SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERING A CUSTOMER IN SWEEPSTAKES

• US 20080274794A1
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Douglas Andrew Mathieson
• Original Assignee: Douglas Andrew Mathieson
• Inventors: MATHIESON, DOUGLAS ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US12/056,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20080274794A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A computerized method and system for providing an incentive for participating in an activity, comprising: establishing an account with the user; tracking usage of the account made by the user during a period of time, the usage associated with a numerical and/or character string; and transforming the numerical and/or character string into at least two entries for a sweepstakes.

Claims

1. A computerized method for providing an incentive for participating in an activity, comprising:

establishing an account with a user;

tracking usage of the account made by the user during a period of time, the usage associated with a numerical and/or character string; and

transforming the numerical and/or character string into at least two entries for a sweepstakes.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the numerical and/or character string is a winning string in the sweepstakes, calculating the benefit based on rules of the sweepstakes;

distributing the benefit to the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the numerical and/or character string is divided into buckets which are used as entries, each bucket comprising at least a portion of the numerical and/or character string.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein each bucket includes a set of numbers and/or characters from the numerical and/or character string.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the set of numbers and/or characters is a consecutive set of numbers and/or characters from the numerical and/or character string.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein each bucket has different odds and payout amounts.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each numerical and/or character string can generate multiple entries in the sweepstakes based on the number of digits and/or characters in the string.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein customized advertising can be provided to the user based on user account activity.

17. The method of claim 5, wherein the consecutive set of numbers and/or characters is taken starting from the right of the numerical and/or character string.

19. The method of claim 5, wherein the consecutive set of numbers and/or characters is taken starting from the left of the numerical and/or character string.

21. The method of claim 4, wherein the set of numbers and/or characters is a permutation of a set of numbers and/or characters taken from the numerical and/or character string.

23. The method of claim 4, wherein the set of numbers and/or characters is a permutation of a set of numbers and/or characters taken from the numerical and/or character string.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is provided an incentive to complete multiple transactions.

26. The method of claim 6, wherein the different odds and payout amounts give the user an incentive to complete expensive transactions.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two entries is entered in a different sweepstakes.

9. A computerized system for providing an incentive for participating in an activity, comprising:

a network connecting a user with a processor, the processor comprising an application capable of;

establishing an account with the user;

tracking usage of the account made by the user during a period of time, the usage associated with a numerical and/or character string;

transforming the numerical and/or character string into at least two entries for a sweepstakes.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the application is further capable of:

if the numerical and/or character string is a winning numerical and/or character string in the sweepstakes, calculating the benefit based on rules of the sweepstakes;

distributing the benefit to the user.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the numerical and/or character string is divided into buckets which are used as entries, each bucket comprising at least a portion of the numerical and/or character string.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each bucket includes a set of numbers and/or characters from the numerical and/or character string.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the set of numbers is a consecutive set of numbers and/or characters from the numerical and/or character string.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein each bucket has different odds and payout amounts.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein each numerical string can generate multiple entries in the sweepstakes based on the number of digits and/or characters in the string.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein customized advertising can be provided to the user based on user account activity.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the consecutive set of numbers and/or characters is taken starting from the right of the numerical and/or character string.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the consecutive set of numbers and/or characters is taken starting from the left of the numerical and/or character string.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the set of numbers and/or characters is a combination of a set of numbers and/or characters taken from the numerical and/or character string.

24. The system of claim 12, wherein the set of numbers and/or characters is a combination of a set of numbers and/or characters taken from the numerical and/or character string.

28. The system of claim 9, wherein the user is provided an incentive to complete multiple transactions.

29. The system of claim 14, wherein the different odds and payout amounts give the user an incentive to complete expensive transactions.

30. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the at least two entries is entered in a different sweepstakes.