Patents Assigned to LINKABLE NETWORKS
  • Consumer offer redemption methods and systems
    Patent number: 8560389
    Abstract: A computer-implemented offer redemption method includes the steps of: (a) storing information on a consumer and a payment account associated with the consumer in a computer storage system; (b) receiving activation of an offer from the consumer covering a product or service or a purchase from a retailer; (c) linking the offer to the consumer's payment account; (d) monitoring transactions in the consumer's payment account; and (e) when the consumer has purchased the product or service or made a purchase from the retailer covered by the linked offer using the consumer payment account, making payment for offer settlement to a payment processor managing the consumer's payment account to be credited to the consumer's payment account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Linkable Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Burgess, Francis Correra, Douglas M. Spear, Jr.
  • Consumer offer redemption methods and systems
    Patent number: 8489456
    Abstract: A computer-implemented offer redemption method includes the steps of: (a) storing information on a consumer and a payment account associated with the consumer in a computer storage system; (b) receiving activation of an offer from the consumer covering a product or service or a purchase from a retailer; (c) linking the offer to the consumer's payment account; (d) monitoring transactions in the consumer's payment account; and (e) when the consumer has purchased the product or service or made a purchase from the retailer covered by the linked offer using the consumer payment account, making payment for offer settlement to a payment processor managing the consumer's payment account to be credited to the consumer's payment account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Linkable Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Burgess, Francis Correra, Douglas M. Spear, Jr.
  • AFFILIATE OFFER REDEMPTION METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130103472
    Abstract: An offer processing system and method allows offers that are presented to a consumer by an affiliate to be accepted and thereafter, the offer including its conditions and an affiliate identifier are linked to a consumer payment account. Once linked, the accepted offer can be redeemed either online or offline at a physical location with payment to the affiliate being made through the offer processing system regardless of the manner of redemption, provided other conditions of the offer are fulfilled by the consumer. The offer processing system may comprise a server computer system, having a linked offer gateway, which performs all, or some selected combination of the functions for accepting and redeeming the affiliate offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: LINKABLE NETWORKS
    Inventor: Linkable Networks
  • CONSUMER OFFER REDEMPTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120239475
    Abstract: A computer-implemented offer redemption method includes the steps of: (a) storing information on a consumer and a payment account associated with the consumer in a computer storage system; (b) receiving activation of an offer from the consumer covering a product or service or a purchase from a retailer; (c) linking the offer to the consumer's payment account; (d) monitoring transactions in the consumer's payment account; and (e) when the consumer has purchased the product or service or made a purchase from the retailer covered by the linked offer using the consumer payment account, making payment for offer settlement to a payment processor managing the consumer's payment account to be credited to the consumer's payment account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: LINKABLE NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Burgess, Francis Correra, Douglas M. Spear, JR.