System and method for managing an incentive-based recycling program
First Claim
1. A method of encouraging a plurality of customers to dispose of recyclable material of at least one of a plurality of types using at least one collector vehicle and one or more containers, each container holding a quantifiable measure of the recyclable material, the method comprising the steps of:
- affixing, to the one or more containers, an identifier identifying the recyclable material in the container and a respective customer of the plurality of customers who is associated with the container;
providing, on the at least one collector vehicle a load determining device connected to a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to a network and the load determining device, and a tag reader coupled to the data acquisition unit;
collecting, by the collector vehicle, recyclable material at periodic collection routes;
acquiring by the tag reader, from the identifier of each of the one or more containers an identity of the customer associated with the container, and by the load determining device, a quantifiable measure of the recyclable material in each of the one or more containers;
receiving, by a server connected to the data acquisition unit via the network, the acquired identity of the customer associated with the container, and the acquired quantifiable measure of the recyclable material in each of the one or more containers; and
the server using at least one of one or more models, for each of the plurality of customers for;
determining a value based at least in part on the quantifiable measure acquired from the one or more containers associated with the customer and correlated to a total amount of deposited recyclable material in a given past time period;
allocating, to the customer, credits based on the value; and
posting, to a customer account associated with the customer, a monetary value of the allocated credits.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method for managing an incentive-based recycling program. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to managing an incentive-based recycling program through administering a dynamic customer loyalty rewards program associated therewith. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of managing an incentive-based recycling system comprises inputting customer data into a collective database, and generating a customer account, inputting hauler data into the collective database, and generating a hauler account, inputting vendor data into the collective database, and generating a vendor account, recording a recycling activity associated with a customer account on the collective database, allocating credits to a customer account, in an amount correlating to the recycling activity associated with the customer account, on the collective database, and enabling the customer to manage the credits associated with the customer account.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of encouraging a plurality of customers to dispose of recyclable material of at least one of a plurality of types using at least one collector vehicle and one or more containers, each container holding a quantifiable measure of the recyclable material, the method comprising the steps of:
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affixing, to the one or more containers, an identifier identifying the recyclable material in the container and a respective customer of the plurality of customers who is associated with the container; providing, on the at least one collector vehicle a load determining device connected to a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to a network and the load determining device, and a tag reader coupled to the data acquisition unit; collecting, by the collector vehicle, recyclable material at periodic collection routes; acquiring by the tag reader, from the identifier of each of the one or more containers an identity of the customer associated with the container, and by the load determining device, a quantifiable measure of the recyclable material in each of the one or more containers; receiving, by a server connected to the data acquisition unit via the network, the acquired identity of the customer associated with the container, and the acquired quantifiable measure of the recyclable material in each of the one or more containers; and the server using at least one of one or more models, for each of the plurality of customers for; determining a value based at least in part on the quantifiable measure acquired from the one or more containers associated with the customer and correlated to a total amount of deposited recyclable material in a given past time period; allocating, to the customer, credits based on the value; and posting, to a customer account associated with the customer, a monetary value of the allocated credits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16)
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9. A system for encouraging a plurality of customers to recycle material of at least one of a plurality of types using at least one collector vehicle and one or more containers, each container holding a quantifiable measure of the recyclable material, the system comprising:
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the one or more containers having an affixed identifier identifying the recyclable material in the container and a respective customer of the plurality of customers who is associated with the container; the at least one collector vehicle having a load determining device and a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to a network and the load determining device connected to a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to a network and the load determining device, and a tag reader coupled to the data acquisition unit, the at least one collector vehicle collects recyclable material at periodic collection routes; the tag reader acquires from the identifier of each of the one or more containers an identity of the customer associated with each of the one or more containers; the load determining device acquires a quantifiable measure of the recyclable material in each of the one or more containers; a server accessible via a network and including a processor, the processor receives the acquired identity of the customer associated with the container, and the acquired quantifiable measure of the recyclable material in each of the one or more containers; and using at least one of one or more models; determines, for each of the plurality of customers, a value based at least in part on the quantifiable measure from the one or more containers associated with the customer and correlated to a total amount of deposited recyclable material in a given past time period; allocates to the customer, credits based on the value; and posts, to a customer account associated with the customer, a monetary value of the allocated credits. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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