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ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM WITH ENTITLEMENT AND PROMOTION ENGINES

  • US 20130097006A1
  • Filed: 10/12/2012
  • Published: 04/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for selling site-related privileges over the Internet to consumers through consumer'"'"'s digital devices connected to the Internet, comprising:

  • (A) storing data pertaining to a plurality of sites and associated available privileges, including privilege description and cost data, in a database in a digital data storage device accessible to a computer connected to the Internet;

    (B) programming the computer with a program that accesses the database and the Internet and is capable of performing steps (C) through (K) and (M) below;

    (C) querying the consumer via a consumer interface presented on the Internet and available to the consumer'"'"'s digital device connected to the Internet to view data concerning sites of interest and related privileges;

    (D) retrieving data from the database related to privileges of interest to the consumer in response to consumer responses in step (C);

    (E) presenting the data retrieved in step (D) to the consumer;

    (F) querying the consumer to select privileges to purchase;

    (G) in the event that the consumer elects to purchase a privilege, presenting payment options to the consumer and recording responsive payment option information provided by the consumer in the database;

    (H) recording privilege purchase data pertaining to the privileges purchased by the consumer, in the database;

    (I) developing access data through which the consumer may access purchased privileges and storing the access data in the database in association with the privilege purchase data pertaining to one or more purchased privileges;

    (J) communicating the access data to the consumer to empower the consumer to redeem the purchased privileges;

    (K) when the consumer chooses to redeem the privileges purchased, receiving access data from the consumer and retrieving privilege purchase data from the database that is associated with the access data;

    (L) upon receiving valid access data, permitting the consumer to redeem purchased privileges by granting access to the privileges; and

    (M) recording redemption data in the database.

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