Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network-based sweepstakes system and method
- Patent Title (中): 网络抽奖系统和方法
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Application No.: US12609971Application Date: 2009-10-30
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Publication No.: US08463644B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Jonas Lowell Steinman , Frank William Daugherty , Darrel E. Herbst , Lukas C. Oberhuber
- Applicant: Jonas Lowell Steinman , Frank William Daugherty , Darrel E. Herbst , Lukas C. Oberhuber
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Denton US LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; G06Q30/00
Abstract:
A system and method for automatically enrolling users of a website or other network-based service in sweepstakes. A user of 4 user computer system connects to a host computer system hosting a website or other network-based service and is awarded points for accessing features of the website or service. The points are displayed in real-time on the user's computer and transmitted to a database server, which maintains the user's point totals. The user is then automatically given a number of entries in a sweepstakes based on the number of points he or she has been awarded. Users may also be awarded points for accessing features of websites or services of third-party host computer systems.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100049600A1 NETWORK-BASED SWEEPSTAKES SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-02-25
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