Systems and methods for use with codes that may be redeemed for value

摘要

Some embodiments of the invention enable users to manage codes which may be redeemed for value. For example, some embodiments provide systems and methods for automatically identifying a code communicated to a user which is redeemable for value, and adding the code to an inventory maintained for the user. When the user later shops at a site which allows a code to be redeemed for value, some embodiments of the invention may automatically detect when the user has navigated to a page on the site which allows redemption of the code, and may make the user aware that the code may be redeemed on the page. If the user opts to redeem the code, the field on the page into which the code is to be input may be automatically identified, and the code may be automatically input into that field.

主权项

1. A method, comprising acts of:
(A) automatically identifying, using at least one computer processor, a code communicated to a user on a first page being viewed by the user, the code being redeemable by the user for value, the identifying being based at least in part on an analysis of the first page and information gathered from previous visits by one or more users to one or more pages on which codes were communicated; (B) in response to the identifying in the act (A), causing, using the at least one computer processor, the identified code to be stored in at least one repository coupled to the at least one computer via at least one network; (C) subsequent to the act (A), automatically detecting, using the at least one computer processor, that a second page to which the user has navigated allows redemption of the code, the second page being accessible via the Internet, the detecting being based at least in part on information gathered from previous visits by one or more users to one or more pages on which codes were redeemed; (D) automatically identifying, using the at least one computer processor, a field on the second page into which the code is to be input to redeem the code for value; (E) causing, using the at least one computer processor, the code to be retrieved from the at least one repository; and (F) causing, using the at least one computer processor, the code to be input into the identified field.