SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REWARDING CUSTOMER LOYALTY
First Claim
1. A method for rewarding customer loyalty, comprising:
- storing information about a customer scheduled to be charged payment amounts specified by a payment plan;
receiving, by a server computer over a network from a client computer, a request to enroll the customer in a payment reducing plan; and
automatically reducing, by the server computer, the payment amounts charged to the customer over time in accordance with a payment reduction schedule for the payment reducing plan while the customer remains enrolled in the payment reducing plan.
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Abstract
Systems and methods allow for rewarding customer loyalty, such as rewarding members of a fitness club for longevity of membership to the fitness club. A method of an embodiment includes storing information about a customer who is scheduled to be charged payment amounts that are specified by a payment plan. The method further includes receiving, by a server computer over a network from a client computer, a request to enroll the customer in a payment reducing plan. Also, the method further includes automatically reducing, by the server computer, the payment amounts charged to the customer over time in accordance with a payment reduction schedule for the payment reducing plan while the customer remains enrolled in the payment reducing plan.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for rewarding customer loyalty, comprising:
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storing information about a customer scheduled to be charged payment amounts specified by a payment plan; receiving, by a server computer over a network from a client computer, a request to enroll the customer in a payment reducing plan; and automatically reducing, by the server computer, the payment amounts charged to the customer over time in accordance with a payment reduction schedule for the payment reducing plan while the customer remains enrolled in the payment reducing plan. - 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 computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that when executed on a server computer causes the server computer to perform a process, the process comprising:
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storing information about a customer scheduled to be charged payment amounts specified by a payment plan; receiving, by the server computer over a network from a client computer, a request to enroll the customer in a payment reducing plan; and automatically reducing, by the server computer, the payment amounts charged to the customer over time in accordance with a payment reduction schedule for the payment reducing plan while the customer remains enrolled in the payment reducing plan.
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20. A system, comprising:
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a client computer; and a server computer; the server computer configured to store information about a customer scheduled to be charged payment amounts specified by a payment plan; the server computer configured to receive, over a network from the client computer, a request to enroll the customer in a payment reducing plan; and the server computer configured to automatically reduce the payment amounts charged to the customer over time in accordance with a payment reduction schedule for the payment reducing plan while the customer remains enrolled in the payment reducing plan.
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