Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for issuing and redeeming incentives on electronic data cards
- Patent Title (中): 发行和赎回电子数据卡激励的制度和方法
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Application No.: US11218797Application Date: 2005-09-02
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Publication No.: US08473334B2Publication Date: 2013-06-25
- Inventor: Simon Gibbs , Rick Rafey , Jeffrey Dorn , Keiji Shiotani , Linghan Cai
- Applicant: Simon Gibbs , Rick Rafey , Jeffrey Dorn , Keiji Shiotani , Linghan Cai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo US NJ Park Ridge
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo US NJ Park Ridge
- Agent John P. O'Banion
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00

Abstract:
A system for issuing, redeeming and monitoring incentive offers generated in response to qualifying on-line and off-line non-purchase activities. For example, an electronic data card is used to store electronic coupons issued by web sites (i.e., on-line) and/or off-line locations. In one embodiment activity registration is performed by programming integrated with, or coupled to, a web browser. Off-line activity is registered by a kiosk at a merchant location that generates an incentive offer, or a token which is later converted to an incentive offer, in response to conditions determined at the kiosk (e.g., entered by the user, clerk, and so forth). A loyalty server operates to aggregate information about the offers for reporting purposes, and can be optionally required for determining qualification for an incentive offer, providing security codes for participating incentive issuers, providing qualification of offers prior to issuance, and validating stored offers prior to redemption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060206376A1 System and method for issuing and redeeming incentives on electronic data cards Public/Granted day:2006-09-14
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