METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REWARD POINTS REDEMPTION FOR COMPUTER-BASED ACTIVITY
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Abstract
A system and method for operating a reward points accumulation and redemption program wherein a user earns reward points from a plurality of reward points issuing entities, each of the reward points issuing entities tracking the user'"'"'s earned reward points in a user reward point account stored on a rewards server. A trading server accumulates the user'"'"'s earned reward points from each of the reward servers interconnected over a network in association with consideration provided by the reward servers to the trading server and credits the accumulated points into a reward exchange account associated with the user. The user may then select an item for purchase from a merchant computer interconnected to the network. The merchant computer provides the item to the user in exchange for consideration received from said trading server, and the trading server reduces the number of points in the user'"'"'s reward exchange account in accordance with the consideration provided to the merchant computer.
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71 Claims
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30. A method of using reward points to pay for services comprising the steps of:
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a. maintaining a reward point account on behalf of a user;
b. the user engaging in a computer-based activity;
c. enabling the user to have access to said computer-based activity in exchange for automatic redemption of at least some of the user'"'"'s reward points from the reward point account. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer-based reward point system comprising:
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a. a reward point account server computer comprising means for storing a reward point account maintained on behalf of a user;
b. means for allowing a user to engage in a computer-based activity;
c. means for enabling the user to have access to said computer-based activity in exchange for automatic redemption of at least some of the user'"'"'s reward points from the reward point account. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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