A method and apparatus for a vending promotional printer for use within a vending machine are disclosed. A vending promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A coupon is selected for creation and
A method and apparatus for a vending promotional printer for use within a vending machine are disclosed. A vending promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A coupon is selected for creation and issued to the customer based on a matrix of event-based triggers involving factors or parameters known to the vending promotional printer directly or supplied by master promotional controller. Triggers may include the time of day, the date or amount of a cash-out voucher to be issued to a customer, the duration of play on a vending machine, a customer classification, the amount of money or credits added to a game, or a random frequency of coupon issuance having satisfied any or all of the aforementioned factors. The vending promotional printer may further include the ability to store all of the coupons, trigger conditions, and related information resident in the vending promotional printer in a non-volatile fashion thus enabling a host system to download a promotional environment into the vending promotional printer which will run promotional campaigns on behalf of the hosting system.
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1. A method of printing a promotional coupon by a system including a promotional controller coupled to a financial transaction promotional printer of a financial transaction machine that is a vending machine, the method comprising: transmitting, by the promotional controller, coupon data to the fina
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A method of printing a promotional coupon by a system including a promotional controller coupled to a financial transaction promotional printer of a financial transaction machine that is a vending machine, the method comprising: transmitting, by the promotional controller, coupon data to the financial transaction promotional printer;receiving, by the financial transaction promotional printer, the coupon data from the promotional controller via an auxiliary communication port coupling the financial transaction promotional printer to the promotional controller separately from a financial transaction machine controller, the auxiliary communication port constructed to receive the coupon data separately from a main communication port, the main communication port coupling the financial transaction promotional printer to the financial transaction machine controller for receiving financial transaction data;receiving, by the financial transaction promotional printer, the financial transaction data from the financial transaction machine controller via the main communication port;generating, by the financial transaction promotional printer, a receipt using the financial transaction data;generating, by the promotional controller, a trigger using trigger data, the trigger data including a location row and location column within the vending machine of a vended product;transmitting, by the promotional controller to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port, the trigger; andgenerating, by the financial transaction promotional printer, in response to the trigger, the coupon using the coupon data. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger data includes a date. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger data includes a time of day. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger data includes a frequency of issuance of the coupon. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger data includes a frequency of issuance of the coupon. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger data includes an amount of money deposited in the vending machine. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger data includes a cost of the vended product. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger data includes a type of the vended product. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing of coupon issuance data by the financial transaction promotional printer; andtransmitting the coupon issuance data by the financial transaction promotional printer to the promotional controller via the auxiliary communication port. 10. A system, comprising: a promotional controller and a financial transaction promotional printer of a financial transaction machine that is a vending machine,wherein the promotional controller comprises:a processor constructed to: transmit coupon data to the financial transaction promotional printer;generate a trigger using trigger data, the trigger data including a location row and location column within the vending machine of a vended product; andtransmit to the financial transaction promotional printer the trigger, andwherein the financial transaction promotional printer comprises:a main communication port coupling the financial transaction promotional printer to a financial transaction machine controller, the main communication port constructed to receive financial transaction data from the financial transaction machine controller;an auxiliary communication port, separate from the main communication port, coupling the financial transaction promotional printer to the promotional controller, the auxiliary communication port constructed to receive the coupon data from the promotional controller separately of the financial transaction machine controller; anda printer processor constructed to:receive the financial transaction data from the financial transaction machine controller via the main communication port;generate a receipt using the financial transaction data;receive the coupon data from the promotional controller via the auxiliary communication port; andreceive the trigger from the promotional controller via the auxiliary communication port; andgenerate, in response to the trigger, the coupon using the coupon data. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the financial transaction promotional printer stores coupon issuance data, the processor of the promotional controller further constructed to receive the coupon issuance data from the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port. 12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor of the promotional controller is further constructed to transmit variable data to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port, the variable data for use by the financial transaction promotional printer when generating the coupon. 13. The system of claim 10, wherein the trigger data includes a date. 14. The system of claim 10, wherein the trigger data includes a time of day. 15. The system of claim 10, wherein the trigger data includes a frequency of issuance of the coupon. 16. The system of claim 10, wherein the trigger data includes a time of vending. 17. The system of claim 10, wherein the coupon data includes a template used to generate the coupon. 18. The system of claim 10, wherein the promotional controller is connected directly to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port. 19. The system of claim 10, wherein the promotional controller is connected by a communications network to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port. 20. The method of printing a promotional coupon of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the promotional controller to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port, variable data, the variable data for use by the financial transaction promotional printer when generating the coupon. 21. The method of printing a promotional coupon of claim 1, wherein the coupon data includes a template used to generate the coupon. 22. The method of printing a promotional coupon of claim 1, wherein the promotional controller is connected directly to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port. 23. The method of printing a promotional coupon of claim 1, wherein the promotional controller is connected by a communications network to the financial transaction promotional printer via the auxiliary communication port.
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