Method and system for redeeming promotional offers
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1. In a method by which an entity:
- who offers for sale a plurality of product/services, at least one or more of which product/services having a product code associated therewith and at least one of the product/services having a promotional offer associated therewith, who, at a time subsequent to the purchase transaction and subsequent to an act by the purchaser, provides something of value to the purchaser for the purchase of one or more of the plurality of product/services offered for sale with which a promotional offer is associated, the act by the purchaser being independent of the identification of the product code associated with any of the product/services purchased in the purchase transaction, the improvement wherein;
the act by the purchaser is prior to the purchase and associates the identity of the purchaser with a card, and the card is presented by the purchaser to the entity at the purchase transaction.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for redeeming promotional offers in product marketing rebates wherein the purchaser is not required to submit information as to the identity of the product/services purchased in order to receive the value associated with the promotional offer at some time after the purchase transaction.
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20 Claims
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1. In a method by which an entity:
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who offers for sale a plurality of product/services, at least one or more of which product/services having a product code associated therewith and at least one of the product/services having a promotional offer associated therewith, who, at a time subsequent to the purchase transaction and subsequent to an act by the purchaser, provides something of value to the purchaser for the purchase of one or more of the plurality of product/services offered for sale with which a promotional offer is associated, the act by the purchaser being independent of the identification of the product code associated with any of the product/services purchased in the purchase transaction, the improvement wherein;
the act by the purchaser is prior to the purchase and associates the identity of the purchaser with a card, and the card is presented by the purchaser to the entity at the purchase transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a method by which an entity:
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who offers for sale a plurality of product/services, at least one or more of such product/services having a product code associated therewith and at least one of such product/services having a promotional offer associated therewith, and who, for the purchase of one or more of the plurality of product/services offered for sale with which a promotional offer is associated and at a time subsequent to the purchase transaction, provides something of value to the purchaser subsequent to receipt of information provided by the purchaser independent of the identification of the product code associated with any one or more of the product/services purchased in the purchase transaction, the improvement wherein the information is provided by the purchaser at the purchase transaction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of processing a claim from a purchaser purchasing one or more product/services from a marketing entity in a single purchase transaction, in which one or more of the product/services purchased is associated with a promotional offer, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving from the supplier of the product/services information relating to the promotions associated with such product/services;
(b) receiving from the marketing entity information relating to the identity of a plurality of prospective purchasers and the identity of a loyalty card associated therewith;
(c) receiving from the marketing entity information relating to the identity of a purchase transaction, the product/services purchased in that transaction and the identity of the loyalty card associated with that transaction;
(d) using the identification of the purchase transaction provided by the marketing entity to access the information provided by the supplier to ascertain the applicability of promotions to the goods/services in the identified purchase transaction and the value associated therewith; and
(e) using the identification of the loyalty card to provide the purchaser with the ascertained value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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