Electronic commerce transactions within a marketing system
CA 2683191 A1 · Owner: Mcdonald, Kenneth J. · Inventors: Savage, Kelly K.; Mahieu, Gary A.; Kamphuis, Aaron M.
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An on-line shopping and rewards program occurs through a network comprising at least one server computer communicating with a browser system at a , client computer. Registration with the marketing system as a Client a Member , or an , Independent Business Owner ("IBO") occurs between the browser system and the server computer. Only an IBO can earn compensation but a Client a Member and , an , IBO buy products or services at different prices. A catalog comprising marketing , system products or services and their associated rewards and redemption values, is , maintained on the server computer. A rewards database on the server computer stores , reward points corresponding to a registered …
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- Filed February 29, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 29, 2020.
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