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20090307079 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS - A system for facilitating product and services distribution, the system including a system processor for receiving and processing data associated with promotional indicia that is placed on a mailing, and for processing data associated with feedback from recipients of the mailings. The promotional indicia include a code associated with the mailing recipient and information associated with a communication portal. A communication channel connects the recipients to the system processor via the communication portal. An advertising method is provided including providing advertisement indicia on a mailing or other display. The indicia are customized for a recipient and include a promotion, code, and portal information. Use of the code in the portal is analyzed. Also described herein are auction systems for facilitating offers and sales of advertising space, and envelopes pre-printed with advertising indicia. | 12-10-2009 |
20090319363 | ACTIVITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A activity-completion verification system and method are provided herein. | 12-24-2009 |
20100017285 | Transferring Funds Electronically - Apparatuses and methods to transfer funds electronically via premium messages. In one aspect, an apparatus to electronically transfer funds from a customer to a supplier includes: a server component connected to a network; and a database component coupled to the server component. The server is configured to transmit a plurality of premium rate mobile terminating text messages to the mobile cellular telephone to effect a payment from the customer to the supplier after the customer has placed an order with the supplier. The server component is configured to populate the database component with an identification of the customer telephone number. The server component is configured to prompt the customer to supply additional personal data. In response to the additional personal data, the server component populates the database component with the additional personal data. | 01-21-2010 |
20100094701 | Virtual redeemable offers - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with tracking in store consumer behavior are described. One example method includes receiving a product tag data (PTD) and a personal data (PD) from a portable digital device (PDD). The PTD is associated with a scan of a product tag of a product. The example method may also include storing the PTD and the PD in a database. The example method may also include creating a virtual redeemable offer (VRO) based, at least in part, on an analysis of the PD, the PTD associated with the scan, and a product information (PI) associated with the product tag. The PI may be stored in the database and describes the product. The example method may also include providing the CRVC to the PDD. | 04-15-2010 |
20100125498 | Mobile Commerce Framework - A subscription-based system for providing commerce information for one or more mobile devices for one or more merchants. Some techniques employed feature a subscription-based method for presenting commercial resources to a mobile device. The method involves receiving mobile device user information relating to a geographic location to locate one or more merchants within a subscription-based shopping network, and receiving mobile device user information relating to a merchant type within the subscription-based shopping network. The method also involves receiving, from a database over a communication network, information for one or more merchants associated with the mobile device user information for the geographic location and the merchant type, and presenting the associated merchant information on the mobile device. The associated merchant information can include a merchant name and address, a merchant telephone number, a merchant advertisement, a merchant coupon, or a merchant product or service offering to subscribers of the shopping network. | 05-20-2010 |
20100191595 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING SERVICES IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for exchanging services in a distributed system. A communication module receives an advertisement of service capabilities for a service provider. The communication module further receives a registration of service requirements for a service consumer. A match module determines if the advertisement service capabilities match the registration service requirements. A configuration module configures the service provider to supply the service requirements of the service consumer if the advertisement service capabilities match the registration service requirements. An establishment module establishes a service relationship between the service provider and the service consumer. The service provider provides the service requirements of the service consumer. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OFFERING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE BANK ACCOUNT - A method and system is provided whereby a customer either establishes a new account or converts their existing account into a program that maximizes the use of online bill payment, electronic statements and paperless charge transactions in exchange for reward payments. In accordance with the method and system, customers establishing or transferring to the program are provided with an electronic transaction card formed from 100% recycled plastic material, on-line banking and an electronic monthly statement thereby eliminating all of the paper associated with the management side of the account. Then customers who enroll receive an incentive for each and every payment or transaction that they complete without using paper. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191597 | Spatial marketplace system - A method of managing the delivery of offers from suppliers to members via a spatial marketplace system involves registering potential customers as members of the spatial marketplace system by recording their names and contact details in a database. A spatial identifier is assigned to each database record, the spatial identifier being sourced from the contact details supplied during a registration process. Each member nominates one or more attributes corresponding to a commodity in relation to which the member is interested in receiving offers. Each supplier defines a geographic region in which the supplier wishes to do business and nominates one or more attributes corresponding to commodities, which the supplier wishes to sell. A spatial identifier location algorithm is used to identify the database records with spatial identifiers located within the geographical region defined by the supplier. Delivery of offers from a supplier is restricted to members associated with the identified database records which have nominated attributes matching the attributes nominated by the supplier. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191598 | Automated Multimedia Gateway For Consumer-Controlled Specification, Filtering And Delivery Of Personalized Product/Service Offers - The present invention relates to systems and methods for consumer-controlled specification, filtering and delivery of multimedia product/service offerings to “opted-in” consumers. A plurality of business subscribers is associated with a plurality of offers, wherein each offer is associated with an offer category. Through a consumer gateway, a consumer member defines a set of consumer preferences that is stored in a consumer profile, wherein the preferences define one or more offer categories preferred by the consumer member. The consumer member selects a set of business subscriber sponsors from the plurality of business subscribers. A set of sponsored offers is defined, each of which originates from the set of business subscriber sponsors. Using consumer preferences, an offer exchange matches a sponsored offer, or offers, to each consumer subscriber from the set of all sponsored offers. A distribution server distributes the sponsored offer or offers to each consumer member according to user preference. | 07-29-2010 |
20100332310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING AND DISTRIBUTING PRIZES USING LOCATION-BASED SERVICES - The system and methods include delivering a prize to a mobile device based upon the geographic location of the mobile device. The system can include a registration interface for registering a plurality of mobile devices with the system and a registration interface for registering a plurality of clients with the system. A prize designation interface can associated one or more prizes with a specific geographic location. The prizes can be delivered to registered mobile devices when it is determined that the mobile devices are in the specific geographic locations associated with the prizes. | 12-30-2010 |
20110047023 | Offer Management Method And System - An offer management system may provide an open platform capable of aggregating offers from multiple offer providers. All offers may be uploaded to the offer management system and presented to consumers via a single portal so they can easily browse, select and review all available digital offers at one time, in one place. Upon visiting a hosted website, the offer management system may interact with the consumer by displaying references to digital offers on the home page or in the navigation bar. The offer management system can display personalized content that may feature any available offers targeted specifically to the consumer based upon personal information contained in a profile for the consumer that is associated with the consumer's online account, such as a loyalty card account. Moreover, the offer management system may receive requests from the consumer to print selected offers or download selected offers to the consumer's account. | 02-24-2011 |
20110060640 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MESSAGES TO A TRANSACTION INSTRUMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatuses enable a card issuer to provide messages to a customer's transaction instrument. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing messages to customer. The method includes receiving a request for messages corresponding to a transaction instrument of a user at a server. The method further includes obtaining information associated with the transaction instrument using the request. The method further includes selecting at least one message, based at least in part, on the information associated with the transaction instrument. The at least one message is selected from a messages database. The method further includes providing the at least one message to the transaction instrument. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060641 | CUSTOMER BENEFIT OFFERS AT KIOSKS AND SELF-SERVICE DEVICES - Apparatus and methods for providing customer benefit offers at kiosks and self-service devices are provided. A method for providing customer benefit offer information according to the invention may include using a processor module to receive from an interactive display a customer instruction to dispense cash and dispensing the cash. The method may further include receiving purchasing instrument information from a purchasing instrument interface. The purchasing instrument information may correspond to the purchasing instrument of a customer. The method may further include using an electronic transmitter module to query customer benefit offer information from an offer processor via an electronic communication network. The method may also include using an output device to provide the customer benefit offer information to the customer. | 03-10-2011 |
20110082738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SPECIFICALLY TARGETED ADVERTISING - In one embodiment, the method includes; receiving on one or more computers the content of one or more books, one or more advertisements; information regarding the target audience criteria for each of the one or more advertisements, information and a request from the subscriber for the content of the one or more books; determining if the information from the subscriber satisfies the target audience criteria for each of the one or more advertisements; providing to the subscriber the content of the one or more books requested and one or more advertisements having associated target audience criteria that is satisfied by the information from the subscriber requesting the content of the one or more books electronically; and replacing at least the one or more advertisements having associated target audience criteria that is satisfied by the information from the subscriber with one or more new advertisements. | 04-07-2011 |
20110125569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING ONLINE COMMERCE EXPERIENCES WITH SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCES - Systems and methods are disclosed for integrating a user's purchase experience at an online merchant with a user's social media account and, separately, with a user group. When a user makes a purchase representation through a social media service about a merchant or a purchase choice to be made with the merchant, upon verification, the user is offered a merchant benefit. When a user can enlist a purchase group of users to each make a purchase from a merchant, upon meeting a group requirement, the purchase group is provided a group benefit. | 05-26-2011 |
20110153408 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOYALTY CARD AND COUPON REGISTRATION AND OPT OUT VIA A WIRELESS APPARATUS - A registration and opting out system and method for the receipt of barcodes for coupons, loyalty cards, services discounts and other uses via a wireless apparatus by using text messaging or Near-Field Communications. The system can incorporate methods and processes to convey the offerings to multiple wireless apparatuses simultaneously. The system can register wireless apparatuses for offerings for multiple entities from a single system. The system may be centralized or its components distributed across various network locations. A wireless apparatus can be registered with more than one offering entity on the system. The system may provide a directory of services discount offerings accessible by a single text message containing individual codes, each code representing specific discount offerings, such offerings transmitted to the wireless apparatus after being parsed. The system provides means to update and change personal information and preferences via the internet, accessible from a wireless apparatus or personal computer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161158 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DISCOUNT INFORMATION - A method for providing discount information and the system thereof are provided. The method includes acquiring an identifier of a selected item and coordinates of the client device, searching for items relevant to the selected item in a storage system, and refining the search results according to the coordinates of the client device. The method further includes sending corresponding discount information of the search results to the client device if at least one item in the storage system is determined to be relevant to the selected item. | 06-30-2011 |
20110184797 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOY ADOPTION AND MARKETING - A computer system provides a virtual world. The computer system includes a server subsystem serving virtual world data, via a communication network, and receives data and/or commands. A registration subsystem, coupled to the server subsystem, verifies information from a toy, registers the toy, and determines a quantity of toys registered by a user who is registering the toy. The verifying includes determining the validity of the information. A virtual world providing subsystem, coupled to the server subsystem, provides the virtual world data, which produces data that presents the virtual world. The virtual world data includes a virtual toy representing the toy and a reward provided to the user for registering the toy. The reward is based on the quantity of toys previously registered by the user, such that the reward received for registering the toy is different than another reward previously received by the user for registering another toy. | 07-28-2011 |
20110225034 | Customized Coupon Delivery System And Method - Methods and apparatus for delivering customized electronic coupons are provided. Consumer users register with the customized electronic coupon provider website and create a consumer user profile. Retailer users also register with the customized electronic coupon provider site and create a retailer user profile and electronic coupons. A software program compares the consumer user profiles with the retailer user profiles and detects matches. A customized electronic coupon is generated for each instance of a profile match. The customized electronic coupon is then delivered electronically to the consumer user. | 09-15-2011 |
20110238482 | Digital Profile System of Personal Attributes, Tendencies, Recommended Actions, and Historical Events with Privacy Preserving Controls - Embodiments of the invention provide a digital profile system for a user and a method for capturing, storing, and updating information about a user's attributes in a personal genome database. The system interacts with a third-party application which provides an assessment tool for execution by the user. The system includes the personal genome database, a server processor which executes computer-readable instructions of an advanced competency model, a unique pass code system, and at least one privacy filter, and a user processor which executes computer-readable instructions of a client manager. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246283 | APPROVAL SERVICE BASED TECHNIQUES FOR OFFERING CONTEXT TO SERVICE PROVIDERS UTILIZING INCENTIVES - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising offering incentive based context to service providers by capturing context information of a user and integrating an approval service to verify authorization for access to the user context and distributing the context information to the service provider, wherein the service provider provides an incentive to the user for the context information. | 10-06-2011 |
20110258029 | MERCHANT INTERACTION AND TRIAL PERIODS - Disclosure includes selecting a merchant from a plurality of merchants, enabling a trial mode for the merchant, during the trial mode, receiving an indication of a first order for the merchant, forwarding the indication of the first order to the merchant, allocating a first payment for the first order to the merchant, requesting an acceptance of a membership status from the merchant, and receiving an indication of the payment for the first order. | 10-20-2011 |
20110270667 | Method and System for Customer Registration and Discount Distribution in an Affiliate Network - An affiliate website may encourage a high level of customer participation and ensure that the affiliate and affiliate network receive a commission from sales using an online coupon without requiring a customer to register for and purchase the coupon. A customer may provide identifying information to an affiliate before the customer receives a coupon, and the affiliate may control the number of available coupons while ensuring commission credit for any resulting sale. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270668 | Methods and systems for effective processing of coupons or loyalty cards using a mobile device - The invention provides methods and systems for mobile device users to generate and populate a rolling profile for consumers. | 11-03-2011 |
20110276384 | BILLING STATEMENT CUSTOMER ACQUISITION SYSTEM - Some described embodiments provide for selecting (e.g., by a server computer from a plurality of transaction records), a transaction record associated with a financial account of an account holder. In one example, the transaction record includes an indication of an amount due, by the account holder, for a previous purchase completed by the account holder with a first merchant. Some embodiments provide further for generating a billing statement for the account holder, the billing statement including an indication of the amount due by the account holder for the previous completed purchase and an indication of an acquisition offer, in which the acquisition offer comprises a promise from a second merchant to pay at least a portion of the amount due by the account holder, and transmitting the billing statement to the account holder. | 11-10-2011 |
20110282727 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN OUT-OF-HOME ADVERTISING NETWORKS - A system and method for delivering advertising and non-advertising content includes a content management system for receiving content, editing received content (if necessary), storing content, and scheduling content for display in display systems. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENGAGING AND ACQUIRING CUSTOMERS - Improved systems, methods and apparatus are needed to provide gaming establishments within the casino, lottery and gaming industries a unified platform and middleware for the attraction, registration, engagement, delivery, management and measurement of new player acquisition through interactive mediums and channels. Acquisition of new players using such systems and methods and benefits from integration of external information on the new player. The systems and methods are configured to require entry of external information as part of delivery and/or redemption of incentives designed to attract and engage new and even existing players. | 11-17-2011 |
20110288926 | INCENTIVE NETWORK FOR DISTRIBUTING INCENTIVES ON A NETWORK-WIDE BASIS AND FOR PERMITTING USER ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVES FROM A PLURALITY OF NETWORK SERVERS - An incentive network equipped with methods for distributing incentives on a network-wide basis and for permitting user access to individual incentives from any network server. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method performed by a server for accessing incentives in an network, comprises steps of receiving an access request from a device associated with a user and connected to the network, transmitting identifying information corresponding to the access request to a host, receiving incentive information from the host reflecting available incentives corresponding to the identifying information, and transmitting a network document, including the incentive information, to the device associated with the user in response to the access request. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for accessing incentives in an network, comprises transmitting an access request to access a server in the network, receiving a subscriber request for a subscriber ID associated with the access request, transmitting the subscriber ID to the server, and receiving in response to the access request incentive information reflecting available incentives corresponding to the subscriber ID, wherein the server provides the subscriber ID to a host that selects and transmits the incentive information to the server. | 11-24-2011 |
20110302023 | METHOD FOR ISSUING AND REDEEMING AN ELECTRONIC COUPON - A method for issuing and redeeming an electronic coupon is provided. An electronic coupon is created by a central server, the coupon including information about a discount or a credit, and one or more conditions. The coupon is assigned to a customer identifier. A coupon query is transferred, which includes the customer identifier, from a point-of-sale computer to the central server. Coupon data is transferred from the central server to the point-of-sale computer. The described method reduces the transaction time for redeeming and issuing personalized coupons. In particular, the coupon data for multiple coupons is transferred with an assigned coupon identifier before the payment process from the central server to the point-of-sale computer, and stored in a local memory. In the payment process, the central computer transfers the coupon identifiers assigned to the customer identifier. The point-of-sale computer retrieves the coupon data from the local memory, using the coupon identifier. | 12-08-2011 |
20120010938 | GEOGRAPHICALLY DEFINED ELECTRONIC COUPON OR VOUCHER DISSEMINATION - A computer-implemented process for electronically disseminated coupons or vouchers which confines E-Coupon or E-Voucher dissemination to a merchant's designated market area (DMA) with optional customer “opt-in” in order to participate in the merchant's discount or special promotional offers not generally available to anonymous customers. In one aspect, the computer implemented process is accomplished when a request for an electronically disseminated coupon or voucher from a remote computing device(s) associated with a customer is received by a server. The server determines a geolocation for the remote computing device(s) which is used to validate the request based at least on the customer's geolocation. A validated request causes the server to issue a electronically disseminated coupon or voucher. The issuance of the electronically disseminated coupon or voucher is contemporaneously recorded in a database for invoicing or crediting of the merchant. | 01-12-2012 |
20120030002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OFFERS - A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for processing coupons. A system configured to practice the method transmits an advertisement to a mobile device of a user after the user registers to receive advertisements, wherein the advertisement is associated with an identification card of the user and a coupon, activates the coupon based on an acceptance via a user interaction with the mobile device, other than a telephone call, to yield an activated coupon, receives an indication at a point of sale device of a purchase using the identification card, wherein the mobile device is different from the point of sale device, and applies a discount to the purchase according to the activated coupon. Thus, a user can redeem the coupon by simply purchasing using the identification card without presenting a separate physical coupon. The coupon can be applied in substantially real time or after the transaction. | 02-02-2012 |
20120041814 | METHOD OF CREATING A COMMUNITY USING SEQUENTIAL NUMBERING - The creation of a fan based community as an affinity marketing platform. The community members are classified by a user number linked to the priority of their claim for affinity with the organization. Their user numbers are posted on a web-page having a unique URL. The user is issued with a tag that displays the user number and a machine readable QR code that encodes the | 02-16-2012 |
20120066052 | Method and System for Associating a Consumer with Product Redemption Data - There is presented a method and system for using a product redemption data associated with an identity of a consumer in a memory of a computer having a processor. The method comprises receiving the product redemption data, searching the memory using the processor to find the product redemption data, and identifying the consumer in response to finding the product redemption data associated with the identity of the consumer in the memory. | 03-15-2012 |
20120078704 | INTERNET-BASED METHODS OF OFFERING ADVERTISING - The present invention provides methods of offering advertisements on the Internet, and systems for implementing these methods. These methods offer users an accrued financial incentive to purchase products and services from advertisers. In some embodiments, a method of offering advertisements on the Internet comprises: providing one or more advertisements at an Internet site; allowing for a user to click or view the advertisements; increasing the user's account balance after an advertisement is viewed; and offering cash or a non-cash equivalent to a winning user having the highest relative value of an account balance within a selected pool of account balances. Certain embodiments of this invention relate to an Internet business known as Mascot Race. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084134 | Energy Conservation Incentivisation System - An energy conservation incentivisation system is disclosed. The energy conservation incentivisation system is provided with a website having a web server reading information representative of a customer's energy usage for a given period of time in relation to a corresponding period of time. The website verifies a reduction of energy usage, and registers the customer in a rewards program. The energy conservation incentivisation system also includes a communication system communicating with the Internet using an Internet protocol to receive the information from the customer. The information representative of the customer's energy usage can be one or more electronic files of utility invoices from the given period of time and the corresponding period of time. | 04-05-2012 |
20120123850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY RANKING AND FILTERING INFORMATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes receiving a request for specific information, wherein the request is associated with a first reward limit and a second reward limit, determining a first reward amount within the first reward limit based on a number of information providers, receiving personal data and a wager from each of the information providers, distributing the first reward amount to at least one of the information providers in a first phase based on a ranking of relevancy of submitted information by the information providers, and distributing the second reward amount in a second phase based on a result of using the submitted information. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130796 | Systems and Methods to Advertise a Physical Business Location with Digital Location-Based Coupons - Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location information. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine the routes taken by the user, businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user and whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the targeted content is monitored. Payment systems, phone exchange systems, and other features may also be integrated to provide detailed conversion tracking to producers of targeted content and business owners. | 05-24-2012 |
20120158483 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR A MEMBERSHIP FOR A CUSTOMER OF A VENDING MACHINE - In a disclosed embodiment of the invention, a customer of a vending machine is provided with an offer to establish a membership at a vending machine. After receiving an acceptance of the offer, a membership identifier is determined. The membership identifier is stored in association with the term of the membership. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166270 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR FACILITATING MOBILE ENROLLMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN A LOYALTY CAMPAIGN - The present invention relates generally to consolidating loyalty campaign enrolment procedures and centralizing management and storage of both merchant and customer information relating to loyalty campaign implementation and participation. Specifically, the device and system provides a means whereby merchants are able to unilaterally implement loyalty campaigns and encourage enrolment through an automatic enrolment procedure. The system implements the messaging infrastructure of mobile communication device to associate a phone number with a customer such that enrolment to a merchant's loyalty campaign requires little more than the customer's use of a recognized transaction instrument and a remote communications device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120191526 | BILLING STATEMENT CUSTOMER ACQUISITION SYSTEM - Some described embodiments provide for selecting (e.g., by a server computer from a plurality of transaction records), a transaction record associated with a financial account of an account holder. In one example, the transaction record includes an indication of an amount due, by the account holder, for a previous purchase completed by the account holder with a first merchant. Some embodiments provide further for generating a billing statement for the account holder, the billing statement including an indication of the amount due by the account holder for the previous completed purchase and an indication of an acquisition offer, in which the acquisition offer comprises a promise from a second merchant to pay at least a portion of the amount due by the account holder, and transmitting the billing statement to the account holder. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197709 | Mobile Advertisement with Social Component for Geo-Social Networking System - In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system receives from a first user's location a message identifying the first user and one or more other users, generating a redeemable certificate including pictures of the first user and the one or more other users, and present the redeemable certificate to the first user. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197710 | BILLING STATEMENT CUSTOMER ACQUISITION SYSTEM - Some described embodiments provide for selecting (e.g., by a server computer from a plurality of transaction records), a transaction record associated with a financial account of an account holder. In one example, the transaction record includes an indication of an amount due, by the account holder, for a previous purchase completed by the account holder with a first merchant. Some embodiments provide further for generating a billing statement for the account holder, the billing statement including an indication of the amount due by the account holder for the previous completed purchase and an indication of an acquisition offer, in which the acquisition offer comprises a promise from a second merchant to pay at least a portion of the amount due by the account holder, and transmitting the billing statement to the account holder. | 08-02-2012 |
20120239485 | ASSOCIATING DEALS WITH EVENTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Social networking systems create representations of events associated with deals and populate attributes of the event based on information associated with the deal. Examples of attributes populated based on the deal include location for the event, potential participants for the event, or time for the event. The deal can be a social deal that is activated by participation of multiple users of the social networking system. The social networking system synchronizes potential or actual participants for the event with potential or actual participants of the social deal. The social networking system identifies events represented in the social networking system that are associated with the deal and suggests possible interactions with the entities to users associated with the deal. For example, the social networking system may request the user to become member of a social group associated with the deal, or purchase another deal associated with the current deal. | 09-20-2012 |
20120271706 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE PROMOTIONS THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORK-BASED PLATFORM - Systems and methods for providing online promotions integrated with social network-based platforms are disclosed. Promotion details such as rules, offered prizes, incentives and descriptions, survey questions, display banners, terms and conditions, privacy policy, and social networks to integrate the promotion with, are provided by the sponsoring organization to a server. The server generates a custom promotion application and/or widget for integrating with the organization's social network webpage and/or webpages external to social networks. A participant enters the promotion through these webpages or other links and lists friends in the social network to receive an invitation to enter the promotion. Viral features such as friend invite features, newsfeeds, minifeeds, other features that display online activities of users and people in the users' social network, notifications, requests, and other social network-based platform features to deliver messages to members of the one or more social network-based platforms further spread the word about the organization's promotion. | 10-25-2012 |
20120290383 | Systems and Methods to Advertise a Physical Business Location with Digital Location-Based Coupons - Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location information. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine the routes taken by the user, businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user and whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the targeted content is monitored. Once it is verified that the user has visited the physical location, then any associated promotional offers may be authorized. Payment systems, phone exchange systems, and other features may also be integrated to provide detailed conversion tracking to producers of targeted content and business owners. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290384 | RESIDUAL FUNDRAISING AND ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A benefit card may be presented to a retailer to cause a portion of the proceeds be directed to a beneficiary selected by the cardholder. The benefit card may be used to direct advertisements or coupons to cardholders. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296731 | CREATING AN AFFINITY RELATIONSHIP - Embodiments of the invention receive an expression of interest for a benefactor from a user, propose creation of an affinity program associated with the benefactor to the user, and create an affinity program associated with the benefactor. Creating includes determining at least one triggering action for triggering a donation to the benefactor, determining at least one potential participant for the affinity program, and inviting the at least one potential participant to join the affinity program. Creating the affinity may also include proposing the affinity program to the benefactor and negotiating contractual terms on behalf of a program administrator, such as, by using an artificial intelligence engine. In some embodiments, creating the affinity also includes, in response to determining the number of expressions of interest from unique users surpasses a predetermined threshold, initiating the affinity program by inviting at least one of the unique users to join the program. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303439 | USER-DEFINED ACCESS CONTROLS FOR ACCESSING USER VIA AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system that controls what information can reach a user via an electronic or electrical communications device and under what circumstances is disclosed. The controls can be set by the user, e.g., an individual or an authorised person acting in a supervisory role. This provides a configurable communication inclusion and exclusion zone. Only communications that meet predefined or dynamically configured rules are presented to the user. These rules determine who can contact a user, when they can be contacted, where they can be contacted, with what message content and by which route. Users can thereby fully control how they receive communications or advertising messages. The platform also integrates payment capabilities to allow users to be paid for delivery of marketing messages with cash, cash equivalents, vouchers or premium media content such as news stories, music or films. | 11-29-2012 |
20130024266 | METHOD FOR ENCOURAGING AND TRACKING VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION AT AN ORGANIZED EVENT - A non-profit agency may be provided with support from volunteers who may participate in a system that includes a web site reporting dates and places of volunteering events sponsored by the non-profit agency. Prospective volunteers may register to provide work-effort at a selected one of the events. Determination may be made as to whether or not the prospective volunteer actually provided work effort at the selected event. A reward may be provided to the volunteer if the volunteer actually provided work effort at the selected event. | 01-24-2013 |
20130036002 | Web based system and method for conducting business - The inventive concept of the web based system and method for conducting business (the system) an Internet platform that allows a seller to upload his/her materials, such as, for example, outlines and class notes. The seller may identify the outlines and noted by categorizing the same by college name and professor name and by a topic, such as math, history, algebra, etc. A buyer can locate the outlines and notes by a school or college, by the name of the professor and by the topics. The system allows the seller either scan the notes in a format that will allow the buyer to scan the entire document in search for specific words or use an option wherein the seller will index at least five words, i.e. search tags wherein the buyer will be able to search through in order to decide whether to purchase the outline or to continue searching for other products. | 02-07-2013 |
20130041741 | System and Method to Facilitate Retail Promotions - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating retail promotions. The systems and methods disclosed generally include: (a) defining terms of a retail promotion; (b) identifying whether a consumer has acted in accordance with the terms of the retail promotion; and (c) authorizing a tender presented by the consumer, based on whether the consumer has acted in accordance with the terms of the retail promotion. The disclosed systems and methods have wide ranging applicability, including (non-exclusively): (1) allowing a brand company to initiate localized promotions at a point-of-sale retailer; (2) allowing a point-of-sale retailer to initiate localized promotions; and/or (3) allowing a point-of-sale retailer to build a customer database and build customer loyalty, without having to make significant changes to their point-of-sale terminal infrastructure. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041742 | CONTROL METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING COUPONS THROUGH COUPON TERMINAL - A control method for obtaining a coupon by a coupon terminal is disclosed. The method includes: step a. receiving request information for obtaining a coupon; step b. providing a coupon according to the request information; step c. deducting points corresponding to provided coupon from an account corresponding to the request information; step d. adaptively recording the provided coupon in a database; and step e. performing a statistics analysis on the provided coupon stored in the database. A control apparatus for obtaining a coupon by a coupon terminal is also disclosed. According to the present technical solution, by using the existing internet technology and RFID technology, a user may conveniently obtain required coupons by the coupon terminal, and download and print the coupons. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041743 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENROLLING A CUSTOMER IN A LOYALTY CAMPAIGN BASED ON A TRANSACTION INSTRUMENT - A loyalty gateway ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130041744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANONYMOUSLY ENROLLING A CUSTOMER IN A LOYALTY CAMPAIGN - A loyalty gateway ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130041745 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENROLLING A CUSTOMER IN A LOYALTY CAMPAIGN WITH A SHAREABLE BENEFIT - A loyalty gateway ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130060624 | Computational systems and methods for regulating information flow during interactions - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one persona from a party to a transaction; evaluating the transaction; and negotiating receipt of at least one different persona from the party to the transaction at least partly based on an evaluation of the transaction. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060625 | Computational systems and methods for regulating information flow during interactions - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one persona from a party to a transaction; evaluating the transaction; and negotiating receipt of at least one different persona from the party to the transaction at least partly based on an evaluation of the transaction. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND REDEEMING OFFERS WITH A LOCATION-BASED SERVICE - A location-based service is provided that may be integrated with venue systems, credit card processing systems, and/or loyalty systems for purposes of increasing the likelihood that offers will be accepted and sales of products and services will be made. Such a system according to various embodiments may leverage a social network of the user, and extend particular brand loyalties throughout the social network. That is, certain offers may be passed among users of the social network, permitting others to take advantage of offers thereby increasing the brand awareness and loyalty of particular venues. Further, according to certain embodiments, because an offer management and redemption system may be integrated with a to location-based service, offers may be extended at or near the venue location. To this end, users may be provided one or more tools for accepting, purchasing and/or redeeming offers. | 03-07-2013 |
20130073372 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC COUPONS - A networked electronic coupon management system is disclosed for managing electronic coupons. The system includes tightly integrated database, application server, and client components facilitating performing electronic coupon definition, issuance, and redemption operations. The operations include creating electronic coupons, wherein each electronic coupon includes a unique coupon ID, creating customer accounts, wherein each customer account comprises a unique customer ID; creating manufacturer accounts, wherein each manufacturer account comprises a Unique ID; and creating retailer accounts, wherein each retailer account comprises a unique retailer ID; and assigning a unique electronic coupon ID to a unique customer ID. Thereafter the system validates the electronic coupon with a product purchase transaction by a customer associated with the unique customer ID. Furthermore, funds transfers associated with the product purchase transaction are tracked, and historical transactional level data is maintained for all customer, manufacturer and retailer accounts. | 03-21-2013 |
20130091005 | DISTANCE-BASED COLLECTIVE DISCOUNT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A distance-based collective discount apparatus and method of a portable terminal. The method includes receiving, from a server, a range of a first specific region and information of a purchase item purchasable if a user terminal is located within the first specific region or a second specific region included in the first specific region. The method also includes receiving an input of an interested item among the information on the purchase item, and transmitting information of the interested item to the server. The method further includes receiving update information on the interested item from the server, and transmitting a confirmation intention about the interested item to the server. | 04-11-2013 |
20130103485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONSUMERS WITH CONTROL OVER USAGE OF THE CONSUMER' S DATA AND REWARDS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - A method of and system for providing consumers with control of the use of the consumer's data and providing associated rewards. A data control server computer (DCSC) receives from a consumer computing device consumer data and an associated data control parameter that specifies a level of control granted over the usage of the associated consumer data. The DCSC utilizes the received consumer data in accordance with the specified level of control over the usage of the consumer data. The DCSC will provide rewards to the consumer as a function of the consumer data entered by the consumer and the level of control of the usage of the consumer data specified by the consumer, and/or based on the quantity of the consumer data entered by the consumer, and/or based on the level of control of the usage of the consumer data specified by the consumer. | 04-25-2013 |
20130117095 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING OFFER GROUPS TO CURATE PROMOTIONAL OFFERS - An improved system and method of providing offer groups to curate an offer list of promotional offers from multiple offer sources in an online service is provided. Components for offer groups support operations accessible through a graphical use interface for creating, editing, joining, and searching for offer groups, as well as curating and viewing offers of offer groups. Such operations may be governed according to rules of membership of an offer group, roles of members of an offer group, rules of visibility of an offer group, and rules of curating promotional offers for the list of promotional offers of the offer group. A user may create an offer group which others may join to participate in curating offers of interest to the group. Or users may identify and join offer groups of interest to browse curated lists of promotional offers pertaining to those interests. | 05-09-2013 |
20130179250 | Digital coupon redemption - A method for the simultaneous redemption and crediting of a product or service discount coupon, wherein a coupon's digital bar code is provided at the point of redemption, the digital bar code information bundled with purchase/redemption information generated at the point-of-sale, and the bundled information electronically transmitted to the coupon sponsor for instant validation and merchant compensation. | 07-11-2013 |
20130197989 | INTELLIGENT INFORMATION LIFE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CONSUMERS - The invention generally relates to consumer product lifecycle maintenance and systems and methods therefor. The invention generally involves receiving and storing a consumer registration of a tangible asset, matching a provider to the consumer based on a later-arising maintenance need associated with the asset, and relaying a communication from the provider to the consumer. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197990 | System and method for the production, distribution, redemption and tracking of purchase offers via social promotion performed over electronic network systems - An automated social promotion platform that accepts member registration, social network authentication and social promotion via electronic network systems enabling members to redeem benefits of purchase offers. The platform accepts merchant registration and social network authentication via electronic network systems authorizing merchants to consolidate production, distribution, redemption and tracking of purchase offers. When member socially promotes purchase offer, the system and method examines social promotion activity to determine if the member fulfilled the requirements for purchase offer participation and/or redemption. If the system determines that the member fulfilled the requirements for purchase offer participation and/or redemption, then the member is qualified to participate in and/or redeem purchase offers. | 08-01-2013 |
20130204692 | ARTISTIC AUDITIONS USING ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING - A method and a system are disclosed including an audition website configured to allow a user to register and upload an artistic performance piece associated with the user, such as a music or a video clip, via a computer network to an online performance venue for audition, viewing, ranking, competition, and other actions by other participants and commercial entities. In various embodiments, the user registers at the audition website, creates a user profile within a first predetermined time period, and uploads an artistic multimedia performance file to the audition website within a second predetermined time period, to gain recognition, to have the performance reviewed and rated by peers and others, to view statistical data about audition candidates, and to otherwise interact with others associated with the audition website. | 08-08-2013 |
20130231998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING UTILIZING GIVEAWAYS - The invention is a novel, effective, and affordable way of advertising (the “System”, or the “Invention”) through the use, at least in part, of periodic giveaways offered by Businesses to Consumers. The Invention provides a system and means for enabling a business entity (“Business”) to promote its name, products, special offers, and other information relative to the business to the consumers who utilize the invention (“Consumer”). Both the Businesses and the Consumers who utilize the invention must provide certain information about themselves (“Register”). The information provided by the Businesses and Consumers who Register is stored in a Business Information Data Base (BIDB) and Consumer Information Data Base (CIDB) respectively. The information stored in the databases of the System is then usable to perform data mining and analysis to determine specific metrics advantageous to the Business, the Consumer, the Service Provider, or other entities or persons. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238416 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - A social network server computer forms a social network including a primary member linked to a plurality of secondary members, each of whom provides a member profile. A network profile is generated based on an analysis of the member profiles. A social network server computer then determines a relative value of the social network with respect to a merchant by analyzing the associated network profile, and offers a merchant incentive to the primary member of the network as a function of the determined relative value. In a second embodiment, a merchant computer associated with a merchant determines a relative value of the social network with respect to a merchant by analyzing the network profile, and offers a merchant incentive to the primary member of the network as a function of the determined relative value. The merchant incentives may be also offered to the secondary members of the associated social network. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238417 | System for Advertising Revenue Generation - The present invention is an in flight entertainment system (IFE system) for generating additional revenue that a) communicates advertising content along with some requested act for that advertisement to an airline passenger; b) records information about the performance of the requested act by the passenger and c) rewards the passenger with some type incentive for performing the requested act while allowing for an additional revenue to be generated from the advertiser who pays an additional fee for the effectiveness of the advertisement in generating the passenger's requested act performance. | 09-12-2013 |
20130246156 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING PLAYBACK OF MEDIA FILES - Disclosed herein are methods and systems from encouraging complete playback of media files, such as music albums. Media files can be provided to a user for playback using a specific media player that can determine if the media files are played through in the entirety by the user, or if the user only listens to certain portions and/or fast-forwards through parts of the media file. User are encouraged to listed the entire media file, including advertisements included therein, by offering the users rewards for doing so. Whether or not a user gets a reward can also be contingent on what media file is played, what time the media file is play, who the user is, and/or other factors. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246157 | INSTANT ELECTRONIC BOOK CLUB - An electronic book club system prompts a user ordering a book to join a club that corresponds to various characteristics of the user, such as the user's reading pace, geography and other interests. A social networking facility manages various aspects of the operation of the book club. Roles for book club members are selected to enhance user interest in the book club. Financial incentives are also provided to incentivize users to become book club members. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246158 | POSTAL MAIL TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND RELATED METHODS - A method, system and program product for managing and responding to receiving of mail items including the capture of a digital image by a mail item recipient taken of the outside of the mail item that includes the recipient and sender address blocks using, for example, a personal mobile intelligent communication device, and decoding a postal service barcode such as an Intelligent Mail Barcode. | 09-19-2013 |
20130262215 | MANAGEMENT OF GIFT CARDS AND LOYALTY PROGRAMS USING SOCIAL NETWORKS - The present relates to a method and system for managing a purchase incentive program using social networks. For doing so, the present method and system receives a purchase incentive program management request, the purchase incentive program management request being generated by at least one interaction of a customer with a social network. The method and system processes the purchase incentive program management request, in relation with a profile of the customer. The purchase incentive program may consist of a gift card program, or a loyalty program. The management of the purchase incentive program using the social network includes: registration to the purchase incentive program, interrogation of the balance of the purchase incentive program, transmission of a social network profile, and generation of a targeted promotion. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262216 | PERFORMANCE-EFFICIENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING USERS FOR POPULATION-CENTRIC ACTIVITY MODELING - A performance-efficient activity-modeling system generates a group-activity model for a population group using information from an optimal subset of users of the population group. During operation, the system computes utility scores for a set of users based on a utility-scoring function, such that a respective utility score indicates a usefulness or penalty of collecting a corresponding user's contextual information. The system then selects, from the set of users, a subset of users with highest utility scores, and receives user information from each of the selected users. The system generates the group-activity model based on the user information received from the selected users. | 10-03-2013 |
20130304564 | METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing reward management for an apparatus is provided. The method includes linking a reward manager to an application residing on the apparatus; providing the reward manager with a reward account which accumulates reward opportunities and reward credits; and crediting the reward account only after a reward opportunity is satisfied, wherein the user is uses reward opportunities or reward credits to gain access to the application. The credits in the reward account may be used for commercial transaction. The credits in the reward account may be used to obtain the rights to a predetermined number of one or more of the following: text messages, telephone talking time, music time, video time, camera access, or video game time. The set of reward opportunities may comprise one or more questions, and wherein the reward opportunities are satisfied when the questions are answered correctly. | 11-14-2013 |
20130325581 | IN-LIBRARY LENDING ACTIVATION - An electronic book (ebook) lending system for requiring at-library book activation. The lending system includes a central system for managing and hosting ebooks, the central system including a storage device and a processor to control a user interface that enables a user to interact with the central system. The central system also includes an access device for activating ebooks at the library. A user may reserve an ebook through the user interface accessed by a remote user device or a library device. The content of the ebook is inaccessible to the user until the ebook is activated, wherein a user may activate the ebook by providing user identification information to the access device, and after the ebook is activated, the user may access the content of the ebook remotely. The present disclosure further includes an ebook lending system for incentivizing library visits by patrons and a digital content lending system for requiring at-library digital content activation. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332257 | SHARING PRIVATE DEVICES FOR CONTENT RENDERING - An apparatus and method for accessing a voluntary pool of devices for remote content rendering is disclosed herein. A brokering device receives a request from a content provider device to render content on a device, the request including the content to be rendered and specifying a type of the device on which the content is to be rendered. The brokering device also receives availability conditions from a test device. The brokering device selects the test device in accordance with the request and the availability conditions. The test device is instructed to fulfill the content rendering request. | 12-12-2013 |
20140046749 | TECHNIQUES FOR MONETIZING ANONYMIZED CONTEXT - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of offering anonymous incentive based context to service providers, comprising delivering context information of a user to the service provider, wherein prior to delivery of the context information to the service provider, the context is anonymized by removing identifying information and aggregating it with context from additional users. | 02-13-2014 |
20140067514 | MERCHANT ACQUISITION AND ADVERTISEMENT BUNDLING WITH OFFERS AND LEAD GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for merchant conversions are described using a facsimile or email or phone. The system may utilize machine learning to implement the merchant conversion. | 03-06-2014 |
20140081737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME DISCOUNTS AT POINT OF SALE - A method for processing a real-time discount at a point of sale includes: storing, in a database, a plurality of deals, each deal including a consumer identification and a transaction modifier; receiving an authorization request for a financial transaction, the authorization request including a consumer identifier and a transaction amount; verifying enrollment in a discount service of a consumer associated with the consumer identifier; identifying, in the database, at least one deal of the plurality of deals where the included consumer identification corresponds to the consumer identifier; calculating a new transaction amount based on the transaction amount and the transaction modifier included in the at least one deal; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, an authorization response for the financial transaction, wherein the authorization response is for the new transaction amount and is indicated as being a final authorization rather than a partial authorization. | 03-20-2014 |
20140100941 | Vehicular Part Transaction System and Method - A vehicular part transaction system and method. A transaction coordinator can receive a part request from a purchaser via a computer network; send a respective bid invitation to sellers via the network; store associated sent-timestamps based on when bids are sent; receive a part offer from one of the sellers via the computer network; forward the offer to purchaser via the network; receive an acceptance from purchaser via the network; determine a transaction for part offer; charge the seller the transaction fee; and forward an acceptance notice, via the network, to the purchaser and seller. The transaction fee can be reduced for a fast response time. Optionally, a seller and/or a purchaser can be subscribed, which can independently provide a respective benefit thereto and/or can conditionally provide a respective benefit thereto. | 04-10-2014 |
20140129316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING TARGETED ADVERTISING AND REWARDS BETWEEN CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES, AND DEVELOPERS - Methods and apparatuses in which a multi-faceted network connects game developers, businesses (both product and service oriented), at times referred to as “retailer” or “retailers” and casual gamers, at times referred to as users/consumers through a series of interfaces for the mutual benefit of all involved is disclosed. Through the use of the interfaces described, a casual gamer has the incentive to keep playing developers' games in order to attain rewards based on their own preferences, therefore ramping up advertising revenues for the developer and issuing targeted coupons and promotions from a retailer to an engaged audience. | 05-08-2014 |
20140257963 | TECHNIQUES FOR DELIVERING HOTEL SERVICES - Techniques delivering hotel-based services are provided. Hotel and services providers use portal interfaces to register and define content and services to consumers. Instances of apps are dynamically made available to consumers; the apps provide on demand automated and controlled access to the content and services from mobile devices of the consumers. | 09-11-2014 |
20140278904 | INTERACTION WITH PRIMARY AND SECOND SCREEN CONTENT - Methods and systems for processing primary and secondary content, and providing rewards are disclosed. In one embodiment, a content server provides primary and second screen content to a user on one or more computing devices. A content server may process the primary and second screen content to identify whether a user is eligible for a reward based on the user's previous experiences, such as interactive experiences, with the content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140297390 | METHOD OF SECURE COMPENSATION OF GROUPED PROMOTIONAL SALES WITH VARIABLE RATE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - A purchaser user enrolled with a service provider for promotional sales is provided with a smart cell phone and possibly a bank card issued by a banking partner of the service provider, said bank card being associated with a debit/credit account for a means of payment for promotional sales of the service provider. After having been grouped together the purchasers make their purchases within the framework of a grouped promotional sale using purchase coupons issued by the service provider to the cell phone of each purchaser user. Said user pays for his or her purchase while benefiting from a first discount. The service provider reconciles the cash register receipts and the purchase coupons, calculates a second reduction as a function of the validated purchases of the members of each purchase group and credits, if appropriate, the members of each group with said second reduction. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297391 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING COUPONS ASSOCIATED WITH PRESENTATION INSTRUMENTS - This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for dynamically generating coupons. The method may include associating a coupon value with a manufacturer's offer onto a presentation instrument. The presentation instrument may include a barcode to store terms of the manufacturer's offer and a storage device to store coupon value information. The method may further include distributing the presentation instrument to a customer, scanning the barcode to verify the terms of the offer have been fulfilled, and presenting the presentation instrument to a merchant to access the coupon value information stored on the storage device. Furthermore, the method includes receiving funds in the amount of the coupon value from the manufacturer, and transferring the received funds to the merchant. | 10-02-2014 |
20160078468 | AUTOMATED SERVICE VERIFICATION SYSTEM - Some embodiments are associated with receiving, from a remote potential member device, an electronic message comprising a request for military service verification. In addition, the request may be associated with: an indication of an affirmative attestation that the potential member, or a relative of the potential member, has served or is currently serving in the military, supplemental service information, an electronic image of the potential member's face, a name, and associated payment information (e.g., a credit card number). A validation process may then be automatically performed and a unique identifier may be assigned to the potential member. It may also be arranged for an identification card, including the name, the image of the potential member's face, and the unique identifier, to be provided to the potential member, and the potential member may now be designated as a verified member. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078469 | Application Purchasing Method, And Terminal - A method includes, after an application is purchased on a first application platform by using a first terminal, receiving, by the first terminal, a proof of purchase returned by the first application platform; transmitting, to a developer server of the application by using the first terminal, related information of a terminal that needs to be registered, such that the developer server records the related information of the terminal that needs to be registered, and applying, using the first terminal and using the proof of purchase, to the developer server for a discount voucher corresponding to a registered terminal, such that one of the developer server, the first application platform, and a second application platform saves the discount voucher or returns the discount voucher to the registered terminal corresponding to the discount voucher. | 03-17-2016 |
20160092906 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Commerce Discount Card - Method and system for incentivizing student achievement and teacher performance by maintaining a database of students and their attributes, providing teachers access to update the attributes, and permitting businesses to offer attribute-related incentives to the students and teachers, but only when the student qualifies for the incentive based on their attributes or the teacher qualifies for the incentive based on the attributes of their students. Each student interacts with an incentive database to obtain a list of the available incentives. Each business interacts with the database and upon providing an identification of a student seeking an incentive, receives an indication of whether the student qualifies for an offered incentive. If so, the student is able to use the incentive. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092907 | CHARGING AND BILLING FOR CONTENT, SERVICES, AND ACCESS - Among other things, at a server, information is received from applications, services, or content being used on user devices about usage of communication services attributable to each of the applications, services, or content. The information about the amounts of attributable communication services is used in allocating charges for the services to one or more paying parties in accordance with one or more applicable business rules. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092923 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEARCHING AND DISPLAYING PROMOTIONAL OFFERS ON A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON CURRENT USER LOCATION - Methods and systems for searching and displaying promotional offers on a display screen of a mobile device based on current user location have been disclosed. An example method comprises identifying a location of the mobile device, retrieving from a remote server one or more promotional offers provided by merchants located in the nearby area within a predetermined distance from the identified location, associating the location of the mobile device and locations of the one or more merchants providing the one or more promotional offers with a virtual map, generating one or more map elements associated with locations of the mobile device and the one or more merchants, and displaying the virtual map and the one or more map elements. | 03-31-2016 |
20160132921 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDEEMING AND MANAGING DIGITAL COUPONS - Systems and methods for generating, distributing, redeeming, tracking, reporting digital and/or otherwise managing digital coupons. Digital coupons digitally associated and/or linked to consumer digital identifications and/or retail checkout digital identification to facilitate management. | 05-12-2016 |
20160148243 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCENTIVIZING TRUTHFUL DATA REPORTING - A method and an apparatus for generating a privacy-preserving behavior predictor with incentive are provided, derived from verifiable and non-verifiable attributes from a plurality of agents. The privacy-preserving behavior predictor is based on regression (e.g., ridge-regression), is ε-differentially private and the incentive in the form of payments to each agent are ε-jointly differentially private. A method and an apparatus for generating a recommendation are also provided, derived from verifiable attributes from an agent and the ε-differentially private behavior predictor with incentive. | 05-26-2016 |
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