System and method of notifying user near point of sale location of available rewards at the point of sale location
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a central processor, user preferences associated with a rewards account;
receiving, at the central processor, identification information and information about a current location of a user associated with the user preferences via a network, wherein the information about the current location of the user is received in response to a user transaction at a first point of sale (POS) system and based on first POS system data;
accessing, in data storage associated with the central processor, a rewards account of the user using the identification information to determine available rewards, wherein the determination of the available rewards is based at least in part on the user preferences;
determining, using the central processor, a merchant within a predetermined distance of the current location of the user associated with the determined available rewards using the received information about the current location of the user and the determined available rewards;
transmitting, from a user notification module of the central processor via a network, a push notification to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the push notification comprises data indicative of the available rewards and the merchant within the predetermined distance of the current location of the user; and
receiving, at the central processor, redemption data associated with the push notification.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for a point of sale reward system are provided. The system notifies users proximate to a point of sale location of rewards available for redemption specific to that user at that specific point of sale location.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a central processor, user preferences associated with a rewards account; receiving, at the central processor, identification information and information about a current location of a user associated with the user preferences via a network, wherein the information about the current location of the user is received in response to a user transaction at a first point of sale (POS) system and based on first POS system data; accessing, in data storage associated with the central processor, a rewards account of the user using the identification information to determine available rewards, wherein the determination of the available rewards is based at least in part on the user preferences; determining, using the central processor, a merchant within a predetermined distance of the current location of the user associated with the determined available rewards using the received information about the current location of the user and the determined available rewards; transmitting, from a user notification module of the central processor via a network, a push notification to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the push notification comprises data indicative of the available rewards and the merchant within the predetermined distance of the current location of the user; and receiving, at the central processor, redemption data associated with the push notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A rewards system, comprising:
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data storage storing a user rewards account; and a central processor connected to the data storage, the central processor configured to; receive user preferences associated with a rewards account; receive information for identifying a current location of a user via a network, wherein the current location is received in response to a user transaction at a first point of sale (POS) system and based on first POS system data; access the rewards account of the user stored in the data storage using the identification information to determine available rewards, wherein the determination of the available rewards is based at least in part on the user preferences; determine, using the received information about the current location of the user and the determined available rewards, a merchant within a predetermined distance of the current location of the user associated with the determined available rewards; transmit, via a network, a push notification to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the push notification comprises data indicative of the available rewards and the merchant within the predetermined distance of the current location of the user; and receive redemption data associated with the push notification. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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