Incentive network
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Abstract
An incentive network equipped with methods for distributing incentives on a network-wide basis and for permitting user access to individual incentives from any network server. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method performed by a server for accessing incentives in an network, comprises steps of receiving an access request from a device associated with a user and connected to the network, transmitting identifying information corresponding to the access request to a host, receiving incentive information from the host reflecting available incentives corresponding to the identifying information, and transmitting a network document, including the incentive information, to the device associated with the user in response to the access request. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for accessing incentives in an network, comprises transmitting an access request to access a server in the network, receiving a subscriber request for a subscriber ID associated with the access request, transmitting the subscriber ID to the server, and receiving in response to the access request incentive information reflecting available incentives corresponding to the subscriber ID, wherein the server provides the subscriber ID to a host that selects and transmits the incentive information to the server.
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34 Claims
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22. An electronic coupon distribution system comprising:
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a main server system, a client system and a distributed computer network;
said distributed computer network linking said main server system with said client system, said client system being remotely located from said main server system;
said main server system calculating a device ID and assigning said device ID to said client system, said client system being identified by said device ID;
said client system receiving said device ID from said main server system, collecting information from a user, and providing said information to said main server system, said information being indicative of one or more demographic characteristics of said user while being insufficient to identify said user, said main server system associating said information with said device ID and using said information to provide coupon data to said client system, said client system using said coupon data to generate said coupon. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An electronic coupon distribution system comprising:
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a main server system, a client system and a distributed computer network;
said distributed computer network linking said main server system with said client system;
said client system being remotely located from said main server system;
said main server system calculating a device ID and assigning said device ID to said client system;
said client system being identified by said device ID;
said client system receiving said device ID from said main server system, collecting information from a user, and providing said information to said main server system;
said information being indicative of one or more demographic characteristics of said user while being insufficient to identify said user; and
.said main server system associating said information with said device ID and using said information to provide coupon data to said client system.
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