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Method and system for implementing a loyalty merchant component

US6920611B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2003
Grant dateJul 19, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0237
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A loyalty merchant component for facilitating communications amongst cardholder systems, merchant servers and a loyalty host for purposes of processing loyalty transactions is provided. The loyalty merchant component performs a number of interface functions between the loyalty host and the merchant systems and the cardholder systems.

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