Patent ID: 9218608
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering a purchase discount to a communications device, the communications device capable of capturing and sending over a telecommunications network a token representing a purchasable item associated with the purchase discount, comprising: receiving the token by a server computer from the communications device over the telecommunications network; looking-up in an eligibility database by the server computer at least a portion of the token; obtaining at least one eligibility record from the step of looking-up in the eligibility database; looking-up in a discount database by the server computer at least a portion of the at least one eligibility record; obtaining at least one discount artifact from the step of looking-up in the discount database; sending a discount coupon corresponding to the at least one discount artifact by the server computer over the telecommunications network to the communications device, the discount coupon representing the purchase discount; and discounting price of the purchasable item associated with the purchase discount upon presentation of the discount coupon via the communications device.