Patent ID: 8126772

Claim:
A method of cross-selling products over a network of interconnected computers during a rebate redemption process, comprising: at a Rebate Processing Center computer: processing a rebate, wherein said rebate is associated with an item or service and wherein said rebate is submitted by a consumer for redemption after said consumer makes a purchase of said item or service; and in addition to processing said rebate, presenting a cross-sell offer to said consumer, comprising: at said Rebate Processing Center computer, collecting rebate redemption information during said rebate redemption process, wherein said collected rebate redemption information comprises information about said consumer; generating a query intended for a Cross-Sell Network Manager computer based at least in part on said collected rebate redemption information about said consumer collected during said rebate redemption process; and sending said query to the Cross-Sell Network Manager computer connected to said Rebate Processing Center computer; at said Cross-Sell Network Manager computer: receiving said query from said Rebate Processing Center computer; analyzing said collected rebate redemption information contained in said query from said Rebate Processing Center computer; generating one or more queries intended for one or more target systems based at least in part on said collected rebate redemption information about said consumer collected during said rebate redemption process; and sending said one or more queries to said one or more target systems connected to said Cross-Sell Network Manager computer in said network to obtain a cross-sell offer for said consumer; at said one or more target systems: receiving at least one of said one or more queries from said Cross-Sell Network Manager computer; formulating a response to said Cross-Sell Network Manager computer based on said at least one of said one or more queries received from said Cross-Sell Network Manager computer, wherein said response contains at least one cross-sell offer for said consumer; and sending said response containing said at least one cross-sell offer for said consumer to said Cross-Sell Network Manager computer; at said Cross-Sell Network Manager computer: receiving said at least one cross-sell offer for said consumer from said one or more target systems; analyzing said at least one cross-sell offer; and forwarding a response to said Rebate Processing Center computer, wherein said response to said Rebate Processing Center computer contains said cross-sell offer for said consumer; and at said Rebate Processing Center computer: presenting to said consumer said cross-sell offer for said consumer.