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Loyalty club reward system for use in a broadcast loyalty program

  • US 20020062253A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2001
  • Published: 05/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of utilizing computers for rewarding customer loyalty within a merchant membership system comprising the steps of:

  • (A) enrolling individual members;

    (B) providing said members with microprocessor-embedded smart cards capable of maintaining point balances;

    (C) enrolling merchants, said merchants being providers of goods or services to said members;

    (D) providing said merchants with point of sale computer terminals capable of interacting with said smart cards;

    (E) providing a loyalty bank computer server in communication with said point of sale computer terminals such that information can be processed between said loyalty bank computer server and said smart cards;

    (F) providing software for said loyalty bank computer server such that said smart cards of said members are credited with points whenever a non-points purchase of goods or services is made and such that said smart cards of said members are debited whenever goods or services are purchased by redeeming said points, through a loyalty club database maintained within said loyalty bank computer server.

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