Patent ID: 8554610
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for determining offline a status for one or more rewards and providing the status using a plurality of display formats including both graphical display and text display formats, the plurality of display formats being supported by an acceptance point device, and each display format displaying the status in a different format, the method comprising: determining, by the acceptance point device, portable device information associated with a portable device; determining, by the acceptance point device, acceptance point device information associated with an acceptance point device; determining, by the acceptance point device, loyalty program information associated with one or more loyalty programs; determining, by the acceptance point device, a status for one or more rewards for the portable device based on the portable device information, the acceptance point device information, and the loyalty program information, wherein the status for the one or more rewards is determined offline from a host computer and wherein determining the status comprises determining a current status in the one or more loyalty programs relative to a reward status and a desired status; determining, by the acceptance point device, a display format in the plurality of display formats, wherein the display format is transaction specific and used to output the status and the display format determines how the status is displayed, wherein the display format is supported by the acceptance point device and determined based on variable fields in the portable device information and the acceptance point device information, wherein the determining the display format comprises comparing the variable fields with the plurality of display formats to select a corresponding display format in the plurality of display formats, wherein determining the display format further comprises determining the display format based on the current status, the reward status, and the desired status, and wherein the constraints of a display of the acceptance point device and at least a user preference are used to determine the display format; and outputting the status, by the acceptance point device, using the display format, wherein the display format includes both graphics and text, the graphics including a graph that has an X axis and a Y axis.