Method and system for managing inventory and promotions campaign based on redemption data
AssigneeCatalina Marketing Corporation
InventorScott Wills
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Abstract
Provided is a method and system for the management of inventory and/or promotional campaigns associated with electronic distribution of secure money saving or discount incentives, including coupons and other marketing incentives and, in particular, to modifying a promotional campaign and/or modifying inventory levels and product ordering based on transaction data relating to coupons distributed as part of an online computer system for interactively distributing such incentives to remotely connected consumer computers.
Claims36
A computer-implemented system for managing inventory associated with a promotional campaign, the system comprising:
- at least one inventory database for storing inventory data for at least one retail center;
- at least one server operatively connected to the at least one inventory database, the at least one server configured to:
- transmit coupon data via a communication link, wherein the coupon data corresponds to at least one coupon available for redemption at the at least one retail center, and wherein the at least one coupon is associated with a unique coupon identifier;
- receive transaction data corresponding to a transaction involving the at least one coupon, wherein the transaction data includes the unique coupon identifier;
- associate the received transaction data with the inventory data to update the inventory data;
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- provide access to the updated inventory data to a coupon issuer or coupon distributor.
A computer-implemented system for managing a promotional campaign based on inventory data, the system comprising:
- at least one database for storing inventory data for at least one retail center and for storing coupon data corresponding to the inventory data for the at least one retail center;
- at least one server operatively connected to the at least one database, the at least one server configured to:
- transmit coupon data via a communication link, wherein the coupon data corresponds to at least one coupon available for redemption at the at least one retail center, and wherein the at least one coupon is associated with a unique coupon identifier;
- receive transaction data corresponding to a transaction involving the at least one coupon, wherein the transaction data includes the unique coupon identifier;
- associate the received transaction data with the inventory data to update the inventory data;
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- modify the stored coupon data based on the updated inventory data.
A computer-implemented method for managing inventory associated with a promotional campaign, the method comprising:
- storing inventory data for at least one retail center in an inventory database;
- storing coupon data corresponding to the inventory data for the at least one retail center;
- electronically transmitting coupon data via a communication link, wherein the coupon data corresponds to at least one coupon available for redemption at the at least one retail center, and wherein the at least one coupon is associated with a unique coupon identifier;
- receiving transaction data corresponding to a transaction involving the at least one coupon, wherein the transaction data includes the unique coupon identifier;
- associating the received transaction data with the inventory data to update the inventory data;
- and
- modifying the stored coupon data based on the updated inventory data.
A computer-implemented method of facilitating a promotional campaign based on inventory data of a retail center, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by at least one server, coupon data via a communication link, wherein the coupon data is associated with at least one coupon available for redemption at the retail center;
- receiving, by the at least one server, transaction data of a transaction involving the at least one coupon;
- associating, by the at least one server, the received transaction data with inventory data associated with the retailer center;
- updating, by the at least one server, the inventory data based on the association;
- and
- modifying, by the at least one server, the coupon data based on the updated inventory data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.