SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONSOLIDATED CARD DELIVERY FOR A PLURALITY OF ADVERTISERS

• US 20080208687A1
• Filed: 06/14/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Garry S. Mcneill
• Original Assignee: Garry S. Mcneill
• Inventors: McNeill, Garry S.
• Application Number:
  US11/763,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20080208687A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

This invention relates generally to advertising, and more specifically, to systems and methods for providing consolidated card delivery for a plurality of advertisers. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a website, the website being a software application accessible over a wide-area-network; accepting a first request through the website from a first advertiser to create a first card; accepting a second request through the website from a second advertiser to create a second card, the first and second advertisers each providing payment and demographic information; the first and second requests comprising card details, positioning selections, target distribution dates, and target consumers for the first and second cards; creating the first and second cards using a card manufacturer and a graphic designer to conform to the first and second requests; preparing a publication comprising the created first and second cards when the first and second requests include a similar target distribution date and target consumer, the created first and second cards being removably attached, the created first and second cards being positioned according to the positioning selections from the first and second requests; and distributing the publication to the target consumer via mail on the target distribution date, wherein the target consumer can use any of the first and second card for value with the first and second advertiser, respectively.

Claims

1. A method for providing consolidated card delivery for a plurality of advertisers, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a website, the website being a software application accessible over a wide-area-network;

accepting a first request through the website from a first advertiser to create a first card;

accepting a second request through the website from a second advertiser to create a second card, the first and second advertisers each providing payment and demographic information;

the first and second requests comprising card details, positioning selections, target distribution dates, and target consumers for the first and second cards;

creating the first and second cards using a card manufacturer and a graphic designer to conform to the first and second requests;

preparing a publication comprising the created first and second cards when the first and second requests include a similar target distribution date and target consumer, the created first and second cards being removably attached, the created first and second cards being positioned according to the positioning selections from the first and second requests; and

distributing the publication to the target consumer via mail on the target distribution date, wherein the target consumer can use any of the first and second card for value with the first and second advertiser, respectively.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the card details comprise technical features, design features, value types, and value amounts.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the target consumer can further re-use and re-charge the first and second card with the first and second advertiser, respectively.

4. A software application for facilitating card creation and delivery for an advertiser, the software application comprising:

a user-interface, the user-interface configurable to being accessible to an advertiser over a wide-area-network, the user-interface configurable to performing the steps of

presenting an option to the advertiser to choose a standard card, the standard card embodying common card details, the standard card permitting only minor customization;

presenting an option to the advertiser to build a custom card, the custom card permitting customized card details;

accepting a card selection from the advertiser for either the standard card option or the custom card option;

if the custom card option is selected, further accepting from the advertiser the customized card details;

accepting distribution selections from the advertiser, the distribution selections including a target distribution date and a target consumer;

accepting a positioning selection from the advertiser;

accepting payment information and demographic information from the advertiser;

displaying a summary of an order for the advertiser, the order comprising the card selection, the distribution selections, the positioning selection, the payment information, and the demographic information; and

accepting the order,

wherein a card is created using a card manufacturer and a graphic designer conforming to the order, wherein a publication is prepared including the created card at a position within the publication based on the positioning selection, wherein the publication is distributed to the target consumer on the target distribution date, and wherein the target consumer can use the created card for value with the advertiser.

5. The software application of claim 4, wherein the card details comprise technical features, design features, value types, and value amounts.

6. The software application of claim 4, wherein the customized card details comprise a card shape and graphics.

7. The software application of claim 4, wherein the target consumer can further re-use and re-charge the created card for value with the advertiser.

8. The software application of claim 4, wherein the user-interface is further configurable to performing the steps of:

accepting a request from the target consumer to exchange the created card;

publishing the request for another consumer to review;

facilitating an exchange of the created card between the target consumer and the other consumer for value,

wherein the other consumer can use the card for value with the advertiser.

9. A method for providing consolidated card delivery for a plurality of advertisers, the method comprising the steps of:

accepting a first request from a first advertiser to create a first card;

accepting a second request from a second advertiser to create a second card, the first and second advertisers each providing payment and demographic information;

the first and second requests comprising card details, positioning selections, target distribution dates, and target consumers for the first and second cards;

creating the first and second cards using a card manufacturer and a graphic designer to conform to the first and second requests;

preparing a publication comprising the created first and second cards when the first and second requests include a similar target distribution date and target consumer, the created first and second cards being removably attached, the created first and second cards being positioned according to the positioning selections from the first and second requests; and

distributing the publication to the target consumer via mail on the target distribution date,

wherein the target consumer can use any of the first and second card for value with the first and second advertiser, respectively.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the card details comprise technical features, design features, value types, and value amounts.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the target consumer can further re-use and re-charge the first and second card with the first and second advertiser, respectively.