Method and apparatus for implementation of a closed loop consumer incentives program

Abstract

A system and method for the production of customer incentives at plurality dispensing station types, wherein the incentives issued at first the dispensing station of a first type are redeemed at a second the dispensing station of a second type, and wherein the incentives issued at the second dispensing station are redeemed at the first dispensing station, comprising means to identify the customer at the first and second dispensing stations; means to access a customer database containing targeted customer incentives that have been linked to the identified customer; the database having indicia linking the identified customer with specific the targeted customer incentives; means to link each the customer incentives to one or more the dispensing station types for the purpose of issuing the customer incentive; means to link each the customer incentives to one or more the dispensing station types for the purpose of redeeming the customer incentive; means to present the accessed incentives to the customer at the specific type of the dispensing stations; and means to deliver the accessed incentive to the customer at the first and second types of dispensing station.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.