Delivery, organization, and redemption of virtual offers from the Internet, wireless devices, or other electronic means
Patent number US7593862 – Issued Sep 22, 2009
This Patent discloses the delivery of a merchant’s coupon via iTV, providing a button for the viewer to clip, and once clipped, linking the merchant coupon with the viewer’s payment system, and redeeming the coupon by presentment of the viewer’s payment system at the point of sale.
Significance: This patent allows for the delivery of a coupon via iTV, virtual clipping of the coupon with a remote, and upon-payment redemption of the coupon online or at a brick and mortar store.
Delivery, organization, and redemption of virtual offers from the internet, interactive-TV, wireless devices and other electronic means
Patent number US8244580 – Issued Aug 14, 2012
Disclosed are methods and systems for redeeming virtual coupons by associating the coupons with a consumer and a payment system associated with the consumer. In some embodiments, the method includes offering promotional offers to one or more of consumers, such that the promotional offers are associated with one or more source sites and can be electronically accepted by at least some of the particular consumers without redeeming the accepted offers. Upon electronic acceptance of at least one of the promotional offers by one or more consumer, establishing or maintaining an association of the accepted promotional offer with at least one payment system associated with the consumer. Upon purchase of the subject matter of the accepted promotional offer with the at least one payment system, electronically receiving a redemption of the accepted promotional offer.
Modifying Signal Associations in Complex Computing Networks
Patent number US20170324786A1 – Issued Nov 9, 2017
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus for modifying a temporal signal association in a complex computing network such that a future computing operation is intelligently executed based on the modified signal association.
Systems and methods for registering consumer in a consumer program while accessing network
Patent number US8484078 – Issued Jul 9, 2013
This application discloses a method for registering a member into a loyalty program at the point of sale, in which a payment, including a credit or debit card payment is made at the point of sale, the transaction data shared with a gateway, the credit card number converted to a token, and then shared with the marketing company. If a match is not found, a message is delivered to the terminal prompting the customer to either agree to the terms of the loyalty program on the POS, or provide a means of communication such as a mobile number or text in which the consumer can agree by replying “Y”.
Virtual Document Organizer System and Method
Patent number US6868426 – Issued Mar 15, 2005
This patent discloses a system and method of managing virtual documents, where the documents are associated with specific consumers and business enterprises. The virtual documents can be anything from coupons to recipes to informational brochures, and are sent from various sources, such as email, text, or banner ad, across a network to a user database set up for subscribing members.
Significance: Card-linked coupons are virtual and need to be organized. This patent is part of a virtual coupon ecosystem, allowing for virtual clipping and organization of the coupon online.
Method and system for electronic organization of coupons
Patent number US6385591 – Issued May 7, 2002
This patent discloses the delivery of a promotional offer to a PDA, phone, etc., in which the PDA accepts and organizes the offer in the PDA, and then redeems the coupon by electronically delivering the coupon from the PDA to a POS.
Significance: This is mobile wallet delivery of a coupon from the PDA to a POS.