Serious intent mechanism and method
First Claim
1. A method for incenting submission of purchase information for a good or service, comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a buyer entity a declaration of intent to purchase a good or service;
providing an offer of a benefit to the buyer entity if a proof of purchase of the good or service is received within a first predetermined period of time;
receiving a proof of purchase of said good or service within a predetermined period of time; and
providing the benefit referenced in said benefit offer to the buyer entity if the proof of said good or service has been received within the predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing at least one benefit to buyer entities with a serious intent to purchase a good or service, comprising the steps of: receiving from a buyer entity a declaration of intent to purchase a good or service; providing to the buyer entity an offer of benefits whose value is partly or fully contingent on receipt of a proof of the purchase within a predetermined period of time and whose value is not contingent on fulfillment of the requirement that the purchase be made from one particular predetermined vendor; receiving the proof of purchase from the buyer entity; and providing the value of the contingent benefits to the buyer entity.
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Citations
122 Claims
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1. A method for incenting submission of purchase information for a good or service, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a buyer entity a declaration of intent to purchase a good or service;
providing an offer of a benefit to the buyer entity if a proof of purchase of the good or service is received within a first predetermined period of time;
receiving a proof of purchase of said good or service within a predetermined period of time; and
providing the benefit referenced in said benefit offer to the buyer entity if the proof of said good or service has been received within the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for providing at least one benefit to buyer entities with a serious intent to purchase a good or service, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a buyer entity a declaration of intent to purchase a good or service;
providing to the buyer entity an offer of benefits whose value is partly or fully contingent on receipt of a proof of said purchase within a predetermined period of time and whose value is not contingent on fulfillment of the requirement that the purchase be made from one particular predetermined vendor;
receiving said proof of purchase from the buyer entity; and
providing the value of said contingent benefits to the buyer entity. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A system for incenting submission of purchase information for a good or service, comprising:
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a first component for receiving from a buyer entity a declaration of intent to purchase a good or service;
a second component for providing an offer of a benefit to the buyer entity if a proof of purchase of the good or service is received within a first predetermined period of time;
a third component for receiving a proof of purchase of said good or service within a predetermined period of time; and
a fifth component for providing the benefit referenced in said benefit offer to the buyer entity if the proof of said good or service has been received within the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122)
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68. A system for providing at least one exclusive benefit to buyer entities with a serious intent to purchase a good or service, comprising the steps of:
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a first component for receiving from a buyer entity a declaration of intent to purchase a good or service;
a second component for providing to the buyer entity an offer of benefits whose value is partly or fully contingent on receipt of a proof of said purchase within a predetermined period of time and whose value is not contingent on fulfillment of the requirement that the purchase be made from one particular predetermined vendor;
a third component for receiving said proof of purchase from the buyer entity; and
a fourth component for providing the value of said contingent benefits to the buyer entity.
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