AUTOMATED MEMBERSHIP SYSTEM

• US 20110302016A1
• Filed: 01/28/2010
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Taggo Pte Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Taggo Pte Ltd.
• Inventors: Haddad, Aneace Hadi
• Application Number:
  US13/201,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20110302016A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.25
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0224 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

An automated membership system including (i) an article containing readable data to identify a user and (ii) a server for (a) storing the profile data of the user, the profile data including data representing a first identifier; (b) receiving from the user a request message identifying a vendor; (c) providing the user'"'"'s profile data to the vendor, so as to enable the vendor to carry out a transaction with the user based on a second identifier; (d) storing the second identifier in association with the user'"'"'s profile data, wherein the vendor accesses the second identifier based on a query including the first identifier read from the article, so as to enable the vendor to carry out a transaction with the user based on the second identifier.

Claims

1-34. -34. (canceled)

35. A server in an automated membership system providing membership in a programme offered by a vendor, benefits associated with the programme conferred in connection with a transaction based on a first interaction between a reader associated with the vendor and an article, the server comprising:

a network interface;

a data storage device having a database; and

a processor coupled to the data storage device and the network interface, the processor configured to;

store user profile data in the database, the user profile data including data representing a unique user identifier and other information associated with a user;

receive a request message during a second interaction separate from the first interaction, the request message including a vendor identifier and the user identifier, the request message generated from a web screen, the request message based on an input associated with the web screen, the request message for requesting to establish and store an association between the user identifier and the vendor;

provide an indication to the vendor during the transaction of the association between the vendor and the user identifier based on the first interaction whether or not to enable the benefits associated with the programme to be conferred.

42. An article in an automated membership system providing membership in a programme offered by a vendor, benefits associated with the programme conferred in connection with a transaction based on a first interaction between a reader associated with the vendor and an article, the membership system including a server, the article comprising:

a communication media configured to communicate with the reader, the communication media including one of;

a near field radio transmitter device;

a mobile telecommunications device;

a label including one or more markings representing said identifier; and

a bar code label; and

a user identifier;

wherein the server is configured to;

store user profile data in the database, the user profile data including data representing the user identifier and other information associated with a user;

receive a request message during a second interaction separate from the first interaction, the request message including a vendor identifier and the user identifier, the request message generated from a web screen, the request message based on an input associated with the web screen, the request message for requesting to establish and store an association between the user identifier and the vendor;

provide an indication to the vendor during the transaction of the association between the vendor and the user identifier based on the first interaction whether or not to enable the benefits associated with the programme to be conferred.

48. A method for providing membership in a programme offered by a vendor, benefits associated with the programme conferred in connection with a transaction based on a first interaction between a reader associated with the vendor and an article, the membership system including a server, the method comprising:

storing user profile data including data representing a unique user identifier and other information associated with a user;

generating a request message during a second interaction separate from the first interaction, the request message including a vendor identifier and the user identifier, the request message generated from a web screen associated with the vendor, the request message based on an input associated with the web screen, the request message for requesting to establish and store an association between the user identifier and the vendor; and

indicating to the vendor during the transaction of the association between the vendor and the user identifier based on the first interaction whether or not to enable the benefits associated with the programme to be conferred.