SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTIONAL ITEM DISTRIBUTION AND REDEMPTION TRACKING

• Main Authors: NISHI, KIKUO, KATO, DOUGLAS H, HAITSUKA, STACY A, ONG, KENNETH, ROESLER, BRIAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.12.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A promotional system is provided that receives a promotional item and promotional campaign information comprising rules for distributing and tracking a plurality of offers including at least one promotional item, stores the promotional item and promotional campaign information comprising rules for distributing and tracking the plurality of offers, and obtains one promotional item and provides one offer comprising one code (or one validation element) with one promotional item and transmits the offer The design further includes obtaining the validation element or code provided from a user or user computing device at a point of sale, triggering a redemption indication for the promotional item. The design also includes receiving the redemption indication for the promotional item and limiting further use of the promotional item according to established rules maintained at the computing device.