ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,380, issued on May 6, was assigned to INMAR CLEARING INC. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Physical coupon redemption system and related methods" was invented by Lisa Smitherman (Lewisville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical coupon redemption system may include a mobile device associated with a retailer, and a coupon redemption server. The server may obtain a first physical coupon image from the mobile device for a corresponding first physical coupon, and generate a first validation code based upon the first physical coupon image and the retailer. The server may also communicate the first validation code to the mobile device for ...