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US 2003/0196358 A1Published application
Pizza advertizing and delivery beacon
OwnerFrank V. Fratzkeinventor
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Abstract
A vendor such as a pizza parlor promotes its products and improves its service by providing to customers, free of charge, distinctive beacons which can be placed in the window of a home to attract a delivery person. The vendor induces customers to use the beacon by offering discounts and faster delivery service, and benefits from having its advertizing prominently displayed in homes.
Claims7
A pizza delivery beacon comprising
- a panel of imprintable material;
- a distinctive light mounted on the panel;
- and
- means for hanging the beacon in a door or window of a home, to attract delivery persons.
1 more element
A method of doing business comprising steps of
- delivering goods or services to a home of a customer,
- providing the customer, free of charge, with a device having a distinctive light visible from a distance outside the home and means for mounting the device on a window or door of the home, and
- inducing the customer to place the device in a door or window of the home prior to a subsequent delivery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.