Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method of exchanging first points held by a customer for second points, wherein the first points that are issued by a first point issuer differ from the second points that are issued by a second point issuer. This method comprises the steps of permitting the customer to set a first number of first points to be exchanged and permitting the first and second point issuers to set the point withdrawal and deposit rates of their first and second points respectively. Next, an equivalent number of the second points is determined based upon the point withdrawal and deposit rates of the first and second point issuers respectively, and the first number of the first points. Then, the first number of points is exchanged for a second equivalent number of second points.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 26, 2013
Assignee:
Points.com
Inventors:
Trevor Robert MacLean, Jerry Philip, Stephen Paul Ogden, Darlene Higbee Clarkin