Incentive rewards and methods
AssigneeBoost Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael J. Emoff, Christopher Sean Wire, Todd Spencer Blair, Jennifer Marie Gobrail, Crystal Dawn Dennis, Mary Katherine Page, Andrew Stephen Althouse
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Abstract
Incentive rewards awarded to a recipient have a code unique to each reward. Receipt of a reward may be reported by the Internet or the intranet. Plural rewards can be connected together to form a trophy. The incentive rewards can be connected to one another by the use of magnets on the rewards.
Claims17
An incentive reward trophy comprising a plurality of incentive reward tokens, each reward token of said plurality of reward tokens comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart magnets located about a periphery thereof for connecting adjacent reward tokens together in an end-to-end configuration, wherein at least one magnet of said plurality of magnets comprises an opposite polarity from at least one other magnet of said plurality of magnets;
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- an assigned value, in points, wherein said points are redeemable by a recipient for a reward, and wherein said plurality of reward tokens are connected together in said end-to-end configuration forming a recipient defined combination to demonstrate possession of said plurality of reward tokens.
An incentive reward token comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of spaced apart magnets located about a periphery of said body, wherein at least one magnet of said plurality of magnets comprises an opposite polarity from at least one other magnet of said plurality of magnets;
- a value, in points, assigned to said reward token by an organization that accumulates said points on behalf of a recipient of said reward token;
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- a code disposed on said body to uniquely associate said reward token with said value,
- wherein said points are redeemable by said recipient for a reward.
An incentive reward method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by a recipient, a reward token, said reward token comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of spaced apart magnets located about a periphery of said body, wherein at least one magnet of said plurality of magnets comprises an opposite polarity from at least one other magnet of said plurality of magnets;
- a value, in points, assigned to said reward token by an organization that accumulates said points on behalf of said recipient of said reward token;
- a code disposed on said body to uniquely associate said reward token with said value;
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- an indicator disposed on said body to identify said value of said reward token;
- reporting, by said recipient, receipt of said reward token to said organization;
- recording, by said organization, receipt of said reward token when reported, wherein said recording step comprises adding said value to a point total;
- redeeming, by said recipient, at least a portion of said point total for a reward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.