METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING A REWARD PROGRAM
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, a central controller stores a series of registrations, each of which corresponds to a purchaser of a product. The central controller calculates a measurement of product success, such as the number of products sold or the market share of the product. The central controller determines if the measurement is within a predetermined range. For example, the central controller may determine if the number of products sold exceeds a predetermined threshold. A selected set of registrations which are “early-adopter” registrations are selected. The set of registrations thereby defines a set of early-adopter purchasers. For example, the central controller may select a set of registrations having ordinal positions within a predetermined range of positions, such as the first hundred registrations. Thus, one hundred early-adopter purchasers are defined. If the measurement of product success is within the predetermined range, a reward, such as a refund or a free product, is provided to each early-adopter purchaser. For example, if sales of the product exceed 1,000,000 units, a reward is provided to each early-adopter purchaser.
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46 Claims
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21. A method for facilitating the introduction of new products to market, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of early-adopter registrations, wherein the early-adopter registrations comprise registrations occurring early in the life cycle of a product; determining, by a processor, a measurement of success associated with the early-adopter registrations; determining, by the processor, whether the measurement of success satisfies a predetermined threshold; and upon determining that the measure of success satisfies the predetermined threshold, facilitating provision of a reward to a user associated with at least one of the early-adopter registrations. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for facilitating the introduction of new products to market, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of product registrations, wherein the plurality of product registrations comprise early-adopter registrations; determining, by a processor, a measurement of success associated with the product registrations; determining, by the processor, whether the measurement of success satisfies a predetermined threshold; and upon determining that the measure of success satisfies the predetermined threshold, facilitating provision of a reward to a user associated with at least one of the early-adopter registrations. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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