Online discount optimizer service

An online shopping discount optimizer service, comprising:

• a host server having a web-based interface adapted to facilitate secure customer access to the host server through use of a computing device, wherein the customer is prompted by the web-based interface to sequentially communicate customer affiliation data from the computing device to the host server, the host server including a processing module adapted to process the sequentially communicated customer affiliation data for registration with the service;
• a storage device in operative communication with the processing module and configured to store the registered customer affiliation data as metadata for representation via the web-based interface;
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• a content management software application operating on the host server and configured to process at least one customer request through the web-based interface, the content management software application further configured to continuously process the metadata to generate at least one report based on at least one of the customer request and a detection of at least one triggering condition corresponding to the customer affiliation data;
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• a web-based software application configured to process the at least one customer request to provide updated shopping discount information via the web-based interface based on the customer affiliation data.

A method for providing an online shopping discount optimizer service, comprising the steps of:

• training the service to successfully classify at least one customer affiliation document;
• facilitating secure customer access to the service through a web-based interface to sequentially receive customer affiliation data communicated from the customer through use of a computing device;
• processing the sequentially communicated customer affiliation data;
• classifying the processed customer affiliation data and selectively extracting data therefrom based on the classification;
• selectively presenting the processed customer affiliation data for a customer verification via the web-based interface upon at least one of an unsuccessful classification and an unsuccessful extraction of data;
• registering the processed customer affiliation data with the service upon at least one of the customer verification and the extraction of data;
• and
• providing updated shopping discount information via the web-based interface based on the registered customer affiliation data.