IDENTIFIER-BASED COUPON REDEMPTION

Title:

IDENTIFIER-BASED COUPON REDEMPTION

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/034062

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Users may save coupon offers in association with account identifiers tied to user accounts, such as identifiers for customer loyalty cards, phones, or personal computing devices. Users may present the account identifiers, or physical items associated with the account identifier, while completing transactions. Retailers may utilize the account identifiers to determine which coupon offers have been saved in association with the corresponding user accounts. The saved coupon offers may then be applied against the transactions. Coupon offers saved in this manner may be counted as distributed for the purposes of producing a distribution count for reports or for applying distribution limits. For example, a user's request to print a coupon for a coupon offer may be denied if the coupon offer is saved in association with an account identifier associated with the user.

Inventors:

MUTHOGOPALAKRISHNAN MANICKABABU (US)
BOAL STEVEN R (US)
PILLI EMMANUEL R (US)
DESARAJU DURGAMBA (US)
NAYAK GAYATHRI UDAY (US)
SINGHAL SARIKA (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2011/051069

Publication Date:

July 12, 2012

Filing Date:

September 09, 2011

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Assignee:

COUPONS COM INC (US)
MUTHOGOPALAKRISHNAN MANICKABABU (US)
BOAL STEVEN R (US)
PILLI EMMANUEL R (US)
DESARAJU DURGAMBA (US)
NAYAK GAYATHRI UDAY (US)
SINGHAL SARIKA (US)

International Classes:

G06Q30/00

Foreign References:

US20080319846A1	2008-12-25
JP2002236835A	2002-08-23
JP2007141149A	2007-06-07
US20080097844A1	2008-04-24

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