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Increase value of consumer coupons

  • US 10,032,183 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of remote electronic devices, each comprisinga display,an input device, anda remote device processor coupled to said display and said input device; and

    a server comprising a memory and a server processor coupled thereto, the memory configured to store a plurality of digital coupons having corresponding promotional values and a plurality of available redeemable values associated with a plurality of users, said processor configured to transmit the plurality of digital coupons and an associated one of the plurality of available redeemable values to a given one of said plurality of remote electronic devices, the associated available redeemable value being redeemable from a respective redeemable value source and toward a plurality of different ones of the plurality of digital coupons redeemable at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at a given retailer location;

    said remote device processor configured todisplay, on said display, the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values, each of the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values being displayed as a graphical digital coupon icon on said display,permit user selection, via said input device, of at least one of the plurality of digital coupons for redemption against the associated available redeemable value,display, on said display, the associated available redeemable value and a plurality of user selectable activities for increasing the associated available redeemable value, each of the plurality of user selectable activities having different redeemable values associated therewith, the associated available redeemable value being displayed as an indicator icon configured to graphically display the associated available redeemable value and a user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon comprising a rotatable pointer and associated indicia to graphically display the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon being adjacent a replication of a graphical digital coupon icon of the user selected at least one digital coupon on the display,permit user selection, via said input device, of at least one activity of the plurality thereof,permit user selection of the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption,send the user selected user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and at least one digital coupon for redemption to said server, andcooperate with said server to queue the user selected at least one digital coupon for printing thereby fixing the user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and permitting redemption at the POS terminal;

    said server processor configured toincrease the associated redeemable value with the corresponding different redeemable values based upon completion of the user selected at least one user selectable activity, anddecrease the associated redeemable value and increase the promotional values of the user selected at least one digital coupon by a corresponding amount based upon the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value;

    said remote device processor configured to update the indicator icon based upon a change in the associated redeemable value.

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