Method & system for distribution & management of electronic vouchers via carrier applications
First Claim
1. A system for distribution and management of electronic vouchers (coupons) comprising:
- (a) a Carrier Application constituted by a software program operable by a user on a computing device;
(b) a Promotion Code Generator embedded in said Carrier Application configured to generate a unique promotion code when a user operates the Carrier Application in a predetermined manner; and
(c) an Award Service Website accessible on the Internet which is configured to maintain an award account for a user and to receive a submission of a promotion code generated by the Promotion Code Generator in a Carrier Application for validation and crediting to the user'"'"'s award account as a validated promotion award corresponding to the promotion code submitted, whereupon the user can transfer, exchange, and/or redeem the validated promotion award.
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Abstract
A system and method for distribution and management of electronic vouchers (coupons) provides for embedding a Promotion Code Generator in a Carrier Application in the form of software, installing the Carrier Application on a user'"'"'s computing device, using the Promotion Code Generator to generate a promotion code when the user operates the software in a predetermined manner, and validating a promotion award upon submission of the promotion code by the user to an Award Service Website for exchange and/or redemption. In the preferred system, the Carrier Application is mobile game software that is installed or downloaded to a mobile computing device. Promotion partners can initiate promotions through a Promotion Partners Website by selecting the game software, and specifying parameters for preloading it with promotions. The status of a promotion is tracked via a Promotion Bank in the promotion partner'"'"'s account. The games are installed on users'"'"' mobile devices either by direct installation or by downloading from authorized distribution sites. The code generator in the game software generates promotion codes whenever the user operates the game successfully. Users can validate their awards online at the Award Service Website which updates the Promotion Bank in the partner'"'"'s promotion account.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for distribution and management of electronic vouchers (coupons) comprising:
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(a) a Carrier Application constituted by a software program operable by a user on a computing device;
(b) a Promotion Code Generator embedded in said Carrier Application configured to generate a unique promotion code when a user operates the Carrier Application in a predetermined manner; and
(c) an Award Service Website accessible on the Internet which is configured to maintain an award account for a user and to receive a submission of a promotion code generated by the Promotion Code Generator in a Carrier Application for validation and crediting to the user'"'"'s award account as a validated promotion award corresponding to the promotion code submitted, whereupon the user can transfer, exchange, and/or redeem the validated promotion award. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for distribution and management of electronic vouchers (coupons) comprises:
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(a) a Promotion Partners Website accessible by a promotion partner on the Internet which is configured to maintain a promotion account for a promotion partner to initiate an electronic voucher promotion, and to enable the promotion partner to specify parameters for the generation of promotion codes representing respective promotion awards from a selected Carrier Application to be distributed to users in the promotion;
(b) a Carrier Application constituted by a software program operable by a user on a computing device having embedded therein a Promotion Code Generator configured to generate an electronic voucher represented by a promotion code when the user operates the Carrier Application in a predetermined manner;
(c) means for configuring a Carrier Application selected by a promotion partner on the Promotion Partners Website so that its Promotion Code Generator is loaded with the capability to generate selected promotion codes when a user operates the Carrier Application in the predetermined manner; and
(d) means for distributing copies of the Carrier Application to be operated on computing devices of users participating in the promotion so as to generate promotion codes from their operation of the Carrier Application in the predetermined manner; and
(e) means for allowing users to submit promotion codes generated by the distributed copies of the Carrier Application for validation of promotion awards to the users and for tracking the status of the promotion awards through the participating partner'"'"'s promotion account. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for distribution of electronic vouchers (coupons) from a software carrier application operable on a computing device comprising:
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(a) installing a Carrier Application on a user'"'"'s computing device;
(b) providing a Promotion Code Generator embedded in said Carrier Application which is configured to generate a promotion code when a user operates the Carrier Application in a predetermined manner; and
(c) awarding an electronic voucher to the user in the form of a unique promotion code generated by the Promotion Code Generator when the user operates the Carrier Application in the predetermined manner, displaying the promotion code and any associated promotion information to the user on a display interface for the computing device, and storing the generated promotion code in memory on the computing device for later retrieval for validation, exchange and/or redemption. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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