METHOD FOR REDEEMING A PLURALITY OF ONLINE POINT CURRENCIES AND METHOD FOR FINDING A PRODUCT THAT HAS AWARD POINTS

摘要

In one embodiment, a method for creating an aggregate currency is disclosed. The method includes creating a plurality of point blocks corresponding to a plurality of vendors to establish a plurality of vendor point currencies, where each vendor point currency is associated with a given vendor, awarding points from two or more vendor point currencies to a member, storing the balances of the awarded vendor point currencies in the member's award wallet, and combining the balances of the awarded vendor point currencies are combined into an aggregate point currency. In an alternative embodiment, a method for finding a product or service that has award points is disclosed. The method includes receiving a member's query for the name of at least one vendor that sells a product or service and awards points to members who purchase the product or service from the vendor, accessing a promotion database, and correlating the member's query is correlated with corresponding vendors.