Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-10
2006-01-10
Myhre, James (Department: 3622)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Finance
C705S037000, C705S039000, C705S026640, C705S027200, C705S014270
Reexamination Certificate
active
06985879
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention a retailer may receive a request from a group of customers for a reward the group desires to earn by making purchases at the retailer. In response to such a request the retailer determines purchasing conditions the group must satisfy in order to earn the reward. The purchasing conditions may be determined based on, for example, a value of the reward (e.g., a cost of the reward to the retailer), a number of customers in the group, and/or a time by which the group desires to earn the reward. The purchasing conditions may be determined such that the retailer realizes at least a predetermined profit after the cost of providing the reward is considered. The methods of the present invention may be implemented at an online and/or brick-and-mortar retailer.
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Fincham Magdalena M.
Tedesco Daniel E.
Tulley Stephen C.
Van Luchene Andrew S.
Walker Jay S.
Fincham Carson C. K.
Fincham Magdalena
Le Khanh H.
Myhre James
Walker Digital, LLC
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