G06Q 30/0229
Multi-merchant loyalty card systems
Official title: {Multi-merchant loyalty card systems}
G06Q30/0229 (Multi-merchant loyalty card systems) appears on 243 US grants and 451 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 243
- Published applications
- 451
- Assignees
- 138
- Inventors
- 621
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 17 |
| 2008 | 5 | 10 |
| 2009 | 8 | 16 |
| 2010 | 12 | 38 |
| 2011 | 15 | 17 |
| 2012 | 14 | 15 |
| 2013 | 19 | 41 |
| 2014 | 19 | 32 |
| 2015 | 2 | 25 |
| 2016 | 2 | 19 |
| 2017 | 9 | 22 |
| 2018 | 10 | 22 |
| 2019 | 14 | 20 |
| 2020 | 29 | 26 |
| 2021 | 8 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 19 |
| 2023 | 21 | 19 |
| 2024 | 16 | 13 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for regulating operation of units using encryption techniques associated with a blockchain14 Jul 2026US 12,682,372 B2Fidelity Information Services, LLC
- Customer data verification in management and determination of user identity using identity graphs10 Mar 2026US 12,572,953 B2Target Brands, Inc.
- Loyalty point distributions using a decentralized loyalty ID24 Feb 2026US 12,561,712 B2American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing customers with matching rewards24 Feb 2026US 12,561,713 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Systems and methods for a graph database17 Feb 2026US 12,554,776 B1The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
- Manufacture, System, and Method for Collaborative and Improved Processing Of Commercial Transactions in a Vendor Service Area8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311227 A1
- System and method for coordinated ordering and real-time billing in multi-vendor environments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311228 A1
- Battery charging system and fault reset2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184215 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Systems and methods for providing customers with matching rewards2 Jul 2026US 2026/0187672 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Method and apparatus for a loyalty exclusive award personalization (leap) feature of a centralized travel program management system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0099859 A1nuTravel Technology Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for electronic barter, trading and redeeming points accumulated in frequent use reward programs372US 6,594,640 B12003
- Method and system for aggregation of reward points for payment of auctioned items177US 6,829,586 B22004
- System for electronic barter, trading and redeeming points accumulated in frequent use reward programs177US 6,842,739 B22005
- System and method for networked loyalty program176US 7,398,225 B2American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. · 2008
- Method and system for exchange and aggregation of reward points via a global computer network174US 6,820,061 B22004