Fraud deterred product and service coupons

Claim 1

A method to deter consumer/user and retailer fraud on an online coupon having a unique identification mark issued from a coupon issuance and redemption program to a registered or member consumer/user to deter or prevent unauthorized copying, counterfeiting, tampering, creation and multiple redemption of the coupon, comprising the steps of: a) entering a resident zip code by a member consumer/user to an interactive online database system of a service center or a provider; b) displaying available provider coupons for the member consumer/user by a provider through the interactive online database system; c) selecting a provider coupon or coupons from the available coupons by the member consumer/user; d) entering an assigned identification mark or user name and a member consumer/user password into the interactive online database, the interactive online database checking its database to verify the assigned identification mark and password, tying the assigned identification mark and password to the member consumer/user, determining a number of times the member consumer/user has requested the provider coupon, approving or disapproving the member consumer/user and allowing the issuance of the provider coupon, the issued coupon tied to the member consumer/user identification mark and password; e) printing the provider coupon by the member consumer/user, the printed provider coupon having printed on the coupon aside from typical certification mark and identification mark, at least the member consumer/user's name, an instruction to cashier to check identification and to accept purchases only with a credit card payment method or by personal bank check and if paid by personal bank check, a blank space to fill in date of purchase, a blank space for the member consumer/user to write in his/her initial and a blank space to write in a check number or a bank account number or both; f) bringing and presenting the provider coupon by the member consumer/user to a retailer; g) matching the imprinted name on the coupon with the name on the credit card or the personal bank check used for payment; h) entering a sale or a plurality of sale of a product by the retailer only if payment is made by credit card or a personal bank check; i) validating payment of the sale by credit card or personal bank check, the payment by personal bank check validated by a picture identification and writing in the bank account and check number or either one of these on the provider's coupon; j) forwarding a number of gathered validated provider coupons generated from the sale or plurality of sale of the product to a service center; k) scanning, decoding and validating the provider coupons forwarded by the retailer; l) identifying fraudulent coupons from legitimate coupons; m) preparing a provider coupon validation report by the service center; n) forwarding the coupon validation report and the gathered validated provider coupon to the provider; o) reviewing the coupon validation report by the provider, p) reimbursing the retailer for the amount of the desired coupons, and, q) updating the interactive online database after each reimbursement of the retailer.

Claim 2

A method to deter consumer/user and retailer fraud on an online coupon having a unique identification mark issued from a coupon issuance and redemption program to a registered or member consumer/user to deter or prevent unauthorized copying, counterfeiting, tampering, creation and multiple redemption of the coupon, comprising the steps of: a) entering a resident zip code by a member consumer/user to an interactive online database system of a service center or a provider; b) displaying available provider coupons for the member consumer/user by a provider through the interactive online database system; c) selecting a provider coupon or coupons from the available coupons by the member consumer/user; d) entering an assigned identification mark or user name and a member consumer/user password into the interactive online database, the interactive online database checking its database to verify the assigned identification mark and password, tying the assigned identification mark and password to the member consumer/user, determining a number of times the member consumer/user has requested the provider coupon, approving or disapproving the member consumer/user and allowing the issuance of the provider coupon, the issued coupon tied to the member consumer/user identification mark and password; e) printing the provider coupon by the member consumer/user, the printed provider coupon having printed on the coupon aside from typical certification mark and identification mark, at least the member consumer/user's name, an instruction to cashier to check identification and to accept purchases only with a credit card payment method or by personal bank check and if paid by personal bank check, a blank space to fill in date of purchase, a blank space for the member consumer/user to write in his/her initial and a blank space to write in a check number or a bank account number or both; f) bringing and presenting the provider coupon by the member consumer/user to a retailer; g) matching the imprinted name on the coupon with the name on the credit card or the personal bank check used for payment; h) entering a sale or a plurality of sale of a product by the retailer only if payment is made by credit card or a personal bank check; i) validating payment of the sale by credit card or personal bank check, the payment by personal bank check validated by a picture identification and writing in the bank account and check number or either one of these on the provider's coupon; j) forwarding a number of gathered validated provider coupons generated from the sale or plurality of sale of the product to a service center; k) scanning, decoding and validating the provider coupons forwarded by the retailer; l) identifying fraudulent coupons from legitimate coupons; m) preparing a provider coupon validation report by the service center; n) forwarding the coupon validation report and the gathered validated provider coupon to the provider; o) reviewing the coupon validation report by the provider, p) reimbursing the retailer for the amount of the desired coupons, and, q) updating the interactive online database after each reimbursement of the retailer.