Patent ID: 8321271

Claim:
A method of cross-selling in a network environment, comprising: at a first computer, while processing a rebate submitted by a consumer for redemption after said consumer made a purchase of an item or service associated with said rebate, presenting at least one cross-sell offer to said consumer on at least one device associated with said consumer, wherein said at least one cross-sell offer is presented to said consumer after said first computer performing the steps of: analyzing rebate redemption information associated with said purchase, said rebate redemption information being collected during said processing said rebate submitted by said consumer; obtaining from at least one second computer communicatively connected to said first computer one or more cross-sell offers for said consumer, said one or more cross-sell offers being prepared by said at least one second computer based at least in part on said rebate redemption information, said first computer and said at least one second computer being associated with different entities; and selecting said at least one cross-sell offer from said one or more cross-sell offers for said presenting said at least one cross-sell offer to said consumer on said at least one device associated with said consumer.