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DIGITAL COUPON CLEARINGHOUSE

  • US 20120284107A1
  • Filed: 05/03/2011
  • Published: 11/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, from one or more coupon providers, data describing coupon offers;

    a server computer causing one or more approved sources to generate coupons for the coupon offers;

    receiving, by the server computer, over a network, from a retailer that is different from the coupon provider, coupon redemption data indicating that the retailer accepted a particular coupon;

    in response to receiving the coupon redemption data, the server computer determining whether the particular coupon was generated by one of the one or more approved sources, and further determining whether the server computer has previously caused any of one or more retailers to be compensated for accepting the particular coupon;

    at least in response to determining that the particular coupon was generated by one of the one or more approved sources, and further in response to determining that the server computer has not previously caused any of the one or more retailers to be compensated for accepting the particular coupon, the server computer marking the particular coupon as redeemed, and causing the retailer to be credited for accepting the particular coupon;

    wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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