Mobile phone based rebate device for redemption at a point of sale terminal
AssigneeWilliam H. Bollman
InventorMichael Craft
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Abstract
Virtual mobile rewards, gift cards, and/or physical world retailers' loyalty and reward programs are aggregated into a common account accessible and transactional from an Internet capable mobile radio device. Subscribers gain access to discounted codes, coupons, rebates, gift cards, and/or limited time offers, on their mobile device for food, travel, lifestyle, electronics, and entertainment products that fit their lifestyle spending habits, enabling users to edit participating retailers, manage separate account balances, and present preferred discounted offers at retailers and apply discount towards purchase of goods.
Claims2
A method for implementing a mobile radio based rebate processing reward system, comprising:
- receiving a rebate transaction identifier assigned to the radio device, the rebate transaction identifier assigned to the rebate request by the POS rebate processing system;
- outputting the rebate transaction identifier to the remote rebate processing center;
- retrieving status information for the rebate request from the rebate processing center;
- and
- synchronizing status information with remote Application Server for display on mobile radio device.
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