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US 2014/0277708 A1Published application
Device, System, and Method for Providing Bulk Units
OwnerJack Bertram Coronel, Joseph R. Coronelinventors
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Abstract
A system, device, and method are directed to distributing and applying at least one benefit to units within a bulk quantity of units as they are redeemed. An election is received, optionally in response to a display, of a first quantity of units and a bulk quantity of units. When the first quantity of units is elected, units from the first quantity of units are provided without any additional benefits. When the bulk quantity of units is elected, units from the bulk quantity of units are provided with a benefit distributed across the units which is applied as units from the bulk quantity of units are redeemed.
Claims21
A system comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- a user interface in communication with said data processor;
- and
- a data storage device in communication with said data processor, said data storage device storing program instructions executable by said data processor to conduct the steps of:
- receiving an election through said user interface of one of a first quantity of units and a bulk quantity of units, wherein said bulk quantity of units is defined independent of time;
- issuing by said data processor said bulk quantity of units and at least one benefit distributed over one or more designated units within said bulk quantity of units when said bulk quantity of units is elected, wherein said benefit is automatically provided when said bulk quantity of units is elected;
- receiving a command through said user interface to redeem units from said bulk quantity of units and applying said benefit to one or more of said units when said bulk quantity of units is elected, wherein applying said benefit to any one unit within said bulk quantity of units does not exhaust said benefit distributed to any other unit within said bulk quantity of units;
- and
- issuing by said data processor said first quantity of units without said benefit when said first quantity of units is elected, such that said benefit is only available to be applied to said units when said bulk quantity of units is elected.
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A system comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- a user interface in communication with said data processor;
- and
- a data storage device in communication with said data processor, said data storage device storing program instructions executable by said data processor to conduct the steps of:
- receiving an election through said user interface of one of a first quantity of units and a bulk quantity of units, wherein said bulk quantity of units is defined independent of time;
- issuing by said data processor said bulk quantity of units and at least one benefit distributed over a plurality of said bulk quantity of units when said bulk quantity of units is elected and redeemed, wherein said benefit is automatically provided when said bulk quantity of units is elected;
- receiving a command through said user interface to redeem units from said bulk quantity of units and applying said benefit to said plurality of said units when said bulk quantity of units is elected;
- and
- issuing by said data processor said first quantity of units without said benefit when said first quantity of units is elected, such that said benefit is only available to be applied to said units when said bulk quantity of units is elected.
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A system comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- a user interface in communication with said data processor;
- and
- a data storage device in communication with said data processor, said data storage device storing program instructions executable by said data processor to conduct the steps of:
- receiving an election through said user interface of one of a first quantity of units and a bulk quantity of units, wherein said bulk quantity of units is defined independent of time;
- issuing by said data processor said bulk quantity of units and at least one benefit distributed over a plurality of said bulk quantity of units when said bulk quantity of units is elected and redeemed, wherein said benefit is automatically provided when said bulk quantity of units is elected;
- receiving a command through said user interface to redeem units from said bulk quantity of units and applying said benefit to said plurality of said units when said bulk quantity of units is elected, wherein applying said benefit to any one unit within said bulk quantity of units does not exhaust said benefit distributed to any other unit within said bulk quantity of units;
- and
- issuing by said data processor said first quantity of units without said benefit when said first quantity of units is elected, such that said benefit is only available to be applied to said units when said bulk quantity of units is elected.
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