System and method for managing promotional offers using a communications platform
US8260662B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0224
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for managing, distributing, and processing promotional offers is provided. The system includes at least one consumer interface that enables communication between the promotional offer processing system and a plurality of consumers; a consumer information database for storing consumer data for a plurality of consumer profiles; an offer catalog having a plurality of offers; a product catalog having product codes corresponding to products associated with each of the accepted offers; and an offer management module. The offer management module is configured to identify one or more of the plurality of offers to be provided to a consumer; cause the identified offers to be transmitted to the consumer; receive an indication from the consumer that the first consumer has accepted at least one of the provided offers; identify product codes corresponding to products associated with each of the accepted offers; provide the identified product codes to a transaction management system; receive information identifying whether any of the identified product codes were contained in consumer purchase transactions; and process each accepted offer for which the consumer has met the ter…
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