System and method for managing promotional savings using a communications platform
US8346601B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0225
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for processing promotional savings using existing communications platforms. A plurality of promotional codes are assigned and stored in a promotions database. These promotional codes are positioned by marketers on products, packaging, or the like, along with instructions informing consumers to transmit the promotional code to a predefined destination address, such as a phone number, a short code text number, or an email address. After a message containing the promotional code is received from the consumer, the received code is parsed from the message, validated, and a promotional savings value associated with the code is identified. That amount is communicated to an operator of at least one account associated the consumer, and applied as a savings to the operator's billing statement.
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