Patent ID: 8533035

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of improving sales volume of at least one retailer through distribution of coupons having multiple incentives to teams of consumers, the method being implemented by at least one physical processing device, the method comprising: obtaining, by a program manager server, data identifying at least one team of consumers; providing a coupon to each member of the at least one team of consumers, the coupon including (i) a first incentive comprising a discount that is applied upon purchase of an associated product from the at least one retailer, and (ii) a second incentive comprising a rebate that is awarded when a purchasing objective is attained by the at least one team of consumers; receiving at the program manager server, from a retail server associated with the at least one retailer over a network redemption data corresponding to redemption of the coupon by one or more members of the at least one team of consumers, wherein each member of the at least one team of consumers is identified by a unique identifier; determining, at the program manager server, whether the purchasing objective has been attained by the at least one team of consumers based on the received redemption data; and distributing the rebate to the at least one team of consumers responsive to a determination that the at least one team of consumers has attained the purchasing objective.