发明名称 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING A REWARD PROGRAM
摘要 In accordance with the present invention, a central controller stores a series of registrations, each of which corresponds to a purchaser of a product. The central controller calculates a measurement of product success, such as the number of products sold or the market share of the product. The central controller determines if the measurement is within a predetermined range. For example, the central controller may determine if the number of products sold exceeds a predetermined threshold. A selected set of registrations which are “early-adopter” registrations are selected. The set of registrations thereby defines a set of early-adopter purchasers. For example, the central controller may select a set of registrations having ordinal positions within a predetermined range of positions, such as the first hundred registrations. Thus, one hundred early-adopter purchasers are defined. If the measurement of product success is within the predetermined range, a reward, such as a refund or a free product, is provided to each early-adopter purchaser. For example, if sales of the product exceed 1,000,000 units, a reward is provided to each early-adopter purchaser.
申请公布号 US2014278856(A1) 申请公布日期 2014.09.18
申请号 US201314055081 申请日期 2013.10.16
申请人 GROUPON, INC. 发明人 Walker Jay S.;Van Luchene Andrew S.;Jorasch James A.;Alderucci Dean
分类号 G06Q30/02 主分类号 G06Q30/02
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地址 CHICAGO IL US