Patent ID: 8758141
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating acquisition of customers by a retailer, comprising: receiving, by a central controller and from each retailer of a plurality of retailers, information descriptive of the retailer and information descriptive of a product or service offered for sale by the retailer; receiving, by the central controller and via a consumer interface, an indication of a geographic region selected by a consumer; determining, by the central controller and based on the geographic region selected by the consumer via the consumer interface, a subset of the plurality of retailers that offer their respective products or services for sale in the geographic region; configuring, by the central controller and based on the determined subset of the plurality of retailers that offer their respective products or services for sale in the geographic region, a game interface; causing, by the central controller, the game interface to be output to the consumer; determining, by the central controller, an outcome of a game associated with the game interface; and determining, by the central controller and based on the outcome of the game, at least one of the respective products or services for sale in the geographic region that have been won by the consumer, wherein the at least one of the respective products or services that have been won by the consumer comprises an entitlement redeemable at a retail location of the respective retailer of the plurality of retailers.