Consumer incentive system and method
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1. A method to enhance the relationship between a manufacturer and a consumer comprising offering the consumer who is purchasing at least one of a product of the manufacturer an opportunity to invest in and profit from the future success of the manufacturer in exchange for all or a part of a manufacturer'"'"'s incentive for purchasing the at least one product.
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Abstract
A method and system to enhance the relationship between a manufacturer and a consumer includes offering the consumer who is purchasing at least one of a product of the manufacturer an opportunity to invest in and profit from the future success of the manufacturer in exchange for all or a part of a manufacturer'"'"'s incentive for purchasing the at least one product.
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- 1. A method to enhance the relationship between a manufacturer and a consumer comprising offering the consumer who is purchasing at least one of a product of the manufacturer an opportunity to invest in and profit from the future success of the manufacturer in exchange for all or a part of a manufacturer'"'"'s incentive for purchasing the at least one product.
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7. A method operable on a computer to provide a plurality of customers participating in a manufacturer incentive loyalty stakeholder program relating to purchases of predefined manufacturer'"'"'s product, the method comprising:
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receiving a customer identification number associated with each customer; receiving customer information from each customer including a number of customer incentive units allocated to each customer; selecting a program measurement index related to the predefined manufacturer'"'"'s product; determining an initial measurement index value; storing the customer information with each respective customer identification number on the computer; and determining a current value of the customer incentive units after a predefined time cycle wherein the current value is based on the performance of the manufacturer as determined by the difference between current measurement index value and the initial measurement index value. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing a plurality of customers participating in a manufacturer incentive loyalty stakeholder program relating to purchases of a predefined manufacturer'"'"'s product, the system comprising:
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a computer processor; and a memory operatively connected to the processor wherein the processor is operative with control instructions in the memory to perform the steps of; receiving a customer identification number associated with each customer; receiving customer information from each customer including a number of customer incentive units allocated to each customer; selecting a program measurement index related to the predefined manufacturer'"'"'s product; determining an initial measurement index value; storing the customer information with each respective customer identification number on the computer; and determining a current value of the customer incentive units after a predefined time cycle wherein the current value is based on the performance of the manufacturer as determined by the difference between current measurement index value and the initial measurement index value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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