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US 10,373,175 B2Granted
Method and system for associating a consumer with product redemption data
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorArnaud Robert
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Abstract
There is presented a method and system for using a product redemption data associated with an identity of a consumer in a memory of a computer having a processor. The method comprises receiving the product redemption data, searching the memory using the processor to find the product redemption data, and identifying the consumer in response to finding the product redemption data associated with the identity of the consumer in the memory.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a first product redemption data and an identity of a consumer, wherein, prior to the receiving, the first product redemption data along with a first product are distributed without the first product redemption data having been associated with any consumer;
- associating, by the processor in a memory, the identity of the consumer with the first product redemption data in response to receiving the first product redemption data and the identity of the consumer;
- receiving, after the associating, the first product redemption data from a playback device;
- using, after the receiving of the first product redemption data from the playback device, the first product redemption data as a substitute for the identity of the consumer by:
- searching the memory using the processor to find the first product redemption data;
- and
- identifying, based on the searching, the consumer using the first product redemption data found in the memory and associated with the identity of the consumer in the memory;
- providing the consumer with updates to the first product, in response to the identifying the consumer using the first product redemption data.
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A computer comprising:
- a memory having stored therein a product redemption data associated with an identity of a consumer;
- a processor configured to:
- receive the first product redemption data and the identity of the consumer, wherein, prior to the receiving, the first product redemption data along with a first product are distributed without the first product redemption data having been associated with any consumer;
- associate the identity of the consumer with the first product redemption data in response to receiving the first product redemption data and the identity of the consumer;
- receive, after the associate, the first product redemption data from a playback device:
- use, after the receive of the first product redemption data from the playback device, the first product redemption data as a substitute for the identity of the consumer by:
- searching the memory using the processor to find the first product redemption data;
- and
- identifying, based on the search, the consumer using the first product redemption data found in the memory and associated with the identity of the consumer in the memory;
- provide the consumer with updates to the first product, in response to identifying the consumer using the first product redemption data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.