Patents Assigned to Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
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Patent number: 8060404Abstract: An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program also calculates award points, updates the award account of enrolled users, and communicates that number of awarded points to the user. Enrolled users may browse through an award catalog and electronically redeem an amount of awarded points towards an award. The program then electronically places an award redeeming order with the fulfillment house and updates the user's award account.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.Inventor: Thomas W. Storey
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Patent number: 7856376Abstract: An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program also calculates award points, updates the award account of enrolled users, and communicates that number of awarded points to the user. Enrolled users may browse through an award catalog and electronically redeem an amount of awarded points towards an award. The program then electronically places an award redeeming order with the fulfillment house and updates the user's award account.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.Inventor: Thomas W. Storey
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Patent number: 7778868Abstract: A redemption system for use with Low Authentication Promotion (LAP) programs. The redemption system includes a method for use with a network promotion system. The network promotion system provides awards to consumers for participation in promotion programs. The method performs steps of receiving award transaction information describing awards earned by consumers for participation in promotion programs, maintaining an award history database that contains the award transaction information, receiving a request from a consumer to redeem at least a portion of the awards earned by the consumer, and determining a level of consumer authentication required from the consumer to redeem the at least a portion of the awards, wherein the level of consumer authentication is determined from the award transaction information maintained in the award history database.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.Inventors: Amy Haugen, Kevin Rowney
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Publication number: 20090024485Abstract: A redemption system for use with Low Authentication Promotion (LAP) programs. The redemption system includes a method for use with a network promotion system. The network promotion system provides awards to consumers for participation in promotion programs. The method performs steps of receiving award transaction information describing awards earned by consumers for participation in promotion programs, maintaining an award history database that contains the award transaction information, receiving a request from a consumer to redeem at least a portion of the awards earned by the consumer, and determining a level of consumer authentication required from the consumer to redeem the at least a portion of the awards, wherein the level of consumer authentication is determined from the award transaction information maintained in the award history database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: AFFINION NET PATENTS, INC.Inventors: Amy HAUGEN, Kevin ROWNEY
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Patent number: 7430520Abstract: A redemption system for use with Low Authentication Promotion (LAP) programs. The redemption system includes a method for use with a network promotion system. The network promotion system provides awards to consumers for participation in promotion programs. The method performs steps of receiving award transaction information describing awards earned by consumers for participation in promotion programs, maintaining an award history database that contains the award transaction information, receiving a request from a consumer to redeem at least a portion of the awards earned by the consumer, and determining a level of consumer authentication required from the consumer to redeem the at least a portion of the awards, wherein the level of consumer authentication is determined from the award transaction information maintained in the award history database.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.Inventors: Amy Haugen, Kevin Rowney
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Publication number: 20080109308Abstract: An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program also calculates award points, updates the award account of enrolled users, and communicates that number of awarded points to the user. Enrolled users may browse through an award catalog and electronically redeem an amount of awarded points towards an award. The program then electronically places an award redeeming order with the fulfillment house and updates the user's award account.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: AFFINION NET PATENTS, INC.Inventor: Thomas STOREY
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Publication number: 20080052170Abstract: An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program also calculates award points, updates the award account of enrolled users, and communicates that number of awarded points to the user. Enrolled users may browse through an award catalog and electronically redeem an amount of awarded points towards an award. The program then electronically places an award redeeming order with the fulfillment house and updates the user's award account.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: AFFINION NET PATENTS, INC.Inventor: Thomas STOREY
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Publication number: 20060116931Abstract: An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program also calculates award points, updates the award account of enrolled users, and communicates that number of awarded points to the user. Enrolled users may browse through an award catalog and electronically redeem an amount of awarded points towards an award. The program then electronically places an award redeeming order with the fulfillment house and updates the user's award account.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2006Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: Affinion Net Patents, Inc. (formerly Trilegiant Corporation)Inventor: Thomas Storey
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Publication number: 20060116932Abstract: An on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may browse a product catalog for shopping. The user may electronically place an order, upon which the program automatically checks the user's credit and electronically issues a purchase order to the supplying company. The program also calculates award points, updates the award account of enrolled users, and communicates that number of awarded points to the user. Enrolled users may browse through an award catalog and electronically redeem an amount of awarded points towards an award. The program then electronically places an award redeeming order with the fulfillment house and updates the user's award account.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2006Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: Affinion Net Patents, Inc. (Formerly Trilegiant Corporation)Inventor: Thomas Storey