| 摘要 |
A method for efficiently distributing coupons to consumers including, inter alia, storing a plurality of consumer profiles; receiving, from a first device of a first consumer, a first consumer identifier associated with the first consumer and identification of at least one second consumer to whom a coupon, with an associated coupon identifier, is to be forwarded; forwarding the coupon to a second device of the at least one second consumer; creating a coupon forwarding data entry, in a consumer profile of the first consumer; receiving a notification indicating coupon redemption and including at least the coupon identifier; updating a consumer profile of the second consumer to reflect a weighted interest level; identifying from the first database, coupon history information that includes at least forwarding and redemption information associated with the redeemed coupon; and generating statistics based on the identified coupon history information. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for efficiently distributing coupons to consumers and rewarding consumers for coupon redemption, the method comprising:
storing, in a first database of a financial system, a plurality of consumer profiles, wherein each consumer profile is associated with a consumer identifier; receiving, by a receiving device, from a first mobile device of a first consumer, (i) a first consumer identifier associated with the first consumer and (ii) identification of at least one second consumer to whom a coupon, with an associated coupon identifier, is to be forwarded; forwarding, by a processing device, the coupon to a second mobile device of the at least one second consumer; creating, in the first database, a coupon forwarding data entry in a consumer profile of the first consumer, wherein said coupon forwarding data entry includes (i) the coupon identifier and (ii) a number corresponding to the number of consumers to whom the coupon was forwarded prior to redemption of said coupon; receiving, by the receiving device, a notification indicating redemption of said coupon by a second consumer, wherein said notification includes at least the coupon identifier; updating, in said first database, a consumer profile of the second consumer to reflect a weighted interest level pertaining to at least one of a coupon category, coupon type, product category, merchant category, merchant and manufacturer associated with the redeemed coupon; based on said coupon identifier, identifying from the first database, by the processing device, coupon history information, wherein said coupon history information includes at least forwarding information and redemption information associated with said redeemed coupon; and generating, by the processing device, statistics on a basis of said identified coupon history information. |
