Database marketing information and method and system using same
CA 2237109 A1 · Owner: Fialkow, David · Inventors: Deleo, Bret; Chudnofsky, Carl; Bard, Jeffrey
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A purchasing rewards system that provides rewards to customers of a group of merchants. The sellers need not agree to participate as their identities are gathered through transactions and stored. The database is read in order to determine whether a credit card purchase by a consumer qualifies for rewards or privileges. Reward certificates are attached to the credit card statement. A mall loyalty card may also be utilized which tracks the spending of customers in a mall without the customers needing to qualify for a credit card. Preferably there are partners associated with the loyalty program which provide a reward or privilege to the customer based on a level of mall spending when the …
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- Filed May 7, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 7, 2018.
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