Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data

US8825525B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dropbox, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven A. Carpenter · San Francisco, US
• Erik Klein · Sunnyvale, US
• George O'Brien · New York, US
• Franck Chastagnol · Woodside, US
• Jitendra Vaidya · San Jose, US
• Jack Tihon · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0251
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine that provides offers or rewards. An analytics engine, with data intelligence, identifies receipt line items and ties the line items, including uniform price code (“UPC”), stock keeping unit (“SKU”) or product short name from different receipts to create a list of products and services not matched to advertisers. A redemption engine is in communication with a database that includes a reward budget. The redemption engine assists in controlling the redemption of rewards in view of the reward budget and in response to a communication from the analytics engine.