Systems and Methods to Enable Offer and Rewards Marketing, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Network Platform
OwnerBruce Mitchellinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing offers, incentives, and rewards across at least two merchants, wherein the system is operable to, in one embodiment, store a consumer profile including at least one account identifier, and wherein the at least one account identifier is related to at least one payment method. The system is further operable to receive at least one real-time purchase record and match elements of the real-time purchase record to the consumer profile, wherein the system is operable to provide merchant offers, incentives, and rewards based on the matching and the at least one real-time purchase record.
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A system for providing offers, incentives, and rewards for at least two merchants comprising:
- a web tier hosted on a cloud network, wherein the web tier is in network communication with one or more consumer applications, merchant applications, or administrative applications;
- a network services tier hosted on the cloud network and providing a backend set of services, the backend set of services operable for real-time communication with at least one financial services server, wherein the backend set of services is operable to redeem an offer for a consumer account, redeem an incentive for the consumer account, or credit a reward to the consumer account;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to store consumer information and at least one loyalty program enrollment associated with the consumer account, and wherein the consumer information includes an account identifier related to at least one payment method;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to manage merchant offers, incentives, and rewards across at least two merchants for the consumer account;
- wherein the web tier is operable to receive a real-time purchase record with at least one corresponding consumer account number and a purchase amount, wherein the real-time purchase record further includes indication of a merchant, at least one purchased product or service, a corresponding device ID, and/or corresponding consumer contact information;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to identify a corresponding user account by matching the corresponding consumer account number with the account identifier and/or by matching the corresponding device ID and/or the corresponding consumer contact information with the stored consumer information;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to provide the merchant offers, incentives, or rewards based on the merchant of the real-time purchase record and the stored consumer information associated with the identified corresponding user account;
- wherein the merchant offers, incentives, or rewards include at least one financing offer, incentive or reward;
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- wherein upon acceptance of the at least one financing offer, the network services tier is operable to reimburse at least some amount of the purchase amount and charge the at least one payment method based on terms of the financing offer.
A system for providing offers, incentives, and rewards for at least two merchants comprising:
- a web tier hosted on a cloud network, wherein the web tier is in network communication with one or more consumer applications, merchant applications, or administrative applications;
- a network services tier hosted on the cloud network and providing a backend set of services, the backend set of services operable for real-time communication with at least one financial services server, wherein the backend set of services is operable to redeem an offer for a consumer account, redeem an incentive for the consumer account, or credit a reward to the consumer account;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to store consumer information and at least one loyalty program enrollment associated with the consumer account, and wherein the consumer information includes an account identifier;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to communicate at least one offer, incentive, or reward based on the stored consumer information associated with the identified corresponding user account;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to manage offers, incentives, and rewards across at least two offers, incentives, or rewards programs for the consumer account;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to receive an indication of activation of the at least one offer, incentive, or reward;
- wherein the web tier is operable to receive a real-time purchase record with at least one corresponding consumer account number and a purchase amount, wherein the real-time purchase record further includes indication of a merchant, at least one purchased product or service, a corresponding device ID, and/or corresponding consumer contact information;
- wherein the remote server computer is operable to identify a corresponding user account by matching the corresponding consumer account number with the account identifier and/or by matching the corresponding device ID and/or the corresponding consumer contact information with the stored consumer information;
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- wherein the remote server computer is operable to redeem the at least one offer, incentive, or reward for the consumer account.
A method for providing offers, incentives, and rewards for at least two merchants comprising:
- storing consumer information and at least one loyalty program enrollment associated with the consumer account, and wherein the consumer information includes an account identifier;
- managing offers, incentives, and rewards across at least two offers, incentives, or rewards programs for the consumer account;
- communicating at least one offer, incentive, or reward based on the stored consumer information associated with the identified corresponding user account;
- receiving an indication of activation of the at least one offer, incentive, or reward;
- receiving a real-time purchase record with at least one corresponding consumer account number and a purchase amount, wherein the real-time purchase record further includes indication of a merchant, at least one purchased product or service, a corresponding device ID, and/or corresponding consumer contact information;
- identifying a corresponding user account by matching the corresponding consumer account number with the account identifier and/or by matching the corresponding device ID and/or the corresponding consumer contact information with the stored consumer information;
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- redeeming the at least one offer, incentive, or reward for the consumer account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.