POINT SOURCE ASSET SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090216593A1
• Filed: 05/05/2009
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RTS Recyclebank LLC
• Original Assignee: RTS Recyclebank LLC
• Inventors: Yang, Frank, Yang, David, Gonen, Ron
• Application Number:
  US12/435,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20090216593A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/30 Administration of product recycling or disposal
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/00 Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a point-source asset system for managing an incentive-based environmentally-conscious behavior program and methods of implementing the same. In one embodiment, a system comprises: an administrative entity, communicably accessible via a computer network, comprising a database; a consumer entity having an entity account stored on the database; an environmentally-conscious sub-program, comprising a point-source asset, associated with the consumer entity; a means for monitoring point-source asset activity within the environmentally-conscious sub-program; and a means for granting a credit value, correlating to the point-source asset activity, to the entity account.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an administrative entity, communicably accessible via a computer network, comprising a database;

a consumer entity having an entity account stored on the database;

an environmentally-conscious sub-program, comprising a point-source asset, associated with the entity account;

a means for monitoring point-source asset activity within the environmentally-conscious sub-program; and

a means for granting a credit value, correlating to the point-source asset activity, to the entity account.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a means for enabling the consumer entity to manage the credit values associated with the entity account.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for enabling the consumer entity to manage the credit values comprises enabling the consumer entity to redeem the credit values for a reward with a third party vendor.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the environmentally-conscious sub-program comprises one of a curbside recycling and waste program, kiosk-based recycling and waste program, drop-off center recycling and waste program, commerce-based environmentally-conscious program, or utility- and commodity-based conservation program.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of environmentally-conscious sub-programs, each comprising a point-source asset, are associated with the entity account.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of environmentally-conscious sub-programs comprise a plurality of point source assets associated with the entity account.

7. A method of managing a system, comprising:

providing a database hosted on a server at an administrative entity;

creating an entity account within the database for a consumer entity;

associating an environmentally-conscious sub-program, comprising a point-source asset, with the entity account;

monitoring point-source asset activity within the environmentally-conscious sub-program; and

granting a credit value, correlating to the point-source asset activity, to the entity account.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising enabling the consumer entity to manage the credit values associated with the entity account.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein enabling the consumer entity to manage the credit values comprises enabling the consumer entity to redeem the credit values for a reward with a third party vendor.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein redeeming the credit values for a reward with a third party vendor is conducted through a network-based shopping forum.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the environmentally-conscious sub-program comprises one of a curbside recycling and waste program, kiosk-based recycling and waste program, drop-off center recycling and waste program, commerce-based environmentally-conscious program, or utility- and commodity-based conservation program.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein a plurality of environmentally-conscious sub-programs, each comprising a point-source asset, are associated with the entity account.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of environmentally-conscious sub-programs comprise a plurality of point source assets associated with the entity account.

14. A tangible computer readable medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement:

creating an entity account within the database for a consumer entity;

associating an environmentally-conscious sub-program, comprising a point-source asset, with the entity account;

monitoring point-source asset activity within the environmentally-conscious sub-program; and

granting a credit value, correlating to the point-source asset activity, to the entity account.

15. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 14, further comprising enabling the consumer entity to manage the credit values associated with the entity account.

16. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein enabling the consumer entity to manage the credit values comprises enabling the consumer entity to redeem the credit values for a reward with a third party vendor.

17. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the environmentally-conscious sub-program comprises one of a curbside recycling and waste program, kiosk-based recycling and waste program, drop-off center recycling and waste program, commerce-based environmentally-conscious program, or utility- and commodity-based conservation program.

18. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein a plurality of environmentally-conscious sub-programs, each comprising a point-source asset, are associated with the entity account.

20. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the tangible computer readable medium is stored on a server, hosted by an administrative entity.

19. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of environmentally-conscious sub-programs comprise a plurality of point source assets associated with the entity account.