SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-BASED COPAY CARD REDEMPTION MANAGEMENT

• US 20140310063A1
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQVIA, Inc. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Medimedia, LLC (WebMD Health Corporation)
• Inventors: Freeman, Jesica
• Granted Patent: US 10,282,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and a method for location-based copay card redemption management. In one example, the method includes receiving a redemption measure representing a rate of redeemed copay cards originating from each referral source of a plurality of referral sources, receiving location information of a user device, determining a geographic area of the user device in view of the location information, determining a set of referral sources from the plurality of referral sources based on respective redemption measures and based on the geographic area of the user device, wherein an address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources is located within the geographic area of the user device, and transmitting, to the user device, the address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a redemption measure representing a rate of redeemed copay cards originating from each referral source of a plurality of referral sources;

receiving location information of a user device;

determining a geographic area of the user device in view of the location information;

determining a set of referral sources from the plurality of referral sources based on respective redemption measures and based on the geographic area of the user device, wherein an address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources is located within the geographic area of the user device; and

transmitting, to the user device, the address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of referral sources further comprises referral sources having at least one of a high redemption measure or a low redemption measure.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting to the user device, a ranked order of referral sources having at least one of a high redemption measure or a low redemption measure and located within the geographic area of the user device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a distribution measure representing an amount of copay cards distributed to each referral source of a plurality of referral sources; and

determining, for each referral source of a plurality of referral sources, the redemption measures based on a ratio of the redemption measure and the distribution measure.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic area comprises a radial distance from the location of the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the redemption measure represents a number of copay cards that have been redeemed by the referral source within an identified time period.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the identified time period is one of a biweek, a month, a quarter year, a half year, a year, or program to date.

8. A system comprising:

a memory device; and

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory device, the processing device to;

receive a redemption measure representing a rate of redeemed copay cards originating from each referral source of a plurality of referral sources,

receive location information of a user device,

determine a geographic area of the user device in view of the location information,

determine a set of referral sources from the plurality of referral sources based on respective redemption measures and based on the geographic area of the user device, wherein an address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources is located within the geographic area of the user device, and

transmit, to the user device, the address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the set of referral sources further comprises referral sources having at least one of a high redemption measure or a low redemption measure.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising transmitting to the user device, a ranked order of referral sources having at least one of a high redemption measure or a low redemption measure and located within the geographic area of the user device.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

receive a distribution measure representing an amount of copay cards distributed to each referral source of a plurality of referral sources; and

determine, for each referral source of a plurality of referral sources, the redemption measures based on a ratio of the redemption measure and the distribution measure.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the geographic area comprises a radial distance from the location of the user device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the redemption measure represents a number of copay cards that have been redeemed by the referral source within an identified time period.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the identified time period is one of a biweek, a month, a quarter year, a half year, a year, or program to date.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to execute operations comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a redemption measure representing a rate of redeemed copay cards originating from each referral source of a plurality of referral sources;

receiving location information of a user device;

determining a geographic area of the user device in view of the location information;

determining a set of referral sources from the plurality of referral sources based on respective redemption measures and based on the geographic area of the user device, wherein an address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources is located within the geographic area of the user device; and

transmitting, to the user device, the address associated with each referral source in the set of referral sources.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the set of referral sources further comprises referral sources having at least one of a high redemption measure or a low redemption measure.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising transmitting to the user device, a ranked order of referral sources having at least one of a high redemption measure or a low redemption measure and located within the geographic area of the user device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a distribution measure representing an amount of copay cards distributed to each referral source of a plurality of referral sources; and

determining, for each referral source of a plurality of referral sources, the redemption measures based on a ratio of the redemption measure and the distribution measure.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the geographic area comprises a radial distance from the location of the user device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the redemption measure represents a number of copay cards that have been redeemed by the referral source within an identified time period.