SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE AN OFFER CAMPAIGN BASED ON TRANSACTIONS WITH DIFFERENT MERCHANTS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, in a computing apparatus, a specification of an offer campaign of a plurality of merchants, the offer campaign requiring a plurality of events linked with each other via prerequisite conditions, each event in the plurality of events being associated with one merchant in the plurality of merchants, the plurality of events associated with more than one merchant;
associating, in the computing apparatus, a consumer payment account of a user with the offer campaign; and
providing, by the computing apparatus, benefits of the offer campaign to the user according to transactions in the consumer payment account and the specification of the offer campaign.
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Abstract
Systems and methods configured to allow an offer campaign to be specified based on event requirements associated with multiple, different merchants. The event requirements are linked via prerequisite conditions to form the offer campaign. Each event may identify an event related to one merchant (e.g., a payment transaction for a purchase from the merchant) and an optional action to be performed in response to a user satisfying the requirements of the event. Each merchant in the offer campaign is allowed to insert an event related to the merchant, subsequently edit the inserted event, and identify other events in the offer campaign as prerequisite requirements of the event related to the merchant. Merchants may be prevented from inserting or editing events specific to other merchants.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, in a computing apparatus, a specification of an offer campaign of a plurality of merchants, the offer campaign requiring a plurality of events linked with each other via prerequisite conditions, each event in the plurality of events being associated with one merchant in the plurality of merchants, the plurality of events associated with more than one merchant; associating, in the computing apparatus, a consumer payment account of a user with the offer campaign; and providing, by the computing apparatus, benefits of the offer campaign to the user according to transactions in the consumer payment account and the specification of the offer campaign. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-storage medium storing instructions configured to instruct a computing apparatus to at least:
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receive, in the computing apparatus, a specification of an offer campaign of a plurality of merchants, the offer campaign requiring a plurality of events linked with each other via prerequisite conditions, each event in the plurality of events being associated with one merchant in the plurality of merchants, the plurality of events associated with more than one merchant; associate, in the computing apparatus, a consumer payment account of a user with the offer campaign; and provide, by the computing apparatus, benefits of the offer campaign to the user according to transactions in the consumer payment account and the specification of the offer campaign.
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18. A computing apparatus, comprising:
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at least one microprocessor; and a memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one microprocessor to perform operations, the computing apparatus comprising; a portal configured to receive a specification of an offer campaign of a plurality of merchants, the offer campaign requiring a plurality of events linked with each other via prerequisite conditions, each event in the plurality of events being associated with one merchant in the plurality of merchants, the plurality of events associated with more than one merchant; a data warehouse configured to associate a consumer payment account of a user with the offer campaign; and a transaction handler coupled with the data warehouse and configured to provide benefits of the offer campaign to the user according to transactions in the consumer payment account and the specification of the offer campaign. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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