Appeal No. 2004-0199
Application No. 09/385,489
information is referred to as promoted product POS data. See
pages 41 and 42 of Appellants' specification.
Referring to Figure 2D, on a periodic basis, the retailer
system 20 collects the product POS data from the retailer's in-
store POS system 54. The data collected from each store's POS
system is stored in and also called an item movement file 56.
See page 42 of Appellants' specification. The retailer's main
processor 40 consolidates or combines all of the retrieved item
movement files 56 into a consolidated item movement file 60, as
indicated in block 222. As indicated in block 228, the retailer
system 20 or the independent system 24 filters the consolidated
item movement file 60 to process only the information relevant to
promotionally active UPC codes. See page 43 of Appellants'
specification.
Now referring to Figure 2E, the filtered POS movement file
checks the data to ensure that the products qualify for the
promotion. See page 45 of Appellants' specification. If the
data passes these checks, the system proceeds to the settlement
processing 238. See pages 46 and 47 of Appellants'
specification. During the settlement processing, the system uses
the terms of the promotion to calculate the amount of money due.
Once the money has been determined, the independent system will
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