Patent ID: 8856025

Claim:
A method of using a computer processing system to process a rebate claim from a purchaser corresponding to at least one purchase transaction, wherein the rebate claim is triggered by involvement during the purchase transaction of a designated account associated with the purchaser and having an account identifier, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, in the computer processing system, purchaser information comprising personal information about the purchaser, including the account identifier corresponding to the designated account, and storing the purchaser information as a stored data record accessible by the computer processing system; (b) receiving and storing in the computer processing system promotion information comprising one or more promotional offers associated with one or more promoted products, each promoted product having a product identifier, each promotional offer having a value; (c) receiving and storing in the computer processing system purchase information corresponding to the at least one purchase transaction, the purchase transaction comprising use of the designated account as an instrument of payment for the purchase transaction, the designated account comprising a credit card account, a debit card account, or a bank account and having an account identifier, the purchase information comprising at least the purchaser's designated account identifier and at least each product identifier corresponding to each promoted product purchased in the at least one purchase transaction; (d) using the computer processing system to associate the purchase information with the purchaser by matching the purchaser's designated account identifier in the purchase information with the designated account identifier in the stored data record; (e) using the computer processing system to validate the rebate claim by matching the product identifier corresponding to each promoted product in the stored purchase information to the promotional offer associated with that product identifier in the stored promotion information, and (f) providing a collective value associated with the rebate claim to the purchaser as a credit.