Methods and systems for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of points
First Claim
1. A method for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of reward points relating to products or services, comprising the steps of:
- a) identifying a user;
b) retrieving a point balance corresponding to the user;
c) offering a list of reward options to the user;
d) receiving a selection option from the user corresponding to the list of reward options;
e) prompting the user to input a bid value for the selected reward option;
f) receiving the bid value from the user corresponding to the selected reward option;
g) determining if the bid value is a high bid;
h) prompting the user to input a higher bid value for the selected reward and repeat steps f-h, if the bid value is not the high bid;
i) deducting a bid fee from the point balance of the user;
j) determining if the user'"'"'s bid value is a winning bid value at a pre-determined time; and
k) awarding the selection option to the user and deducting the bid value from the point balance, if the user'"'"'s bid value is the winning bid value.
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Abstract
Method for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of reward points relating to products or services including the step of identifying a user; retrieving a point balance corresponding to the user; offering a list of reward options to the user; receiving a selection option from the user corresponding to the list of reward options; prompting the user to input a bid value for the selected reward option; prompting the user to input a bid value for the selected reward option; receiving the bid value from the user corresponding to the selection option; deducting a bid fee from the point balance of the user; determining if the user'"'"'s bid value is a winning bid value at a pre-determined time; and awarding the selection option to the user and deducting the bid value from the point balance, if the user'"'"'s bid is the winning value. Interactive system for collection, exchange and redemption of reward points relating to products or services, having: a user interface; a point manager in communication with a personal data store and the user interface, wherein the point manager includes executable instructions for determining a user'"'"'s point balance from the personal data store; and a redemption module in communication with the point manager, wherein the redemption module includes executable instructions for offering items for redemption to a user and determining a winning bid from a user.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of reward points relating to products or services, comprising the steps of:
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a) identifying a user;
b) retrieving a point balance corresponding to the user;
c) offering a list of reward options to the user;
d) receiving a selection option from the user corresponding to the list of reward options;
e) prompting the user to input a bid value for the selected reward option;
f) receiving the bid value from the user corresponding to the selected reward option;
g) determining if the bid value is a high bid;
h) prompting the user to input a higher bid value for the selected reward and repeat steps f-h, if the bid value is not the high bid;
i) deducting a bid fee from the point balance of the user;
j) determining if the user'"'"'s bid value is a winning bid value at a pre-determined time; and
k) awarding the selection option to the user and deducting the bid value from the point balance, if the user'"'"'s bid value is the winning bid value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 24, 25)
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11. An interactive system for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of reward points, comprising:
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a user interface;
a point manager in communication with a personal data store and the user interface, wherein the point manager comprises executable instructions for determining a user'"'"'s point balance from the personal data store; and
a redemption module in communication with the point manager, wherein the redemption module comprises executable instructions for offering items for redemption to a user and determining a winning bid from a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26)
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14. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to interact with a user for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of reward points relating to products or services, comprising the steps of:
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a) identifying a user;
b) retrieving a point balance corresponding to the user;
c) offering a list of reward options to the user;
d) receiving a selection option from the user corresponding to the list of reward options;
e) prompting the user to input a bid value for the selected reward option;
f) receiving the bid value from the user corresponding to the selected reward option;
g) determining if the bid value is a high bid;
h) prompting the user to input a higher bid value for the selected reward and repeat steps f-h, if the bid value is not the high bid;
i) deducting a bid fee from the point balance of the user;
j) determining if the user'"'"'s bid value is a winning bid value at a pre-determined time; and
k) awarding the selection option to the user and deducting the bid value from the point balance, if the user'"'"'s bid value is the winning bid value.
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15. A network-based method for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of information relating to products or services, comprising the steps of”
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providing a web site having a user interface;
receiving at the user interface one or more items of user input from a user;
identifying the user from the items of user input;
retrieving the user'"'"'s point balance from a personal data store;
offering to the user a list of reward options;
receiving a selection option from the user corresponding to the list of reward options;
prompting the user to input a bid value for the selected reward option;
receiving the bid value from the user corresponding to the selection option;
deducting a bid fee from the point balance of the user;
determining if the user'"'"'s bid value is a winning bid value at a pre-determined time; and
awarding the selection option to the user and deducting the bid value from the point balance, if the user'"'"'s bid value is the winning bid value.
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16. A computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave for transmitting executable instructions for the interactive collection, exchange and distribution of reward points relating to products or services, the signal comprising the instructions:
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identifying a user;
retrieving a point balance from a personal data store;
offering to the user a list of reward options;
receiving a selection option from the user corresponding to the list of reward options;
prompting the user to input a bid value for the selected reward option;
receiving the bid value from the user corresponding to the selection option;
deducting a bid fee from the point balance of the user;
determining if the user'"'"'s bid value is a winning bid value at a pre-determined time; and
awarding the selection option to the user and deducting the bid value from the point balance, if the user'"'"'s bid value is the winning bid value.
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17. A method for interactive collection, exchange and redemption of reward points, comprising the steps of:
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identifying a user;
determining if the user has an account in a data store;
if the user does not have an account in the data store, creating an account in the data store corresponding to the user;
retrieving a point balance corresponding to the user'"'"'s account in the data store;
providing the user a list of interactive options;
receiving from the user an interactive selection;
providing the user a list of selection options corresponding to the interactive option;
receiving from the user an option selection;
providing the user an item corresponding to the selected option; and
deducting a transaction fee from the user'"'"'s point balance.
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