On-site rewards program
OwnerVladimir Edelman, Trent Dethloffinventors
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Abstract
A method of providing a loyalty rewards program, comprising receiving an electronic order for a purchase of goods or services from a personal communication device operated by a consumer over a communication interface, determining a location of the personal communication device, electronically awarding rewards points by a processor to an account associated with the consumer stored in memory based on purchases of goods or services placed through the personal communication device by the server only if the personal communication device is located at a merchant's premises, the merchant authorized to participate in the loyalty rewards program.
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A method of providing a loyalty rewards program by a computer server, comprising:
- receiving an electronic order for a purchase of goods or services from a personal communication device operated by a consumer over a communication interface;
- determining a location of the personal communication device;
- electronically awarding rewards points by a processor to an account associated with the consumer stored in memory based on purchases of goods or services placed through the personal communication device by the server only if the personal communication device is located at a merchant's premises, the merchant authorized to participate in the loyalty rewards program.
An apparatus for awarding on-site loyalty points to consumers, comprising:
- a communication interface for communicating with one or more personal communication devices;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions and a first passcode;
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- a processor coupled to the communication interface and the memory configured to:
- generate the first passcode;
- provide the first passcode to a merchant via the communication interface;
- receive a second passcode from one of the personal communication devices via the communication interface;
- compare the second passcode to a the first passcode;
- send an indication to the personal communication device indicating acceptance of the second passcode if the second passcode matches the first passcode;
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- award one or more rewards points to an account associated with the user of the personal communication device for subsequent purchases of goods or services by the user of the personal communication device.
An apparatus for awarding on-site loyalty points to consumers, comprising:
- a wireless network transceiver for communicating with a server;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
- a user interface for allowing a user to enter a passcode provided to the user by a merchant when the user is at a merchant location;
- an electronic display for presenting visual information to the user;
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- a processor coupled to the wireless network transceiver, the memory, the user interface, and the electronic display, configured to receive the passcode from the user, send the passcode to the server, and to receive an indication from the server that the passcode has been accepted, thereby allowing the user to accumulate rewards points for subsequent purchases of goods or services while the user is at the merchant location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.