Mobile Phone Based Rebate Device for Redemption at a Point of Sale Terminal
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Abstract
Virtual mobile rewards, gift cards, and/or physical world retailers'"'"' loyalty and reward programs are aggregated into a common account accessible and transactional from an Internet capable mobile radio device. Subscribers gain access to discounted codes, coupons, rebates, gift cards, and/or limited time offers, on their mobile device for food, travel, lifestyle, electronics, and entertainment products that fit their lifestyle spending habits, enabling users to edit participating retailers, manage separate account balances, and present preferred discounted offers at retailers and apply discount towards purchase of goods.
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26 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A method of facilitating a sales transaction with an Internet capable mobile device, comprising:
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a remote computer system receiving from a physical point of sale (POS) terminal, bar code data for purchase of a product or service, wherein the bar code data originates from the Internet capable mobile device as a bar code; the remote computer system processing the bar code data to determine an account identifier that identifies a given user of the Internet capable mobile device; the remote computer system, in response to at least the processed bar code data, communicating an authentication for the sales transaction to the physical POS terminal; and the remote computer system updating an account for the given user to reflect use of the bar code. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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