of-sale. The method also includes generating at the remote location an incentive to be communicated to the identified customer and initiating communication of data relative to the incentive to the identified customer at the point-of-sale.



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Method and system for generating incentives based on substantially real-time product purchase information
Inventor     Deaton; David W. (Abilene, TX) , Gabriel; Rodney G. (Abilene, TX)
Owner/Assignee     Incentech, Inc. (Abilene, TX)
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Publication Date     September 18, 2001
Application Number     09/372,413
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Filing Date     August 11, 1999
US Classification     705/14 705/16 705/21
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Examiner     Powell; Mark R.
Assistant Examiner     Booker; Kelvin
Attorney/Law Firm     Baker Botts L.L.P.
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Parent Case     RELATED APPLICATION This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 120 of the filing date of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/354,263 and is a continuation entitled Point-of-Sale Server and Method, to Deaton et al., having a filing date of Jul. 15, 1999, pending. This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/820,020, filed Mar. 12, 1997, and entitled "Method and System for Selective Incentive Point-Of-Sale Marketing in Response to Customer Shopping Histories," now pending, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/457,300, and entitled "Method And System For Selective Incentive Point-of-Sale Marketing in Response to Customer Shopping Histories," filed Jun. 1, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,687,322, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/139,983, filed Oct. 20, 1993, and entitled "Method and System for Selective Incentive Point-of-Sale Marketing in Response to Customer Shopping Histories," now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/096,921, filed Jul. 23, 1993, and entitled "Method and System for Selective Incentive Point-of-Sale Marketing In Response to Customer Shopping Histories," now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/063,413, filed May 17, 1993, and entitled "Method and System for Building a Database for Use With Selective Incentive Marketing in Response to Customer Shopping Histories," now U.S. Pat. No. 5,621,812, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/886,383, filed May 19, 1992, and entitled "Method and System for Building a Database for Use with Selective Incentive Marketing in Response to Customer Shopping Histories," now abandoned.
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