PRODUCT PROMOTION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS

• US 20150193801A1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Million Dollar Smile, L.L.C.
• Original Assignee: Million Dollar Smile, L.L.C.
• Inventors: Cohen, Andrew H.
• Application Number:
  US14/665,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20150193801A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0212 Chance discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0217 involving input on products or services in exchange for incentives or rewards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0224 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a product promotion method. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a product promotion system. In one specific example, the present invention provides a product promotion method, comprising: selecting at least one winning prize for the product promotion; selecting a time period over which the product promotion will be run; selecting a number of prize-winning items that are sold in a store; and providing at least a portion of the winning prize to a person who purchases from the store, during the time period over which the product promotion will be run, all of the selected prize-winning items.

Claims

1. A product promotion method, comprising:

selecting at least one winning prize for the product promotion;

selecting a time period over which the product promotion will be run;

selecting a number of prize-winning items that are sold in a store; and

providing at least a portion of the winning prize to a person who purchases from the store, during the time period over which the product promotion will be run, all of the selected prize-winning items.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the entire winning prize is provided to the first person who purchases from the store, during the time period over which the product promotion will be run, all of the selected prize-winning items.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the entire winning prize is provided to the first person who purchases from the store, all at one time, all of the selected prize-winning items.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the winning prize is provided by an underwriting entity.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the underwriting entity is distinct from an entity that owns the store.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the underwriting entity is an insurance company.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the winning prize is between $1,000 and $1,000,000.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the time period over which the product promotion will be run is between one week and one year.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of prize-winning items selected is between 3 and 10.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the store is a retail store.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the store is an online store.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein the underwriting entity selects the prize-winning items.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the underwriting entity randomly selects the prize-winning the items.

14. The method of claim 4, wherein the underwriting entity selects the time period over which the product promotion will be run.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the store selects the prize-winning items.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the store randomly selects the prize-winning the items.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the store selects the time period over which the product promotion will be run.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein a promotion entity distinct from the store selects the prize-winning items.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the promotion entity randomly selects the prize-winning the items.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein a promotion entity distinct from the store selects the time period over which the product promotion will be run.