Method and system for redeeming product marketing rebates
First Claim
1. A method for processing a plurality of rebate claims submitted by a consumer is satisfaction of rebate offers each having a monetary value, the consumer having made, in each of plural transactions recorded by a data processing system, a designated purchase having a rebate offer associated therewith, and each transaction having a transaction code assigned thereto identifying the specific qualified transaction but not identifying a particular designated purchase, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a plurality of rebate claims from the consumer, each rebate claim comprising (i) customer identifying information, and (ii) a transaction code which does not include information which identifies a designated purchase in the transaction identified by the transaction code;
(b) matching the transaction code identified in the rebate claims with a transaction code in a data record containing information from the data processing system which contains for each transaction code the identification of each designated purchase associated with the transaction identified by such transaction code;
(c) processing the plurality of rebate claims and data records to create a plurality of validated rebate claims by matching the identification of each designated purchase in the corresponding data record to a corresponding identification in a database of rebate offers to determine the value of each rebate offer;
(d) aggregating the monetary value of the plurality of validated rebate claims; and
(e) transferring the aggregated monetary value to the customer.
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Abstract
A system and method for processing product marketing rebate claims submitted by a consumer in satisfaction of a rebate offer, the consumer having purchased designated products in a qualified transaction recorded by a point-of-sale data processing and storage system that issues a receipt containing a corresponding transaction serial number. The method comprises providing a designated site of a computer information network and accessible by the consumer, and receiving a rebate claim on the designated site. The rebate claim comprises (i) the transaction serial number corresponding to the qualified transaction, and (ii) identifying information corresponding to the consumer. The transaction serial number and the identifying information is stored as a stored data record. An electronic file transfer is received from the point-of-sale data processing and storage system comprising purchase data records, each record comprising the list of products purchased and the transaction serial number for a qualified transaction in which at least one designated product was purchased. Each stored data record is associated with a purchase data record having an identical serial number, and the records are processed to validate the rebate claim. Finally, the value of the rebate offer is transferred to the consumer. Consumer access by the designated site may be via the global computer information network or by telephone, and may also optionally integrate paper-based and smart/credit/debit-card-based rebate claims. A system for performing the above method is also claimed.
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4 Claims
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1. A method for processing a plurality of rebate claims submitted by a consumer is satisfaction of rebate offers each having a monetary value, the consumer having made, in each of plural transactions recorded by a data processing system, a designated purchase having a rebate offer associated therewith, and each transaction having a transaction code assigned thereto identifying the specific qualified transaction but not identifying a particular designated purchase, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a plurality of rebate claims from the consumer, each rebate claim comprising (i) customer identifying information, and (ii) a transaction code which does not include information which identifies a designated purchase in the transaction identified by the transaction code;
(b) matching the transaction code identified in the rebate claims with a transaction code in a data record containing information from the data processing system which contains for each transaction code the identification of each designated purchase associated with the transaction identified by such transaction code;
(c) processing the plurality of rebate claims and data records to create a plurality of validated rebate claims by matching the identification of each designated purchase in the corresponding data record to a corresponding identification in a database of rebate offers to determine the value of each rebate offer;
(d) aggregating the monetary value of the plurality of validated rebate claims; and
(e) transferring the aggregated monetary value to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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