Mobile trading card redemption
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- (A) identifying at least one electronic trading card instance transmitted by a user over a network to a redemption processor;
(B) determining whether the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfies at least one predetermined redemption criterion; and
(C) if the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfies the at least one predetermined redemption criterion, providing the user with predetermined consideration in exchange for the at least one electronic trading card instance.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system distributes digital content (such as electronic trading cards) to users and receives such content back from the users. Consideration, such as rewards, may be provided to users in exchange for the digital content they return to the system. For example, a redemption program may provide a reward to users who redeem a specified group of electronic trading cards. Users may trade digital content with each other, and a user who returns a particular unit of digital content need not be the user to whom the digital content unit was originally distributed. Cards may be individually identifiable, enabling both the original recipient of a digital content unit and the redeeming user to be identified. Each user may use the system to keep track of the digital content units that the user has returned to the system so far.
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46 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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(A) identifying at least one electronic trading card instance transmitted by a user over a network to a redemption processor;
(B) determining whether the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfies at least one predetermined redemption criterion; and
(C) if the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfies the at least one predetermined redemption criterion, providing the user with predetermined consideration in exchange for the at least one electronic trading card instance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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identification means for identifying at least one electronic trading card instance transmitted by a user over a network to a redemption processor;
criterion verification means for determining whether the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfies at least one predetermined redemption criterion; and
consideration means for providing the user with predetermined consideration in exchange for the at least one electronic trading card instance if the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfies the at least one predetermined redemption criterion. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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(A) transmitting at least one electronic trading card instance over a network to a redemption processor, the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfying at least one predetermined redemption criterion; and
(B) receiving predetermined consideration in exchange for the at least one electronic trading card instance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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trading card transmission means for transmitting at least one electronic trading card instance over a network to a redemption processor, the at least one electronic trading card instance satisfying at least one predetermined redemption criterion; and
consideration reception means for receiving predetermined consideration in exchange for the at least one electronic trading card instance. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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(A) receiving an indication of a digital content unit transmitted by a transmitting user over a network to a tracking server;
(B) identifying the transmitting user; and
(C) storing an indication that the transmitting user has transmitted the digital content unit to the tracking server. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus comprising:
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reception means for receiving an indication of a digital content unit transmitted by a transmitting user over a network to a tracking server;
identification means for identifying the transmitting user; and
storage means for storing an indication that the transmitting user has transmitted the digital content unit to the tracking server. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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