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SOCIAL INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCE

  • US 20140164079A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2012
  • Published: 06/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of validating an electronic incentive provided to users, the method comprising:

  • distributing an electronic incentive to a first user, the electronic incentive providing a first discount amount for an item or service;

    receiving, from a merchant server, a first indication that the electronic incentive has been redeemed at a merchant point of sale terminal;

    validating that the electronic incentive referred to in the first indication is the electronic incentive distributed to the first user; and

    dynamically altering the first discount amount into a second discount amount different than the first discount amount, so that a redemption of the electronic incentive by the first user provides a discount equal to the second discount amount.

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