Abstract: The present invention relates particularly to a system and method for providing product data for use in on-line product catalogs used for promotional schemes, such as loyalty and incentive schemes. Loyalty and incentive systems are well known, where participants gain virtual currency which they can use to purchase goods or services. The present invention enables a plurality of on-line catalogs to be constructed from a stream of supplier data. Selection criteria are used to select product data from the supplier data to go in each catalog. The product data can be updated in real time for each catalog on the basis of the selection criteria.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2021
Assignee:
WHAPPS LLC
Inventors:
Michael Levy, Marcus Slagle, Chris Jacobson, John Knodel
Abstract: The present invention relates particularly to a system and method for providing product data for use in on-line product catalogs used for promotional schemes, such as loyalty and incentive schemes. Loyalty and incentive systems are well known, where participants gain virtual currency which they can use to purchase goods or services. The present invention enables a plurality of on-line catalogs to be constructed from a stream of supplier data. Selection criteria are used to select product data from the supplier data to go in each catalog. The product data can be updated in real time for each catalog on the basis of the selection criteria.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 2, 2007
Publication date:
February 14, 2008
Applicant:
WHAPPS LLC
Inventors:
Michael Levy, Marcus Slagle, Chris Jacobson, John Knodel