Delivery, organization, and redemption of virtual offers from the internet, interactive-TV, wireless devices and other electronic means
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1. A method of distributing promotional offers to consumers, the method comprising:
- a) creating an enabled promotional offer for a product or service;
b) distributing the enabled promotional offer to the consumers according to their established electronic contact addresses, wherein the promotional offer can be electronically accepted by at least one of the consumers without redeeming the offer;
c) upon electronic acceptance of the enabled promotional offer, placing the unredeemed accepted promotional offer in a coupon database associated with the accepting consumer; and
d) establishing or maintaining an association of the coupon database with the accepting consumer'"'"'s payment system such that presentment of the consumer'"'"'s payment system for payment for the product or service redeems the promotional offer.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for redeeming virtual coupons by associating the coupons with consumers'"'"' credit cards for redemption. In disclosed methods, coupon databases are associated with consumers and associated with the consumers'"'"' credit cards. Coupon offers are stored in the coupon databases and are redeemed by consumers by the use of the credit cards that are associated with the consumers'"'"' coupon databases.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of distributing promotional offers to consumers, the method comprising:
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a) creating an enabled promotional offer for a product or service; b) distributing the enabled promotional offer to the consumers according to their established electronic contact addresses, wherein the promotional offer can be electronically accepted by at least one of the consumers without redeeming the offer; c) upon electronic acceptance of the enabled promotional offer, placing the unredeemed accepted promotional offer in a coupon database associated with the accepting consumer; and d) establishing or maintaining an association of the coupon database with the accepting consumer'"'"'s payment system such that presentment of the consumer'"'"'s payment system for payment for the product or service redeems the promotional offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of distributing promotional offers to consumers, the method comprising:
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a) creating an enabled promotional offer for a product or service; b) establishing a coupon database for each of the consumers; c) registering a payment system for each of the consumers wherein each payment system is associated with the corresponding consumer'"'"'s account; d) distributing the enabled promotional offer to at least one of the consumers according to their established electronic contact addresses, wherein the promotional offer can be electronically accepted by the at least one of the consumers without redeeming the offer once the at least one consumer has registered his payment system; e) upon electronic acceptance of the enabled promotional offer, placing the unredeemed accepted promotional offer in the coupon database associated with the at least one accepting consumer; and f) establishing or maintaining an association of the coupon database with the accepting consumer'"'"'s payment system such that presentment of the consumer'"'"'s payment system for payment for the product or service redeems the promotional offer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of distributing promotional offers to consumers, the method comprising:
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a) creating an enabled promotional offer for a product or service; b) establishing a coupon database for each of the consumers; c) registering a payment system for each of the consumers; d) distributing the enabled promotional offer to at least one of the consumers according to their established electronic contact addresses according to the consumers'"'"' respective geographic locations and at times which according to consumers'"'"' stored preferences associated with the consumers'"'"' coupon databases, wherein the promotional offer can be electronically accepted by the at least one of the consumers without redeeming the offer; e) upon electronic acceptance of the enabled promotional offer, placing the unredeemed accepted promotional offer in the coupon database associated with the at least one accepting consumer; and f) establishing or maintaining an association of the coupon database with the accepting consumer'"'"'s payment system such that presentment of the consumer'"'"'s payment system for payment for the product or service redeems the promotional offer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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