Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Discount or incentive
Patent
1998-06-25
1999-12-28
Trammell, James P.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Discount or incentive
705 17, 705 26, 705 27, G06F 700
Patent
active
060094125
ABSTRACT:
An fully integrated on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program also calculates award points, updates the award account of enrolled users, and communicates that number of awarded points to the user. Enrolled users may browse through an award catalog and electronically redeem an amount of awarded points towards an award. The program then electronically places an award redeeming order with the fulfillment house and updates the user's award account.
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Albert Philip H.
Netcentives, Inc.
Retta Yehdega
Trammell James P.
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