METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING COUPONS ASSOCIATED WITH PRESENTATION INSTRUMENTS
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Abstract
This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for dynamically generating coupons. The method may include associating a coupon value with a manufacturer'"'"'s offer onto a presentation instrument. The presentation instrument may include a barcode to store terms of the manufacturer'"'"'s offer and a storage device to store coupon value information. The method may further include distributing the presentation instrument to a customer, scanning the barcode to verify the terms of the offer have been fulfilled, and presenting the presentation instrument to a merchant to access the coupon value information stored on the storage device. Furthermore, the method includes receiving funds in the amount of the coupon value from the manufacturer, and transferring the received funds to the merchant.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, by a computing system, a request to register an instrument that has an initial coupon value associated therewith, wherein the request includes at least one of demographic information, personal information, historical spending information, and survey information associated with a particular individual; and increasing, by the computing system based on the received request, the initial coupon value associated with the instrument to a value greater than the initial coupon value as incentive for the particular individual to register the instrument. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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