Patent ID: 9524508
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06K,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for a processing an award claim subsequent to a point of sale transaction involving the purchase of an award qualifying product or service, the method comprising: receiving information from a purchaser during a network-connected session with a computer information network using an electronic system compatible with the computer information network, the information from the purchaser comprising unique transaction data associated with a point of sale transaction comprising at least one of a purchase or delivery of a qualified item; upon receipt of the unique transaction data, transmitting a data request for purchase data associated with the point of sale transaction; upon receipt of the purchase data, applying automated, rules based control validation to automatically validate the award; presenting a plurality of award options available to the purchaser from which the purchaser can choose, and receiving a selection of an award from the plurality of award options; and while the purchaser remains in the network-connected session with the computer information network, transmitting the results of the automated rules based validation to the purchaser via the computer information network.