Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Couponless rewards in response to a transaction
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Application No.: US15216264Application Date: 2016-07-21
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Publication No.: US10453088B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Ruth L. Aloni , Benzion T. Axelrod , Jean L. Bowman , Jack J. Funda , Jonathan S. Polon , Sripriya V. Tiku
- Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q20/10

Abstract:
A system and method provide rewards or loyalty incentives to card member customers. The system includes an enrolled card member customer database, an enrolled merchant database, a participating merchant offer database and a registered card processor. The enrolled card member customer database includes transaction accounts of card member customers enrolled in a loyalty incentive program. The enrolled merchant database includes a list of merchants participating in the loyalty incentive program. The participating merchant offer database includes loyalty incentive offers from participating merchants. The registered card processor receives a record for charge for a purchase made with an enrolled merchant by an enrolled card member customer and uses the record of charge to determine whether the purchase qualifies for a rebate credit in accordance with a discount offer from the enrolled merchant. If the purchase qualifies for a rebate credit, the registered card processor provides the rebate credit to an account of the enrolled card member customer. The system provides a coupon-less way for merchants to provide incentive discounts to enrolled customers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160328735A1 COUPONLESS REWARDS IN RESPONSE TO A TRANSACTION Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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