Comprehensive, fully integrated online promotion program for goods and/or service providers doing business online and/or offline
First Claim
1. A method for participation in a promotion program, comprising the steps of:
- acquiring a quantity of points;
reviewing an upcoming real world event;
reviewing a select set of possible outcomes for said event;
selecting one of said select set of possible outcomes as a prediction entry;
associating said quantity of points with said prediction entry;
awaiting an actual outcome of said upcoming real world event to determine whether said prediction entry might be a winning prediction entry; and
if said prediction entry is a winning prediction entry, receiving a reward for making a winning prediction entry during participation in said promotion program.
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Abstract
An online, fully integrated promotion program is disclosed having a promotion program tool in which a program participant acquires a quantity of promotion program points, reviews an upcoming real world event, reviews a select set of possible outcomes for the event, and selects one of the possible outcomes as a prediction entry. The participant also associates the quantity of points with the selected prediction entry. The selected prediction entry can be classified as a winning prediction entry if the outcome of the real world event corresponds thereto. If the prediction entry is a winning prediction entry, the promotion program administrator distributes a reward to the program participant for making a winning prediction entry during participation in said promotion program. Additional promotion program tools can be included within the promotion program.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for participation in a promotion program, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a quantity of points;
reviewing an upcoming real world event;
reviewing a select set of possible outcomes for said event;
selecting one of said select set of possible outcomes as a prediction entry;
associating said quantity of points with said prediction entry;
awaiting an actual outcome of said upcoming real world event to determine whether said prediction entry might be a winning prediction entry; and
if said prediction entry is a winning prediction entry, receiving a reward for making a winning prediction entry during participation in said promotion program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing a promotion program, comprising the steps of:
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permitting a program participant to acquire a quantity of points;
permitting the program participant to review an upcoming real world event;
permitting the program participant to review a select set of possible outcomes for said event;
permitting the program participant to select one of said select set of possible outcomes as a prediction entry;
permitting the program participant to associate said quantity of points with said prediction entry;
reviewing said upcoming real world event to determine its outcome;
determining whether said prediction entry is a winning prediction entry based, at least in part, on said outcome of said upcoming real world event; and
if said prediction entry is a winning prediction entry, distributing a reward to said program participant for making a winning prediction entry during participation in said promotion program. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of determining whether a particular prediction entry having a particular number of points associated therewith placed by a particular program participant constitutes a winning entry in a promotion program wherein a plurality of promotion program participants each place one prediction entry having a participant-selected number of points associated therewith and wherein each said prediction entry is placed at a particular time during which prediction entries are accepted for participation in said promotion program, comprising the steps of:
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determining whether said particular prediction entry is correct;
if said particular prediction entry is not correct, then recognizing that said particular prediction entry does not constitute a winning entry in said promotion program;
if said particular prediction entry is correct, then determining which, if any, of other ones of said prediction entries placed by others of said plurality of promotion program participants are correct to separate correct prediction entries from incorrect prediction entries and calculate a total number of correct prediction entries for said promotion program;
if said total number of correct prediction entries for said promotion program is less than or equal to a number of winning entries to be awarded for said promotion program, then recognizing that said particular prediction entry constitutes a winning entry in said promotion program;
if, on the other hand, said total number of correct prediction entries for said promotion program is greater than said number of winning entries to be awarded for said promotion program, comparing the particular number of points associated with said particular prediction entry with the selected number of points associated with said other ones of said correct prediction entries to rank said correct prediction entries in a points-based ranking; and
if the particular number of points associated with said particular prediction entry is identical to the selected number of points associated with at least one of said other ones of said correct prediction entries, then comparing said particular time at which said particular prediction entry was placed by said particular program participant during said promotion program relative to said particular time at which said at least one of said other ones of said correct prediction entries was placed to rank said particular prediction entry relative to said at least one of said other ones of said correct prediction entries.
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42. A method of determining whether a particular prediction entry having a particular number of points associated therewith placed by a particular program participant constitutes a winning entry in a promotion program wherein a plurality of promotion program participants each place one prediction entry having a participant-selected number of points associated therewith, comprising the steps of:
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determining whether said particular prediction entry is correct;
if said particular prediction entry is not correct, then recognizing that said particular prediction entry does not constitute a winning entry in said promotion program;
if said particular prediction entry is correct, then determining which, if any, of other ones of said prediction entries placed by others of said plurality of promotion program participants are correct to separate correct prediction entries from incorrect prediction entries and calculate a total number of correct prediction entries for said promotion program;
if said total number of correct prediction entries for said promotion program is less than or equal to a number of winning entries to be awarded for said promotion program, then recognizing that said particular prediction entry constitutes a winning entry in said promotion program;
if, on the other hand, said total number of correct prediction entries for said promotion program is greater than said number of winning entries to be awarded for said promotion program, comparing the particular number of points associated with said particular prediction entry with the selected number of points associated with said other ones of said correct prediction entries to rank said correct prediction entries in a points-based ranking; and
if the particular number of points associated with said particular prediction entry is identical to the selected number of points associated with at least one of said other ones of said correct prediction entries, then ranking said particular prediction entry relative to said at least one of said other ones of said correct prediction entries according to a predetermined random process.
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