Patents by Inventor F. Christian Schweitzwer

F. Christian Schweitzwer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20010029464
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein a system of allowing an on-line merchant to incentivize secondary sales at a selected brick-and-mortar store comprising: offering a rebate coupon to a consumer over a computer network; basing the value of the rebate coupon on the value of an on-line transaction; offering the consumer a choice of brick-and-mortar stores for which he may receive the rebate coupon; transmitting the rebate coupon from a rebate coupon provider to the consumer to provide the consumer with an incentive for visiting a brick-and-mortar retail store; and offering upon issue of the rebate coupon by the rebate coupon provider (1) a sales commission to the sales representative group servicing a retail store selected by the consumer; and/or (2) a discount to the retail store on future purchases of products from the on-line retailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventor: F. Christian Schweitzwer