INCENTIVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION RESERVATIONS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- forming, at a hand held consumer wireless telecommunications device, data sufficient to make a reservation with a reservation broker for an inventory to be received by a consumer from a merchant, wherein the data includes an indicator of a first payment account associated with a payment processing system;
receiving, at the hand held consumer wireless telecommunications device, a confirmation of the reservation with the reservation broker, whereby an incentive will be earned for a transaction associated with the reservation that is payable on a second payment account associated with the payment processing system that matches the first payment account.
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Abstract
A portable consumer device is used to wirelessly communicate at least payment account data to a reservation system to make a reservation. If the same payment account is used to pay for the reserved good or service, an incentive can be received. Information on the incentive can be received, for example, at the hand held consumer electronic device. Within a hospitality industry environment, a consumer may use a hand held wireless telecommunication device to communicate the payment account number to a reservation broker that makes a reservation for dining at a restaurant. The consumer may also receive confirmation of the reservation at the hand held wireless telecommunication device. The consumer may receive information characterizing an incentive if the same payment account used to make the restaurant reservation is used to pay for the dinning associated with the reservation.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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forming, at a hand held consumer wireless telecommunications device, data sufficient to make a reservation with a reservation broker for an inventory to be received by a consumer from a merchant, wherein the data includes an indicator of a first payment account associated with a payment processing system;
receiving, at the hand held consumer wireless telecommunications device, a confirmation of the reservation with the reservation broker, whereby an incentive will be earned for a transaction associated with the reservation that is payable on a second payment account associated with the payment processing system that matches the first payment account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Any hand held consumer wireless telecommunications device having a processor executing a program to:
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form a first transmission having data sufficient to make a reservation with a reservation broker, wherein the data includes an indicator of a first payment account associated with a payment processing system;
receive a second transmission including a confirmation of the reservation; and
receive a third transmission including information characterizing an incentive for each match of the first payment account for the reservation with a second payment account associated with the payment processing system, wherein a transaction associated with the reservation is payable on the second payment account. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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forming, at a portable consumer device, a first transmission having data sufficient to make a reservation with a reservation broker for a party at a restaurant, wherein the data includes;
an indicator of a first payment account associated with a payment processing system, a number of expected people in the party, a date of the reservation, and a time of the reservation;
receiving, at the portable consumer device, a second transmission including a confirmation of the reservation; and
receiving information characterizing an incentive for each match of the first payment account for the reservation with a second payment account associated with the payment processing system, wherein a transaction associated with the reservation is payable on the second payment account. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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