Patent ID: 7788129
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method utilizing a computer system for facilitating redemption of vouchers including: accessing, by said computer system for facilitating said redemption of said vouchers, a loyalty database stored in said computer system utilizing a unique identifier, said loyalty database including general loyalty points, wherein a loyalty account includes said unique identifier and said general loyalty points associated therewith, said general loyalty points not being associated with a specific merchant; converting, by said computer system, at least a portion of said general loyalty points to a first value associated with a specific first merchant; saving, by said computer system, said first value in a first database in said computer system associated with said loyalty account; converting, by said computer system, at least a portion of said general loyalty points to a second value associated with a specific second merchant; saving, by said computer system, at least a portion said second value along with voucher information as an electronic voucher in a second database in said computer system associated with said loyalty account; redeeming, by said computer system, said electronic voucher and said first value for a product offered by said second merchant, wherein said redeeming includes: