Patents Examined by Phillip Gratt
  • Patent number: 5774870
    Abstract: An fully integrated on-line frequency award program is disclosed. A user may access the program on-line and may brows 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: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Netcentives, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas W. Storey