System And Method For An Advertising, Loyalty And Rewards Program

• US 20110313837A1
• Filed: 06/15/2011
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Katz
• Original Assignee: Michael Katz
• Inventors: Katz, Michael J., Osgood, Chad A., Whitley, Lyndon B., Lewis, David S.
• Application Number:
  US13/161,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20110313837A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems

Abstract

A system includes a server, a member portal in communication with the server, a merchant portal in communication with the server, wherein the server captures data relating to a member and the member'"'"'s transactions, receives data entered by the member and processes the data to administer an advertising, loyalty and rewards program.

Claims

1. A reward system comprising:

a consumer portal;

a merchant portal, and

a server in communication with the merchant portal and consumer portal, the server configured to;

receive consumer transaction data,

receive consumer location data,

receive search criteria,

determine a local merchant based on the received consumer transaction data, consumer location data, and search criteria, and

transmit the local merchant determination to the consumer.

2. The reward system of claim 1, wherein the merchant portal comprises:

a media engine component that manages messaging options for a merchant to launch a campaign regarding an offer.

3. The reward system of claim 1, wherein the merchant portal comprises

a cash reward manager component that executes and monitors cash offers based on the merchant parameters.

4. The reward system of claim 1, further comprising an administrative portal.

5. The reward system of claim 1, further comprising a search component.

6. The reward system of claim 5, wherein the search component further comprises a feed component.

7. The reward system of claim 5, wherein the search component further comprises a market relevancy engine.

8. The reward system of claim 1, wherein the consumer portal further comprises an activity dashboard.

9. The reward system of claim 1, further comprising a standard local search component.

10. The reward system of claim 1, further comprising a card manager component.

11. A method comprising:

receiving consumer transaction data;

receiving consumer location data;

receiving search criteria;

determining a local merchant based on the received consumer transaction data, consumer location data, and search criteria; and

transmitting the local merchant determination to a first consumer.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

capturing transaction data of the first consumer based on a registered payment method of the first consumer; and

providing a cash reward to the first consumer based on the first consumer transaction.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

creating a cash reward offer; and

transmitting the cash reward offer to the first consumer based on the local merchant determination.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the cash reward offer is limited to a number of cash reward qualified transactions.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the cash reward offer is further limited by date.

16. A machine-readable storage device comprising computer executable instructions for performing a method of promoting a business, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving consumer transaction data;

receiving consumer location data;

receiving search criteria;

determining a local merchant based on the received consumer transaction data, consumer location data, and search criteria; and

transmitting the local merchant determination to the consumer.

17. The machine-readable storage device of claim 16, further comprising:

capturing transaction data of the first consumer based on a registered payment method of the first consumer; and

providing a cash reward to the first consumer based on the first consumer transaction.

18. The machine-readable storage device of claim 16, further comprising:

creating a cash reward offer; and

transmitting the cash reward offer to the first consumer based on the local merchant determination.

19. The machine-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the cash reward offer is limited to a number of cash reward qualified transactions.

20. The machine-readable storage device of claim 20, wherein the cash reward offer is further limited by date.