System and Method for Prepaid Rewards
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- associating, by a computer based system for managing a rewards program, a prepaid transaction account with a rewards program;
monitoring, by the computer based system, a transaction of the prepaid transaction account;
comparing, by the computer based system, the transaction with a criteria governing the rewards program; and
determining, by the computer based system, a reward based the transaction complying the criteria governing the rewards program.
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Abstract
A system and method provide rewards or loyalty incentives to card member customers. The system includes an enrolled card member customer database, an enrolled merchant database, a participating merchant offer database and a registered card processor. The enrolled card member customer database includes transaction accounts of card member customers enrolled in a loyalty incentive program. The enrolled merchant database includes a list of merchants participating in the loyalty incentive program. The participating merchant offer database includes loyalty incentive offers from participating merchants. The registered card processor receives a record for charge for a purchase made with an enrolled merchant by an enrolled card member customer and uses the record of charge to determine whether the purchase qualifies for a rebate credit in accordance with a discount offer from the enrolled merchant. If the purchase qualifies for a rebate credit, the registered card processor provides the rebate credit to an account of the enrolled card member customer. The registered card processor also provides for electronic notification of rewards offers or credit to prepaid cards, in response to purchases conforming to a specific set of merchant criteria. The system provides a coupon-less way for merchants to provide incentive discounts and/or credits to enrolled customers, along with notifying customers of other available incentive offers.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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associating, by a computer based system for managing a rewards program, a prepaid transaction account with a rewards program; monitoring, by the computer based system, a transaction of the prepaid transaction account; comparing, by the computer based system, the transaction with a criteria governing the rewards program; and determining, by the computer based system, a reward based the transaction complying the criteria governing the rewards program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computer based system for managing a rewards program, causes the computer based system to perform a method comprising:
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associating, by the computer based system, a prepaid transaction account with a rewards program; monitoring, by the computer based system, a transaction of the prepaid transaction account; comparing, by the computer based system, the transaction with a criteria governing the rewards program; and determining, by the computer based system, a reward based the transaction complying the criteria governing the rewards program.
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20. A system comprising:
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a network interface communicating with a memory; the memory communicating with a processor; and the processor, when executing a computer program, is configured to; associate a prepaid transaction account with a rewards program; monitor a transaction of the prepaid transaction account; compare the transaction with a criteria governing the rewards program; and determine a reward based the transaction complying the criteria governing the rewards program.
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