Program, system and method for linking community programs and merchants in a marketing program

US9105050B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9105050-B2
Application numberUS-201113168488-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 24, 2011
Priority dateNov 6, 2009
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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The present invention is a system, data access management utility and a method of generating links between local merchants and a marketing system. The present invention may be operable to register members, merchants, community programs, intermediaries and other entities with the marketing system. Embodiments of the present invention may be operable to quickly and efficiently register multiple members and/or multiple merchant store types virtually simultaneously to the marketing system. An automated registration and/or boarding process may be operated by the present invention to undertake such registration and/or boarding of members, merchants, community programs, intermediaries and other entities with the marketing system, including automated boarding of merchants.

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We claim: 1. A method of automatically registering a merchant to a marketing program, the method comprising: displaying, on a display using a webserver, a merchant registration interface having a plurality of data fields for receiving merchant profile data; receiving, at at least one processor from the merchant registration interface, signals representing inputted merchant profile data associated with at least one of the plurality of data fields; populating a merchant profile…

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What does patent US9105050B2 cover?
The present invention is a system, data access management utility and a method of generating links between local merchants and a marketing system. The present invention may be operable to register members, merchants, community programs, intermediaries and other entities with the marketing system. Embodiments of the present invention may be operable to quickly and efficiently register multiple m…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Tietzen Terry, Bates Matthew, Robertson William Gordon, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06Q30/0256. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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