Incentive card program for attracting persons to product or service displays
First Claim
1. A method in a computing system for facilitating attracting potential customers to product presentations, comprising:
- receiving an indication that a card has been swiped in a receiving device, the card having a unique identifier and associated with an account;
determining information about a potential customer;
presenting information to the potential customer about one or more products or services;
determining if the potential customer is a winner in a contest according to one or more criteria; and
when the potential customer is determined to be a winner, causing a monetary amount to be electronically deposited into the account associated with the swiped card.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and techniques for marketing products are provided. Example embodiments provide an Incentive Card Program System (“ICPS”), which enables vendors to attract potential customers to product displays. In one embodiment, the ICPS comprises an incentive card program along with services in the form of hardware, software, or firmware to implement the functions of the program running for example on a computing system associated with product displays, such as a kiosk. In some embodiments, the ICPS optionally includes a portal, accessible over a network such as the Internet, for incentive card holders to obtain information related to their incentive cards. These components cooperate to provide services relating to incentive card programs. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
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31 Claims
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1. A method in a computing system for facilitating attracting potential customers to product presentations, comprising:
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receiving an indication that a card has been swiped in a receiving device, the card having a unique identifier and associated with an account; determining information about a potential customer; presenting information to the potential customer about one or more products or services; determining if the potential customer is a winner in a contest according to one or more criteria; and when the potential customer is determined to be a winner, causing a monetary amount to be electronically deposited into the account associated with the swiped card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A kiosk comprising:
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means for receiving an indication that a card has been swiped in a receiving device, the card having a unique identifier and associated with an account; means for determining information about a potential customer; means for presenting information to the potential customer about one or more products or services; means for determining if the potential customer is a winner in a contest according to one or more criteria; and means for causing a monetary amount to be electronically deposited into the account associated with the swiped card when the potential customer is determined to be a winner.
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