Method and apparatus to facilitate the electronic accumulation and redemption of a value in an account
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1. An automated system to facilitate a redemption of value against a single purchase price, the system including:
- a first module to allocate a first value, of a first value type, to a user within a transaction system, and to allocate a second value, of second value type different from the first value type, to the user within the transaction system; and
a second module to enable the user to redeem both the first value and the second value against the single purchase price.
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Abstract
An automated system to facilitate redemption of value against a single purchase price includes a first module to allocate a first value, of a first value type, to a user within a transaction system. The first module is further to allocate a second value, of a second value type different from the first value type, to the user within the transaction system. A second module is to enable a user to redeem both the first value and the second value against a single purchase price.
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1. An automated system to facilitate a redemption of value against a single purchase price, the system including:
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a first module to allocate a first value, of a first value type, to a user within a transaction system, and to allocate a second value, of second value type different from the first value type, to the user within the transaction system; and
a second module to enable the user to redeem both the first value and the second value against the single purchase price. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automated method to facilitate a redemption of value against a single purchase price, the method including:
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allocating a first value, of a first value type, to a user within a transaction system;
allocating a second value, of second value type different from the first value type, to the user within the transaction system; and
enabling the user to redeem both the first value and the second value against the single purchase price. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An automated system to facilitate accumulation of value in an account of a user, the system including:
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an accumulation module to receive, from a user, first activity information regarding a first activity performed by the user and responsive to receipt of the first activity information, to allocate a first value of a first value type to an account associated with the user; and
to receive, from the user, second activity information regarding a second activity performed by the user and responsive to receipt of the second activity information, to allocate a second value of a second value type to the account associated with the user, the first and second value types being different value types; and
a redemption module to enable the user to redeem the first and second values against a single purchase price. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An automated method to facilitate accumulation of value in an account of a user, the method including:
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receiving, from a user, first activity information regarding a first activity performed by the user;
responsive to receipt of the first activity information, allocating a first value of a first value type to an account associated with the user;
receiving, from the user, second activity information regarding a second activity performed by the user;
responsive to receipt of the second activity information, allocating a second value of a second value type to an account associated with the user, the first and second value types being different value types; and
enabling the user to redeem the first and second values against a single purchase price. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. An automated system to facilitate a redemption of value against a purchase price, the system including:
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first means for allocating a first value, of a first value type, to a user within a transaction system, and for allocating a second value, of second value type different from the first value type, to the user within the transaction system; and
second means for enabling the user to redeem both the first value and the second value against the purchase price.
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60. An automated system to facilitate accumulation of value in an account of a user, the system including:
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first means for receiving from a user, first activity information regarding a first activity performed by the user and responsive to receipt of the first activity information, for allocating a first value of a first value type to an account associated with the user; and
for receiving, from the user, second activity information regarding a second activity performed by the user and responsive to receipt of the second activity information, for allocating a second value of a second value type to the account associated with the user, the first and second value types being different value types; and
second means for enabling the user to redeem the first and second values against a single purchase price.
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61. A machine-readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform an automated method to facilitate a redemption of value against a purchase price, the method including:
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allocating a first value, of a first value type, to a user within a transaction system;
allocating a second value, of second value type different from the first value type, to the user within the transaction system; and
enabling the user to redeem both the first value and the second value against the purchase price.
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62. A machine-readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform an automated method to facilitate accumulation of value in an account of a user, the method including:
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receiving, from a user, first activity information regarding a first activity performed by the user;
responsive to receipt of the first activity information, allocating a first value of a first value type to an account associated with the user;
receiving, from the user, second activity information regarding a second activity performed by the user;
responsive to receipt of the second activity information, allocating a second value of a second value type to an account associated with the user, the first and second value types being different value types; and
enabling the user to redeem the first and second values against a single purchase price.
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