LOYALTY POINTS SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS
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Abstract
The invention facilitates pooling, gifting or transferring of geographic area loyalty points between accounts. The invention also facilitates a transfer of geographic area loyalty points from a consumer account associated with a sponsoring company to a consumer account associated with a host company. The invention may also facilitate gifting of loyalty points to charitable organizations on a recurring basis, wherein the gifting may transfer any portion of geographic based points to various charities. The system may also convert the geographic area loyalty points to a monetary value, thereby allowing the points to be donated to a charity such that the donation appears to be a monetary value donation to the charity.
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41 Claims
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22. A method, comprising:
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creating, at a computer system, a first profile for a primary member associated with a loyalty points account; and creating, at the computer system, a second profile for a supplementary member associated with the loyalty points account, wherein the second profile specifies that the supplementary member is authorized with respect to the loyalty points account. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a computer system, information indicative of activity of a supplementary member associated with an aggregate consumer loyalty account, wherein a primary member is also associated with the aggregate consumer loyalty account; and updating, at the computer system, the aggregate consumer loyalty account based on the activity of the supplementary member. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a computer system, information from a primary member identifying one or more supplementary members to be associated with a consumer loyalty account; and establishing, at the computer system, the consumer loyalty account, wherein the established consumer loyalty account is associated with the primary member and the one or more supplementary members; wherein the computer system permits loyalty points earned by the primary member or one of the supplementary members to be associated with the established consumer loyalty account. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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