SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CREDITS FROM THIRD PARTIES FOR REDEMPTION AT MEMBER RETAILERS
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a memory to store an incoming credit email message;
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor that, in response to receipt of the credit email message and selection of a link contained on the credit email message, establishes communication with a storage area remote from the electronic device and accessible by a plurality of retailers to upload a digital credit into an account of a registered user using the electronic device, the digital credit being applied to purchases at any of the plurality of retailers.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic device is adapted to receive and upload digital credits for later application as part of payment for purchases at particular retailer. The electronic device comprises a memory to store an incoming credit email message, and a processor that, in response to receipt of the credit email message and selection of a link contained on the credit email message, establishes communication with a storage area remote from the electronic device in order to upload a digital credit into an account of a registered user using the electronic device. The storage area is accessible by a plurality of retailers to allow the retailers, when the registered user of the electronic device is present at the retailer, to fetch and apply the digital credit to purchases at the retailer.
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21 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a memory to store an incoming credit email message; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor that, in response to receipt of the credit email message and selection of a link contained on the credit email message, establishes communication with a storage area remote from the electronic device and accessible by a plurality of retailers to upload a digital credit into an account of a registered user using the electronic device, the digital credit being applied to purchases at any of the plurality of retailers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Software embodied in a computer readable medium and executed by a processing unit implemented within an electronic device being part of a credit redemption system to perform the operations of:
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establishing a communication with a remotely located storage area accessible by a plurality of retailers; and uploading a digital credit to the remotely located storage from which such credits are subsequently downloaded to a point-of-sale system of one of the plurality of retailers for applying a credit to a purchase of an item at the one of the plurality of retailers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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(1) establishing a communication with a remotely located electronic device; (2) receiving a digital credit from the electronic device for storage within a holding account assigned to a recipient of the digital credit; and (3) downloading the digital credit to a point-of-sale system of one of a plurality of retailers having access to the holding account, the digital credit being applying to a purchase of an item at the one of the plurality of retailers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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