Patents Assigned to Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8060404
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas W. Storey
  • Patent number: 7856376
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas W. Storey
  • Patent number: 7778868
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Haugen, Kevin Rowney
  • Publication number: 20090024485
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: AFFINION NET PATENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Amy HAUGEN, Kevin ROWNEY
  • Patent number: 7430520
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Affinion Net Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Haugen, Kevin Rowney
  • Publication number: 20080109308
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: AFFINION NET PATENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas STOREY
  • Publication number: 20080052170
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: AFFINION NET PATENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas STOREY
  • Publication number: 20060116931
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Affinion Net Patents, Inc. (formerly Trilegiant Corporation)
    Inventor: Thomas Storey
  • Publication number: 20060116932
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Affinion Net Patents, Inc. (Formerly Trilegiant Corporation)
    Inventor: Thomas Storey