Systems and methods for promotional validation of travel expenses

US10628900B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Reach Now N.A., LLC · US

Inventors

• Ian Lyman · Beaverton, US
• Tov Arneson · Beaverton, US
• Alexander Wilhelm · Goldkronach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0215
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for verification of travel and a purchase to prevent fraudulent redemption of a promotional offer for conditional transportation cost validation includes: using a customer's mobile computing device to transmit geolocation data to a validation network provider while present at the merchant's physical location; updating a token on the validation network provider's server using the geolocation data from the customer's mobile device, thereby confirming the customer's presence at the merchant's physical location; confirming the purchase by correlating transaction data from a linked payment method with the geolocation data from the customer's mobile device to update the token on the validation network provider's server; and automatically issuing a credit to the customer when the data points of the token fulfill the conditions of the promotional offer; wherein the promotional offer is to reimburse the customer for travel expenses the customer incurs for traveling to or from the merchant's physical location.