Point pooling loyalty system and method

US8180671B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Propulsion Remote Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Perry A. Cohagan · New York, US
• Birgitta Mayer · New York, US
• Julia Menichilli · Manhasset, US
• Theodore S. Voltmer · Caldwell, US
• Penelope Wood-Kulko · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2004
• Grant date: May 15, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 24, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0261
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention facilitates pooling, gifting or transferring of geographic area loyalty points between accounts. The invention also facilitates a transfer of geographic area loyalty points from a consumer account associated with a sponsoring company to a consumer account associated with a host company. The invention may also facilitate gifting of loyalty points to charitable organizations on a recurring basis, wherein the gifting may transfer any portion of geographic based points to various charities. The system may also convert the geographic area loyalty points to a monetary value, thereby allowing the points to be donated to a charity such that the donation appears to be a monetary value donation to the charity.