Method and apparatus for stimulating commerce
First Claim
1. A method of providing promotional material to consumers comprising:
- establishing a computer communications session between a merchant computer system and a remote computer system;
reading consumer purchase information from said merchant computer system, said consumer purchase information comprising consumer identifying information and product information;
based on said consumer purchase information, identifying one or more consumers in need of one or more products;
in said remote computer system, associating said promotional material corresponding to said one or more products with said identified consumers; and
making said promotional material available to said identified consumers using a promotional material delivery system.
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Abstract
A method and a system for providing promotional material to consumers can include a series of steps. The steps can include establishing a computer communications session between a merchant computer system and a remote computer system and reading consumer purchase information from the merchant computer system. The consumer purchase information can include consumer identifying information and product information. The step of identifying one or more consumers in need of one or more products based on the consumer purchase information can be included. The method further can include the step of associating the promotional material corresponding to the one or more products with the identified consumers in the remote computer system. Additionally, the step of making the promotional material available to the identified consumers using a promotional material delivery system can be included.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of providing promotional material to consumers comprising:
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establishing a computer communications session between a merchant computer system and a remote computer system;
reading consumer purchase information from said merchant computer system, said consumer purchase information comprising consumer identifying information and product information;
based on said consumer purchase information, identifying one or more consumers in need of one or more products;
in said remote computer system, associating said promotional material corresponding to said one or more products with said identified consumers; and
making said promotional material available to said identified consumers using a promotional material delivery system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing promotional material to consumers comprising:
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a shopping stimulation logic unit for identifying one or more consumers in need of one or more products, and for identifying a business necessity; and
,a promotional information database, accessible by said shopping stimulation logic unit, for storing promotional information relating to said one or more products. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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16. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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establishing a computer communications session between a merchant computer system and a remote computer system;
reading consumer purchase information from said merchant computer system, said consumer purchase information comprising consumer identifying information and product information;
based on said consumer purchase information, identifying one or more consumers in need of one or more products;
in said remote computer system, associating said promotional material corresponding to said one or more products with said identified consumers; and
making said promotional material available to said identified consumers using a promotional material delivery system.
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