US 2013/0085829 A1 · PAPER COUPON FRAUD DETECTION

Abstract

A computer may receive a product code from a POS device. Further, the computer may compare the product code to identifiers for a plurality of fraudulent coupons comprising universal product codes (UPCs) of the fraudulent coupon and a trigger item code of the fraudulent coupon. Responsive to a match between the product code and the identifier of at least one fraudulent coupon, the computer may obtain information associated with the fraudulent coupon. Further, the computer may transmit the information of the at least one fraudulent coupon to the POS device. The POS device may receive the information of the at least one fraudulent coupon and compare the information with a UPC of a coupon scanned at the POS device. Responsive to a match between the fraudulent coupon information and the UPC of the coupon, the computer may generate an alert to notify that the scanned coupon is a fraudulent coupon.

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Dependent claims

1) A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory storage medium and comprising instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving, by the computer, a product code associated with a product;
comparing, by the computer, the product code to identifiers for a plurality of fraudulent coupons;
responsive to a match between the product code and the identifier for at least one of the fraudulent coupons, obtaining, by the computer, information about the at least one fraudulent coupon;
and
transmitting, by the computer, the information about the at least one fraudulent coupon.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Paper coupon fraud detection

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Paper coupon fraud detection

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Abstract

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