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US 11,113,708 B1Granted
System for generating a digital coupon based upon collected user card exchange information and related methods
AssigneeInmar Clearing, Inc.
InventorsJess D. Walker, David E. Johnson
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Abstract
A system may include a gift card generation server configured to generate electronic gift cards. The system may also include a gift card exchange server cooperating with the gift card generation server and configured to provide a user exchange marketplace for the electronic gift cards and collect user card exchange information based thereon. The gift card exchange server may also be configured to generate at least one digital coupon based upon the user card exchange information.
Claims28
A system comprising:
- a buyer wireless communications device associated with a buyer;
- a seller wireless communications device associated with a seller;
- a gift card generation server configured to generate a plurality of electronic gift cards each having a retailer associated therewith;
- and
- a gift card exchange server cooperating with said gift card generation server and configured to
- obtain buyer and seller financial account information associated with the buyer and seller, respectively, for funding an electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller,
- provide a user exchange marketplace between the buyer and the seller for the plurality of electronic gift cards and collect user card exchange information based thereon, the user card exchange information comprising a current value, a buyer acquisition value associated with a given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards, a geographic location of the corresponding retailer, and a seller geographic location,
- match the buyer and the seller based upon the collected user card exchange information, and communicate the given electronic gift card to the buyer mobile wireless communications device based upon the matching as part of the electronic gift card exchange transaction,
- process payment of the electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller by causing transfer of funds between the buyer and the seller based upon the buyer and seller financial account information,
- generate at least one buyer digital coupon redeemable at a retailer different than the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one buyer digital coupon having a buyer redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller,
- generate at least one seller digital coupon redeemable at the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one seller digital coupon having a seller redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of the exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller, and a relative distance between the geographic location of the corresponding retailer and the seller geographic location,
- communicate the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons to the buyer and the seller mobile wireless communications devices, respectively, and
- store the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons in respective digital wallets associated with the buyer and seller, respectively.
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A gift card exchange server cooperating with a gift card generation server configured to generate a plurality of electronic gift cards each having a retailer associated therewith, the gift card exchange server comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to said memory and configured to
- obtain buyer and seller financial account information associated with the buyer and seller, respectively, for funding an electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller,
- provide a user exchange marketplace between a buyer and a seller for the plurality of electronic gift cards and collect user card exchange information based thereon, the user card exchange information comprising a current value, a buyer acquisition value associated with a given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards, a geographic location of the corresponding retailer, and a seller geographic location,
- match the buyer and the seller based upon the collected user card exchange information, and communicate the given electronic gift card to a buyer mobile wireless communications device associated with the buyer based upon the matching as part of the electronic gift card exchange transaction,
- process payment of the electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller by causing transfer of funds between the buyer and the seller based upon the buyer and seller financial account information,
- generate at least one buyer digital coupon redeemable at a retailer different than the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one digital coupon having a buyer redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller,
- generate at least one seller digital coupon redeemable at the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one seller digital coupon having a seller redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of the exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller, and a relative distance between the geographic location of the corresponding retailer and the seller geographic location,
- communicate the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons to the buyer mobile wireless communications device and a seller wireless communications device associated with the seller, respectively, and
- store the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons in respective digital wallets associated with the buyer and seller, respectively.
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A method for generating at least one digital coupon in a system comprising a gift card generation server configured to generate a plurality of electronic gift cards each having a retailer associated therewith, the method comprising:
- using a gift card exchange server cooperating with the gift card generation server to
- obtain buyer and seller financial account information associated with the buyer and seller, respectively, for funding an electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller,
- provide a user exchange marketplace between a buyer and a seller for the plurality of electronic gift cards and collect user card exchange information based thereon, the user card exchange information comprising a current value, a buyer acquisition value associated with a given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards, a geographic location of the corresponding retailer, and a seller geographic location,
- match the buyer and the seller based upon the collected user card exchange information, and communicate the given electronic gift card to a buyer mobile wireless communications device associated with the buyer based upon the matching as part of the electronic gift card exchange transaction,
- process payment of the electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller by causing transfer of funds between the buyer and the seller based upon the buyer and seller financial account information,
- generate at least one buyer digital coupon redeemable at a retailer different than the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one buyer digital coupon having a buyer redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller,
- generate at least one seller digital coupon redeemable at the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one seller digital coupon having a seller redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of the exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller, and a relative distance between the geographic location of the corresponding retailer and the seller geographic location,
- communicate the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons to the buyer mobile wireless communications device and a seller mobile wireless communications device associated with the seller, respectively, and
- store the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons in respective digital wallets associated with the buyer and seller, respectively.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium for a system comprising a gift card generation server configured to generate a plurality of electronic gift cards each having a retailer associated therewith, and a gift card exchange server cooperating with the gift card generation server, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor of the gift card exchange server cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining buyer and seller financial account information associated with the buyer and seller, respectively, for funding an electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller;
- providing a user exchange marketplace between a buyer and a seller for the plurality of electronic gift cards and collect user card exchange information based thereon, the user card exchange information comprising a current value, a buyer acquisition value associated with a given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards, a geographic location of the corresponding retailer, and a seller geographic location;
- matching the buyer and the seller based upon the collected user card exchange information, and communicate the given electronic gift card to a buyer mobile wireless communications device associated with the buyer based upon the matching as part of the electronic gift card exchange transaction;
- processing payment of the electronic gift card exchange transaction between the buyer and the seller by causing transfer of funds between the buyer and the seller based upon the buyer and seller financial account information;
- generating at least one buyer digital coupon redeemable at a retailer different than the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one digital coupon having a buyer redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller;
- generating at least one seller digital coupon redeemable at the retailer corresponding to the given electronic gift card and based upon the user card exchange information, the at least one seller digital coupon having a seller redemption value based upon the buyer acquisition value relative to the current value at a time of the exchange of the given one of the plurality of electronic gift cards between the buyer and the seller, and a relative distance between the geographic location of the corresponding retailer and the seller geographic location;
- communicating the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons to the buyer mobile wireless communications device and a seller mobile wireless communications device associated with the seller, respectively;
- and
- storing the at least one buyer and seller digital coupons in respective digital wallets associated with the buyer and seller, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.