Method for providing reductions on products and/or services
First Claim
1. Method for granting rebates on products and/or services, characterized in that an information carrier is made accessible to a customer at the purchase of a product and/or in connection with receiving services, which carrier contains information about the amount of a rebate issued to him/her for the purchase of the product or for receiving the service, in coded form, and/or about the product or the service, that the information of the information carrier is fed into a telecommunication device and transmitted to a central administration unit by way of a telecommunication network, by means of the telecommunication device, that the customer automatically receives credit for the value of the rebate on the product or the service, in the administration unit, for telecommunication services or other data technology services, free of charge to the customer, which the customer can make use of immediately and/or with a time delay, by means of telecommunication devices, by way of technical facilities made available by the central administration unit, whereupon the rebate that was granted expires.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for providing reductions on products and/or services, wherein an information carrier is made available to a customer after the purchase of a product and/or in connection with the administration of services. Said information carrier contains coded information on the amount of discount offered with respect to the purchase of a product or administration of a service. The information of the information carrier is inputted into a telecommunication device and transmitted to a central management unit by means of said telecommunication device via a telecommunication network. In the management unit, free telecommunication services or other data services corresponding to the value of the discount on the product or the service are automatically credited to the customer and can be used immediately or at a later stage by the customer by means of telecommunication devices with the aid of technical devices provided by the central management unit, whereupon the discount thus provided expires.
-
Citations
24 Claims
-
1. Method for granting rebates on products and/or services,
characterized in that an information carrier is made accessible to a customer at the purchase of a product and/or in connection with receiving services, which carrier contains information about the amount of a rebate issued to him/her for the purchase of the product or for receiving the service, in coded form, and/or about the product or the service, that the information of the information carrier is fed into a telecommunication device and transmitted to a central administration unit by way of a telecommunication network, by means of the telecommunication device, that the customer automatically receives credit for the value of the rebate on the product or the service, in the administration unit, for telecommunication services or other data technology services, free of charge to the customer, which the customer can make use of immediately and/or with a time delay, by means of telecommunication devices, by way of technical facilities made available by the central administration unit, whereupon the rebate that was granted expires.
Specification