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Systems and Methods to Aggregate Demand

  • US 20110087531A1
  • Filed: 10/07/2010
  • Published: 04/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • processing, in a computing apparatus, a plurality of transactions, each of the transactions being processed to make a payment from an issuer to an acquirer via a transaction handler in response to an account identifier of a customer, as issued by the issuer, being submitted by a merchant to the acquirer, the issuer to make the payment on behalf of the customer, the acquirer to receive the payment on behalf of the merchant;

    determining, by the computing apparatus, whether each of the plurality of transactions satisfies a predefined purchase requirement;

    identifying, by the computing apparatus, a set of transactions each satisfying the predefined purchase requirement; and

    determining, by the computing apparatus, whether the set of transactions satisfies an aggregated purchase requirement, wherein customers of the set of transactions are entitled to a predefined benefit when the set of transactions satisfies the aggregated purchase requirement.

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