REAL TIME REDEMPTION TRACKING SYSTEM

• US 20130124280A1
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tansel Yilmaz
• Original Assignee: Tansel Yilmaz
• Inventors: Yilmaz, Tansel
• Application Number:
  US13/464,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124280A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0825 using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0863 involving passwords or one-time passwords network architectures or network communication protocols for using one-time keys in a packet data network H04L63/067
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0877 using additional device, e.g. trusted platform module [TPM], smartcard, USB or hardware security module [HSM]

Abstract

A marketing system is disclosed comprising a merchant server including means for providing a vendor website; a point of sale terminal in communication with the merchant server, the point of sale terminal for conducting a retail transaction with a customer; a tracking server in communication with the merchant server, the tracking server for acquiring customer statistics and providing the customer statistics to the merchant server; and an internet-ready device in communication with a marketing system application disposed in the tracking server, the internet-ready device for utilizing a token received in the retail transaction.

Claims

1. A marketing system comprising:

a merchant server including means for providing a vendor website;

a point of sale terminal in communication with said merchant server, said point of sale terminal for conducting a retail transaction with a customer;

a tracking server in communication with said merchant server, said tracking server for acquiring customer statistics and providing said customer statistics to said merchant server; and

an internet-ready device in communication with a marketing system application disposed in said tracking server, said internet-ready device for utilizing a token received in said retail transaction.