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Anonymity-ensured system for providing affinity-based deliverables to library patrons

  • US 8,407,062 B2
  • Filed: 01/05/2011
  • Issued: 03/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing deliverables in the form of services and/or items to patrons of a library comprising:

  • a confirmation item received by the patron from the library upon either checking out a specific library asset or reserving a specific library asset for checkout, said confirmation item bearing indicia indicative of a category of interest related to the subject matter of the specific library asset; and

    an Internet-based system establishing a program at a website for providing said deliverables, said deliverables being in the form of information and/or expertise in the category of interest and/or events or programs available from the library or from others in the category of interest and/or promotional values in the category of interest, said Internet-based system being arranged so that the patron who receives said confirmation item can access said website to opt-into said program if the patron so chooses, said website being arranged to receive from the patron who has opted-in an input corresponding to said indicia on said confirmation item, as well as patron information, whereupon said Internet-based system responds to said indicia and said patron information by presenting the patron with information about said deliverables, so that the patron can avail himself/herself of said deliverables if the patron so chooses.

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