Patent ID: 8595335

Claim:
A method performed by a server for accessing incentives in a network, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions, an access request from a device associated with a user and connected to the network; receiving, by the one or more processors, subscription information from the device associated with the user, wherein the subscription information: (i) indicates an interest by the user in receiving targeted incentive information, (ii) is generated based on user input via a registration form to indicate the interest, and (iii) is stored at the device associated with the user; transmitting, by the one or more processors, at least a portion of the subscription information corresponding to the access request to a host; receiving, by the one or more processors, incentive information from the host reflecting available incentives associated with the subscription information; and transmitting, by the one or more processors, content associated with the access request and the incentive information to the device associated with the user based on the access request.