Delivery, organization, and redemption of virtual offers from the internet, interactive-TV, wireless devices and other electronic means
First Claim
1. A method of offering promotional offers to consumers, the method comprising:
- offering promotional offers to one or more consumers, wherein the promotional offers are associated with one or more source sites and can be electronically accepted by at least some of the consumers without redeeming the accepted offers;
upon electronic acceptance of at least one of the promotional offers by one or more consumers, establishing or maintaining an association of the accepted promotional offer with at least one payment system associated with the one or more consumers; and
upon purchase of the subject matter of the accepted promotional offer with the at least one payment system, electronically receiving a redemption of the accepted promotional offer.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for redeeming virtual coupons by associating the coupons with a consumer and a payment system associated with the consumer. In some embodiments, the method includes offering promotional offers to one or more of consumers, such that the promotional offers are associated with one or more source sites and can be electronically accepted by at least some of the particular consumers without redeeming the accepted offers. Upon electronic acceptance of at least one of the promotional offers by one or more consumer, establishing or maintaining an association of the accepted promotional offer with at least one payment system associated with the consumer. Upon purchase of the subject matter of the accepted promotional offer with the at least one payment system, electronically receiving a redemption of the accepted promotional offer.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of offering promotional offers to consumers, the method comprising:
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offering promotional offers to one or more consumers, wherein the promotional offers are associated with one or more source sites and can be electronically accepted by at least some of the consumers without redeeming the accepted offers; upon electronic acceptance of at least one of the promotional offers by one or more consumers, establishing or maintaining an association of the accepted promotional offer with at least one payment system associated with the one or more consumers; and upon purchase of the subject matter of the accepted promotional offer with the at least one payment system, electronically receiving a redemption of the accepted promotional offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for offering promotional offers to consumers, the system comprising:
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one or more computer-servers comprising one or more computing devices, wherein the one or more computer-servers are operable to; offer promotional offers to one or more consumers, wherein the promotional offers are associated with one or more source sites and can be electronically accepted by at least one of the particular consumers without redeeming the accepted offers; establish or maintain an association of the accepted promotional offer with at least one payment system associated with at least one of the particular consumers, upon electronic acceptance of at least one of the promotional offers by at least one of the particular consumer; and electronically receive a redemption of the accepted promotional offer, upon purchase of the subject matter of the accepted promotional offer with the at least one payment system. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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