Patents by Inventor Laird Garner

Laird Garner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Coupon processing system including post-purchase coupon value assignment based upon physical coupon redemption and related methods
    Patent number: 10467648
    Abstract: A coupon processing system may include a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at a retail location. The POS terminal may be configured to communicate instant redeemable coupon (IRC) data associated with a physical IRC for a given product. The coupon processing system may also include a promotions server remote from the retail location and cooperating with the POS terminal to redeem the physical IRC for the given product based upon the IRC data and assign a post-purchase coupon value to a digital wallet associated with a purchaser of the given product based upon redeeming of the physical IRC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Jess D. Walker, Bryan Bartow, David E. Johnson, Chris Rebstock, Laird Garner