Method and system for providing reward status
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1. A method of influencing a future purchase of a user, the method comprising:
- during a transaction involving a portable consumer device of a user who participates in a first loyalty program and an acceptance point device of a merchant,obtaining, at a computer, portable consumer device information associated with the portable consumer device;
processing, at the computer, the portable consumer device information to determine a current status of the user in the first loyalty program; and
determining, at the computer, a reward status for the first loyalty program, the reward status being a position in the first loyalty program that would qualify the user to receive a reward having a first value;
determining, at the computer, a first future purchase that would cause the user to achieve the reward status in the first loyalty program and qualify the user to receive the reward having the first value;
determining, at the computer, a desired status for the user, the desired status being a position in a second loyalty program that the merchant desires the user to achieve and that qualifies the user to receive a reward having a second, higher value;
determining, at the computer, a second future purchase that would cause the user to achieve the desired status in the second loyalty program and qualify the user to receive the reward having the second, higher value; and
generating, by the computer, a graphical representation that influences the user to make the second future purchase, rather than the first future purchase, by comparatively illustrating that the second future purchase qualifies the user to receive the reward having the second, higher value, whereas the first future purchase would qualify for the reward having the first, lower value.
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to providing a status for one or more rewards using a format in a plurality of display formats. Portable device information associated with a portable device and acceptance point device information associated with an acceptance point device are determined. A status for one or more rewards is determined based on the portable device information and the acceptance point device information. A display format is then determined from a plurality of display formats based on the portable device information and acceptance point device information. A status is then displayed using the display format.
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1. A method of influencing a future purchase of a user, the method comprising:
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during a transaction involving a portable consumer device of a user who participates in a first loyalty program and an acceptance point device of a merchant, obtaining, at a computer, portable consumer device information associated with the portable consumer device; processing, at the computer, the portable consumer device information to determine a current status of the user in the first loyalty program; and determining, at the computer, a reward status for the first loyalty program, the reward status being a position in the first loyalty program that would qualify the user to receive a reward having a first value; determining, at the computer, a first future purchase that would cause the user to achieve the reward status in the first loyalty program and qualify the user to receive the reward having the first value; determining, at the computer, a desired status for the user, the desired status being a position in a second loyalty program that the merchant desires the user to achieve and that qualifies the user to receive a reward having a second, higher value; determining, at the computer, a second future purchase that would cause the user to achieve the desired status in the second loyalty program and qualify the user to receive the reward having the second, higher value; and generating, by the computer, a graphical representation that influences the user to make the second future purchase, rather than the first future purchase, by comparatively illustrating that the second future purchase qualifies the user to receive the reward having the second, higher value, whereas the first future purchase would qualify for the reward having the first, lower value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus configured to influence a future purchase of a user, the apparatus comprising:
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storage containing loyalty program information associated with one or more loyalty programs and a plurality of display formats for displaying a graphical representation; a receiver configured to obtain portable consumer device information associated with a portable consumer device of a user; logic to process portable consumer device information associated with the portable consumer device of the user to determine a current status of the user in a first loyalty program; logic to determine a reward status for the first loyalty program, the reward status being a position in the first loyalty program that would qualify the user to receive a reward having a first value; logic to determine a first future purchase that would cause the user to achieve the reward status in the first loyalty program and qualify the user to receive the reward having the first value; logic to determine a desired status for the user, the desired status being a position in a second loyalty program that a merchant desires the user to achieve and that qualifies the user to receive a reward having a second, higher value; logic to determine a second future purchase that would cause the user to achieve the desired status in the second loyalty program and qualify the user to receive the reward having the second, higher value; and logic to generate a graphical representation that influences the user to make the second future purchase, rather than the first future purchase, by comparatively illustrating that the second future purchase qualifies the user to receive the reward having the second, higher value, whereas the first future purchase would qualify for the reward having the first, lower value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for displaying status information of a user in one or more loyalty programs, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by a computer, portable device information associated with a portable device of the user, wherein the portable device information is provided to an acceptance point device of a merchant during a transaction involving the user and the merchant; obtaining, by the computer, acceptance point device information associated with an the acceptance point device; determining, by the computer, a current status of the user in at least one of the loyalty programs based at least in part on the portable device information; determining, by the computer, a desired status of the user in at least one of the loyalty programs, wherein the desired status represents a status the merchant desires the user to achieve; and selecting, by the computer, a display format from among a plurality of display formats, wherein the selected display format is supported by the acceptance point device, and wherein the selected display format can display on the acceptance point device the current status and the desired status in a manner that will influence the user to perform actions to achieve the desired status. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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