LOYALTY POINTS SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS
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Abstract
The invention facilitates pooling, gifting or transferring of geographic area loyalty points between accounts. The invention also facilitates a transfer of geographic area loyalty points from a consumer account associated with a sponsoring company to a consumer account associated with a host company. The invention may also facilitate gifting of loyalty points to charitable organizations on a recurring basis, wherein the gifting may transfer any portion of geographic based points to various charities. The system may also convert the geographic area loyalty points to a monetary value, thereby allowing the points to be donated to a charity such that the donation appears to be a monetary value donation to the charity.
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31 Claims
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22. A method for facilitating operation of a loyalty points program having at least one primary member, the primary member having an account, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information related to a primary member profile for the account at a server; creating a primary member profile associated with the account in a computer system in communication with the server; creating a supplementary member profile associated with the account in the computer system, wherein the supplementary member profile comprises a supplementary member authorization, and wherein the supplementary member authorization specifies an authorization access that indicates that a supplementary member may redeem at least a portion of loyalty points associated with the account; receiving a transaction request at the server; processing the transaction request using the computer system; and fulfilling the transaction request. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for facilitating operation of a loyalty points program having at least one primary member, the primary member having an account, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information related to a primary member profile for the account at a server; creating a primary member profile associated with the account in a computer system in communication with the server; creating a supplementary member profile associated with the account in the computer system, wherein the supplementary member profile comprises a supplementary member authorization, and wherein the supplementary member authorization specifies an authorization access that indicates that a supplementary member may earn loyalty points that are associated with the account; receiving a transaction request at the server; processing the transaction request using the computer system; and fulfilling the transaction request.
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