METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING, STORING AND PROCESSING ELECTRONIC VOUCHERS WITH A MOBILE TELEPHONE OR A PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT.

摘要

The invention concerns a system (1) for receiving, storing and processing electronic vouchers for a consumer equipped with a mobile telephone or a personal digital assistant (2). The mobile tool comprises means (12, 5, 7) for exchanging data with a payment terminal (3) during a purchasing operation, based on an offer of electronic vouchers corresponding to discounts. At least an electronic voucher is received and stored in a storage unit (6) of the mobile tool, the codes (15) of the purchased articles (16) are read at the payment terminal and the list of vouchers stored in the mobile tool is transmitted to the payment terminal. The list of vouchers is compared with the list of purchased articles and if one or several articles are identified for which vouchers exist, the amount of discount(s) corresponding to said vouchers is automatically deducted from the total amount of purchased articles.