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AssigneeOuterwall Inc.
InventorsAlexander Stock, Adam Rubin, Eric Chung, Theron Sarda, Jonathan Greenblatt, Kevin King, Cord Frieden, Tricia Montgomery
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Various embodiments of methods and systems for saving coins and applying the coin value toward the purchase of selected products are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the methods and systems described herein can be utilized by parents, grandparents, etc. to encourage and facilitate saving by children. For example, in some embodiments a mobile application is provided that enables a child to select a product to purchase as a “reward” for achieving a savings goal. The mobile application can also enable the child (and/or the child's parent) to set the savings goal, and track the child's progress in reaching the goal as saved coins are periodically exchanged at one or more coin counting kiosks. Other embodiments of the disclosed technology enable the parent and/or child to receive a notification when the child reaches the savings goal, and apply the saved funds toward the purchase of the selected reward.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions configured to cause a processor of a user device to perform a method comprising:
A consumer operated coin counting kiosk to facilitate personal savings programs, the coin counting kiosk comprising:
A networked computer system configured to facilitate saving money for purchase of a selected product, the networked computer system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.