| 摘要 |
A method delivers a purchase discount to a communications device, such as a cellular phone. The communications device is capable of capturing and sending over a telecommunications network a token representing a purchasable item associated with the purchase discount. The method includes receiving the token by a server computer from the communications device over the telecommunications network, looking-up in an eligibility database by the server computer at least a portion of the token, obtaining at least one eligibility record from the step of looking-up in the eligibility database, looking-up in a discount database by the server computer at least a portion of the at least one eligibility record, obtaining at least one discount artifact from the step of looking-up in the discount database, sending a discount coupon corresponding to the at least one discount artifact by the server computer over the telecommunications network to the communications device, the discount coupon representing the purchase discount, and discounting price of the purchasable item associated with the purchase discount upon presentation of the discount coupon via the communications device. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of delivering a prescription drug discount via a cellular message on a cellular carrier network, comprising the steps of:
receiving a message artifact of a prescription token by a server computer at the destination address, the prescription token comprises at least data representing one instructor, including a prescription drug identity, a prescription drug patient identity, a cell phone number related to the prescription drug patient identity, and at least one destination locator for a server computer communicatively connected to the cellular carrier network; parsing the message artifact by the server computer; generating the prescription token by the server computer after the step of parsing; looking-up at least a portion of the prescription token in an eligibility database connected to the server computer, the eligibility database comprises at least one eligibility record related to the at least the portion of the prescription token; retrieving the at least one eligibility record from the step of looking-up at least a portion of the prescription token; looking-up at least a portion of the at least one eligibility record in a discount database, the discount database comprises at least one discount artifact related to the prescription drug identity of the at least one instructor; retrieving the at least one discount artifact of the discount database from the step of looking-up the at least a portion of the at least one eligibility record; processing the at least one discount artifact by the server computer to generate a discount coupon; sending the discount coupon by the server computer for receipt by a cellular communication device over a cellular carrier network; receiving the discount coupon, together with a drug prescription per the prescription drug identity of the at least one instructor, by a pharmacy gateway by the cellular communication device; communicating the drug prescription, together with the prescription drug patient identity of the at least one instructor, to a benefit processor by the server computer; determining a coverage benefit by the benefit processor based on the drug prescription and the prescription drug patient identity; communicating the coverage benefit to the pharmacy gateway; communicating an eligibility update notification to the server computer by the benefit processor, after the step of communicating the coverage benefit to the pharmacy gateway; receiving the eligibility update notification by the server computer; updating the at least one eligibility record of the eligibility database via the server computer, in response to the eligibility update notification; processing the eligibility update notification to derive a prescription refill date related to the at least one eligibility record; and storing the prescription refill date in the eligibility record. |
