Patents by Inventor Timothy L. Cherney

Timothy L. Cherney 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).

  • Patent number: 6795809
    Abstract: A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being processed at a checkout stand. Generation of a printable discount coupon can be based on any desired combination of customer-supplied data, obtained from a customer identification data base, past shopping activity, derived from data gathered during previous customer visits to the store, and present shopping activity, as evidenced by items identified in the current customer order. Collection of data pertaining to past behavior of customers is facilitated by filtering all sales transaction data at the point of sale. If all of the preselected conditions for generation of a coupon are satisfied, the coupon is generated and printed at the checkout stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing International, Inc
    Inventors: Michael R. O'Brien, George W. Off, Timothy L. Cherney, Gary M. Katz
  • Publication number: 20020002485
    Abstract: A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being processed at a checkout stand. Generation of a printable discount coupon can be based on any desired combination of customer-supplied data, obtained from a customer identification data base, past shopping activity, derived from data gathered during previous customer visits to the store, and present shopping activity, as evidenced by items identified in the current customer order. Collection of data pertaining to past behavior of customers is facilitated by filtering all sales transaction data at the point of sale. If all of the preselected conditions for generation of a coupon are satisfied, the coupon is generated and printed at the checkout stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: MICHAEL R. O'BRIEN, GEORGE W. OFF, TIMOTHY L. CHERNEY, GARY M. KATZ
  • Patent number: 6321210
    Abstract: A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being processed at a checkout stand. Generation of a printable discount coupon can be based on any desired combination of customer-supplied data, obtained from a customer identification data base, past shopping activity, derived from data gathered during previous customer visits to the store, and present shopping activity, as evidenced by items identified in the current customer order. If all of the preselected conditions for generation of a coupon are satisfied, the coupon is generated and printed at the checkout stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. O'Brien, George W. Off, Timothy L. Cherney
  • Patent number: 5832457
    Abstract: A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being processed at a checkout stand. Generation of a printable discount coupon can be based on any desired combination of customer-supplied data, obtained from a customer identification data base, past shopping activity, derived from data gathered during previous customer visits to the store, and present shopping activity, as evidenced by items identified in the current customer order. Collection of data pertaining to past behavior of customers is facilitated by filtering all sales transaction data at the point of sale. If all of the preselected conditions for generation of a coupon are satisfied, the coupon is generated and printed at the checkout stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. O'Brien, George W. Off, Timothy L. Cherney, Gary M. Katz