E-voucherss

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Nomor publikasi               US20140236694 A1

Jenis publikasi   Penerapan

Nomor aplikasi  US 14/346,018

Nomor PCT         PCT/MY2012/000234

Tanggal publikasi              21 Ags 2014

Tanggal pengajuan          16 Ags 2012

Tanggal prioritas               20 Sep 2011

Juga dipublikasikan sebagai         WO2013043038A1

Penemu               Seng Chuan Tan, Meng Lye Sit

Pemegang Hak Pertama yang Ditunjuk  Seng Chuan Tan, Meng Lye Sit

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Klasifikasi (4), Peristiwa Hukum (1)

Tautan Eksternal: USPTO, Pemindahan Hak USPTO, Espacenet

System and a method for purchasing electronic vouchers

US 20140236694 A1

ABSTRAK

A system for purchasing electronic vouchers is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of kiosk terminals (100) for receiving payment made by the users of the system, a group of servers (140-142) for coordinating a purchase transaction and an e-voucher entity (180) for managing and supervising at least one voucher inventory (181,182,183). The kiosk terminals (100) are connected to the group of servers (140-142) in which the group of servers (140-142) establishes a connection with the e-voucher entity (180). The users of the system use the kiosk terminals (100) to purchase the electronic voucher selectable from the voucher inventory (181,182,183) from the e-voucher entity (180) which then sends the electronic voucher as purchased by the users to the users' mobile devices (110) in the form of a text message or a picture message or both.

DESKRIPSI

FIELD OF INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to electronic vouchers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and a method for purchasing electronic vouchers, storable in and receivable by a mobile device via a kiosk terminal.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002]

Vouchers are documents which are worth a certain monetary value and may be spent for goods or services preferably from a store, merchant or retailer. Examples of vouchers include travel vouchers, food vouchers, service vouchers et cetera. Vouchers are usually purchased beforehand from the store, merchant or retailer such that they may only be used at the place of purchase. Coupons are documents or tickets which may be exchanged for a financial discount or rebate when purchasing goods or services. Coupons are usually issued by the store, merchant or retailer as part of sales promotion. Both the vouchers and coupons are usually distributed in a limited manner and may be printed with a barcode or Quick Response (QR) code which is scan-able by a barcode or QR code reader to entitle the possessor of the vouchers or coupons the monetary value or a discount. Nevertheless, due to the nature of physical vouchers and coupons which are typically manufactured from materials such as paper, they may be susceptible to damage by water or other elements. Additionally, vouchers and coupons which are not kept properly usually get lost or misplaced easily. Physical vouchers also require for the buyer and the seller to be present at the same place in the exchange.