METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CARD-LESS REWARD PROGRAM

摘要

Disclosed is a card-less reward system providing buyers with promotional offers and engendering buyers to be rewarded by submitting receipts obtained from sellers. A method for rewarding the buyers comprises providing to a buyer a list of promotional offers for a product or service of at least one seller, allowing the buyer to accept electronically at least one promotional offer, and allowing the buyer to submit a digital image of at least one receipt obtained from the seller, which offered the accepted promotional offer. The method further comprises processing received image to retrieve purchase data, and rewarding the buyer in response to the retrieved purchase data.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for providing promotional rewards, the method being implemented by a mobile device having a physical processor programmed with one or more computer program instructions that, when executed, program the mobile device to perform the method, the method comprising:
receiving, by the mobile device, a plurality of promotional offers, wherein at least a first promotional offer is associated with a condition that must be satisfied in order to receive a reward associated with the first promotional offer; displaying, by the mobile device, the plurality of promotional offers for selection via a user interface; receiving, by the mobile device, a first selection of the first promotional offer via the user interface; providing, by the mobile device, an indication of the first selection to a remote device; obtaining, by the processor, a digital image of a receipt for a purchase transaction, wherein the receipt includes purchase information used to verify whether the condition has been satisfied; providing, by the processor, the digital image to the remote device; and receiving, by the processor, from the remote device, an indication that a reward has been earned based on the digital image.