SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCENTIVE-BASED RESOURCE CONSERVATION
First Claim
1. A method for administering an incentive-based program to encourage environmentally-conscious behavior comprising:
- providing a network-accessible database, hosted by an administrator, having a plurality of sets of records, each set of records corresponding to a user;
monitoring an environmentally-conscious behavioral activity of a first user, and recording a record of the behavioral activity in the database;
using a computer-based mathematical calculation to translate the record of the behavioral activity to a value, and storing the value within a record of a set of records corresponding to the first user; and
allowing the first user to access the database, using a computing device to communicate through a data portal to the database via a network, to redeem the value for a credit at a third party retailer.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method for administering an incentive-based program to encourage environmentally-conscious behavior. In one embodiment, a method for administering an incentive-based program to encourage environmentally-conscious behavior comprises providing a network-accessible database, hosted by an administrator, having a plurality of sets of records, each set of records corresponding to a user, monitoring an environmentally-conscious behavioral activity of a first user, and recording a record of the behavioral activity in the database, using a computer-based mathematical calculation to translate the record of the behavioral activity to a value, and storing the value within a record of a set of records corresponding to the first user, and allowing the first user to access the database, using a computing device to communicate through a data portal to the database via a network, to redeem the value for a credit at a third party retailer.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for administering an incentive-based program to encourage environmentally-conscious behavior comprising:
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providing a network-accessible database, hosted by an administrator, having a plurality of sets of records, each set of records corresponding to a user; monitoring an environmentally-conscious behavioral activity of a first user, and recording a record of the behavioral activity in the database; using a computer-based mathematical calculation to translate the record of the behavioral activity to a value, and storing the value within a record of a set of records corresponding to the first user; and allowing the first user to access the database, using a computing device to communicate through a data portal to the database via a network, to redeem the value for a credit at a third party retailer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of administering an incentive-based utility conservation program comprising:
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monitoring a first entity'"'"'s utility usage data over a predetermined time interval using a measuring and recording means, and reporting the utility usage data to an administrator; comparing utility usage data to a predetermined limit; determining whether the utility usage data satisfied the predetermined limit, and subsequently converting the utility usage data to a value; and storing the value in a database record, the database record comprising a cumulative value of values accumulated by the first entity; permitting the first entity to access a data portal through a network, using a computing device, to redeem the value for a credit at a third party participating retailer; wherein the cumulative value comprises a plurality of values, each value acquired by the first entity through a plurality of environmentally-conscious behavioral activities. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for administering an incentive-based program to encourage environmentally-conscious behavior comprising:
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establishing a marketplace system, the marketplace system comprising; a computer accessible network; a plurality of consumers; a plurality of merchants; and an administrator, having a database in communication with the network for overseeing transactions between any one of the plurality of consumers and any one of the plurality merchants; monitoring a commercial transaction between a first consumer of the plurality of consumers and one of the plurality merchants; storing data regarding the transaction in the database; using a computer-based mathematical calculation to translate the data to a value, and storing the value within a record in the database corresponding to the first consumer; and allowing the first consumer to access the database, using a computing device to communicate through a data portal to the database via the computer accessible network, to redeem the value for a credit at a third party retailer; wherein the commercial transaction comprises an environmentally-conscious behavioral activity. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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