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A retail customer information system which includes: at least one data processing device including a data storage adapted for selectively storing marketing data in a plurality of data fields. The customer information system also includes a portable transaction computer having a graphical user interf

A retail customer information system which includes: at least one data processing device including a data storage adapted for selectively storing marketing data in a plurality of data fields. The customer information system also includes a portable transaction computer having a graphical user interface adapted to selectively display icon data representing data stored in the data storage. The portable transaction computer further including a random access memory; and a processor adapted to process instructions disposed in the random access memory. The retail customer information system further including a first data channel adapted for selectively communicating marketing data between the portable transaction computer and the data processing device.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A shopping system network, comprising:a host computer coupleable to a network;a manufacturer's computer coupleable to the network;a customer computer coupleable to the network;an optical scanner coupleable to the customer computer; anda coupon including graphical indici

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A shopping system network, comprising:a host computer coupleable to a network;a manufacturer's computer coupleable to the network;a customer computer coupleable to the network;an optical scanner coupleable to the customer computer; anda coupon including graphical indicia thereon and optically identifiable indicia thereon;wherein the optical scanner is adapted to scan the coupon when the customer computer is decoupled from the network, and wherein a customer can scan the coupon remote from the host computer with the optical scanner to provide the customer computer with the optically identifiable indicia which is processed by the customer computer to generate first data which is provided via the network to the host computer, the first data being used by the host computer to facilitate the customer's shopping;wherein the first data is used by the system to generate an icon representative of a product.