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Incentive network for distributing incentives on a network-wide basis and for permitting user access to individual incentives from a plurality of network servers

  • US 7,958,224 B2
  • Filed: 02/17/1999
  • Issued: 06/07/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method for providing access to incentives via a computer network, the computer network comprising at least one incentive host server and at least two network servers for providing a user with access to incentives from the incentive host server, comprising:

  • receiving, at a network server, an access request from a client device associated with the user;

    transmitting a first identifier and a network server identifier (NID) corresponding to the access request to the incentive host server;

    determining at the incentive host server available incentives using at least the first identifier and the NID, wherein the NID is used to identify available incentives in an incentive server database associated with the NID; and

    transmitting information regarding the determined available incentives to the client device.

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