USER MATRICULATION STATUS DETERMINATION VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK
First Claim
1. In a computer system having at least one user interface including at least one input device and at least one output device, a method for providing at least one offer to a verified educational institution user, comprising:
- receiving through at least one of the at least one input devices information identifying said educational institution user and an educational institution, based on the information received, querying at least one networked data source to associate the user with at least one of a student status and a faculty status at said educational institution, and, based on the status associated with the user, through at least one of the at least one output devices, providing the user with at least one offer.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for verifying a user as a member of an affinity group, including receiving user information identifying a user identity and at least one affinity group, and based on the user information, querying at least one networked data source to associate at least one status with the user information. The user information can include at least one of a name, a user name, a social security number, a group identification number, a personal identification number, a member number, a password, a telephone number, a loan number, an email address, a mailing address, a certificate number, and an employee number, for example. The methods and system can thus provide an offer to the user based on the status associated with the user. A threshold can be used in some embodiments to determine the whether a further query can be performed to verify status within the affinity group.
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19 Claims
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1. In a computer system having at least one user interface including at least one input device and at least one output device, a method for providing at least one offer to a verified educational institution user, comprising:
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receiving through at least one of the at least one input devices information identifying said educational institution user and an educational institution, based on the information received, querying at least one networked data source to associate the user with at least one of a student status and a faculty status at said educational institution, and, based on the status associated with the user, through at least one of the at least one output devices, providing the user with at least one offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a computer system having at least one user interface including at least one input device and at least one output device, a method for providing at least one offer to a verified member of an affinity group, the method comprising:
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receiving through at least one of the at least one input devices information identifying a user and an affinity group, based on the information received, querying at least one networked data source to associate at least one status relating to the affinity group with the user, and, based on the status associated with the user, through at least one of the at least one output devices, providing the user with at least one offer. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A system for providing an offer to a member of an affinity group, the system comprising:
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means for receiving at least one offer from at least one offer supplier, means for receiving information identifying a user and the affinity group, a verify processor in communications with at least one networked data source, and capable of querying the at least one networked data source for data to verify a status of a user as a member of the affinity group, and, means for providing at least one of the at least one offers to a verified user based on a verified status of the user as a member of the affinity group. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A computer system comprising at least one processor for providing an offer to a verified educational institutional user, the system comprising:
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at least one input device for receiving information identifying a user and an educational institution, instructions for causing at least one of the at least one processors to query, based on the information, at least one networked data source to associate the user with at least one of a student status and a faculty status, and, instructions to cause the at least one output device to provide, based on the association, the offer to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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