Automated lost property recovery and marketing system and program
First Claim
1. An automated lost property recovery and marketing program or system managed by an administrator provider to create a database of sponsor selected participants to provide targeted promotions and advertising of goods/services to a defined universe of targeted participants, said automated lost property recovery and marketing system comprises a database function to create and maintain a database of targeted participants, a lost property recovery function to return lost property to a participant having lost property and a promotions and advertising function to selectively communicate promotional information to the defined universe of targeted participants or selected members of the defined universe of targeted participants.
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Abstract
An automated lost property recovery and marketing system and program managed by an administrator to create a database of participants to provide targeted promotions and advertising of goods/services of a corresponding sponsor to a defined universe of targeted participants including a database function to create and maintain the database of targeted participants, a lost property recovery function to return lost property to a participant having lost property and a promotions and advertising function to selectively communicate promotional information to the defined universe of targeted participants.
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- 1. An automated lost property recovery and marketing program or system managed by an administrator provider to create a database of sponsor selected participants to provide targeted promotions and advertising of goods/services to a defined universe of targeted participants, said automated lost property recovery and marketing system comprises a database function to create and maintain a database of targeted participants, a lost property recovery function to return lost property to a participant having lost property and a promotions and advertising function to selectively communicate promotional information to the defined universe of targeted participants or selected members of the defined universe of targeted participants.
- 8. An automated lost property recovery and marketing program or system managed by an administrator provider to create a database of sponsor selected participants to provide targeted promotions and advertising of goods/services to a defined universe of targeted participants, said automated lost property recovery and marketing system comprises a database function to create and maintain a database of targeted participants, a lost property recovery function to return lost property to a participant having lost property and a promotions and advertising function to selectively communicate promotional information to the defined universe of targeted participants or selected members of the defined universe of targeted participants and at least one entity seeking to establish a defined database of selected target customers or potential customers for the sponsor'"'"'s products and/or services to receive promotional and advertising material comprising said sponsor, a plurality of target customers or potential customers comprising said participants selected by the sponsor to receive promotional and advertising material and who elect to register in the database and a service provider to manage the database, lost property and promotional and advertising functions comprises said administrator.
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14. An automated lost property recovery and marketing program or system managed by an administrator provider to create a database of sponsor selected participants to provide targeted promotions and advertising of goods/services to a defined universe of targeted participants, said automated lost property recovery and marketing system comprises a database function to create and maintain a database of targeted participants, a lost property recovery function to return lost property to a participant having lost property and a promotions and advertising function to selectively communicate promotional information to the defined universe of targeted participants or selected members of the defined universe of targeted participants and at least one entity seeking to establish a defined database of selected target customers or potential customers for the sponsor'"'"'s products and/or services to receive promotional and advertising material comprising said sponsor, a plurality of target customers or potential customers comprising said participants selected by the sponsor to receive promotional and advertising material and who elect to register in the database and a service provider to manage the database, lost property and promotional and advertising functions comprises said administrator;
- said database function sponsor selecting candidates and distributing incentives to candidates; and
candidates visiting administrator'"'"'s web site and electing to participate;
said database function further including candidates registering with the administrator by entering said unique ID number associated with a tag or label to be attached to a protected item, E-mail address and password; and
said database function comprises said participant selecting to opt out of sponsor'"'"'s promotional program. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
- said database function sponsor selecting candidates and distributing incentives to candidates; and
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17. An automated lost property recovery and marketing program or system managed by an administrator provider to create a database of sponsor selected participants to provide targeted promotions and advertising of goods/services to a defined universe of targeted participants, said automated lost property recovery and marketing system comprises a database function to create and maintain a database of targeted participants, a lost property recovery function to return lost property to a participant having lost property and a promotions and advertising function to selectively communicate promotional information to the defined universe of targeted participants or selected members of the defined universe of targeted participants and at least one entity seeking to establish a defined database of selected target customers or potential customers for the sponsor'"'"'s products and/or services to receive promotional and advertising material comprising said sponsor, a plurality of target customers or potential customers comprising said participants selected by the sponsor to receive promotional and advertising material and who elect to register in the database and a service provider to manage the database, lost property and promotional and advertising functions comprises said administrator;
- said database function sponsor selecting candidates and distributing incentives to candidates; and
candidates visiting administrator'"'"'s web site and electing to participate; and
said database function comprises said participant selecting to opt out of sponsor'"'"'s promotional program. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- said database function sponsor selecting candidates and distributing incentives to candidates; and
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