Patents Assigned to Walker Ditial, LLC
  • Method and apparatus for defining routing of customers between merchants
    Patent number: 6405174
    Abstract: A server or Internet service provider computer selects a soliciting merchant and an outputting merchant based on various factors. In one embodiment, the soliciting merchant is selected if its activity rate (e.g. sales rate) is low. The outputting merchant provides offers for bonuses to customers on behalf of the soliciting merchant. The bonus is provided to the customer in exchange for consummating a transaction with the soliciting merchant. Thus, the soliciting merchant benefits from the increased patronage such offers encourage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Walker Ditial, LLC
    Inventors: Jay S. Walker, Andrew S. Van Luchene, Daniel E. Tedesco, Magdalena Mik, James A. Jorasch