POINT POOLING LOYALTY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating a transfer of loyalty points between at least two loyalty accounts, wherein the loyalty points are associated with a geographic area, said method including:
- maintaining a database for storing geographic area loyalty points in at least one loyalty account corresponding to at least one consumer;
receiving a transfer request to transfer a number of geographic area loyalty points from a first loyalty account to at least a second loyalty account;
determining a geographic area related to said geographic area loyalty points requested for transfer;
acquiring data related to a geographic area loyalty point balance of a first loyalty account;
deducting a portion of said geographic area loyalty point balance of said first loyalty account; and
, crediting a geographic area loyalty point balance of said second loyalty account.
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Abstract
The invention facilitates pooling, gifting or transferring of geographic area loyalty points between accounts. The invention also facilitates a transfer of geographic area loyalty points from a consumer account associated with a sponsoring company to a consumer account associated with a host company. The invention may also facilitate gifting of loyalty points to charitable organizations on a recurring basis, wherein the gifting may transfer any portion of geographic based points to various charities. The system may also convert the geographic area loyalty points to a monetary value, thereby allowing the points to be donated to a charity such that the donation appears to be a monetary value donation to the charity.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating a transfer of loyalty points between at least two loyalty accounts, wherein the loyalty points are associated with a geographic area, said method including:
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maintaining a database for storing geographic area loyalty points in at least one loyalty account corresponding to at least one consumer;
receiving a transfer request to transfer a number of geographic area loyalty points from a first loyalty account to at least a second loyalty account;
determining a geographic area related to said geographic area loyalty points requested for transfer;
acquiring data related to a geographic area loyalty point balance of a first loyalty account;
deducting a portion of said geographic area loyalty point balance of said first loyalty account; and
,crediting a geographic area loyalty point balance of said second loyalty account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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