Customer loyalty programs and systems and methods for such programs
CA 2438197 A1 · Owner: Peters, Charles Eric · Inventors: Luban, Matthew S.; Peters, Charles Eric
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This invention encompasses a customer loyalty investment program system and method. The invention is used in e-commerce or in any commerce using an , identification (id) card recognizable as a standard payment card and preferably tracks member transactions. Members receive rebates and other incentives sponsored by program participants for transactions involving participants' goods and services. The method allocates rebates and other incentives among one or more loyalty vehicles preferably to a fund that , invests in securities of at least one participant. The invention also provides for direct incentives immediately available for use and other incentive vehicles. The system includes …
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- Filed February 12, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 12, 2022.
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