Review of Coupon Systems

Abstract

Coupons are very effective way of promoting products and widely used by merchants. As smartphones became indispensable to life and are carried by almost everybody, mobile coupons are replacing traditional paper coupons. Group coupon is one of the coupon sale types where sold coupons are money refunded unless the number of buyers reach to certain predetermined number. Groupon is an American online group-coupon sale company that refused Google's $6 billion offer. This paper reviews coupon systems and introduces our design of a coupon system.

Design of a Smart Coupon System

“…This paper reviews existing coupon systems and introduces a design for a coupon system. Server components of the system include a coupon management system and a distribution management system [3]. The coupon management system manages merchants, coupons, and subscribers.…”