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Jbshbm, LLC

Sean I McGhie

Brian K Buchheit

An automated teller (ATM) machine providing unattended financial functions comprising financial account access to authorized ones of the users' financial accounts, withdraws from authorized ones of the users' financial accounts, deposits into authorized ones of the user's financial account. The ATM also provides unattended non-negotiable account functions including interactive account access to authorized ones of a set of non-negotiable fund accounts, conversions between value stored in authorized ones of the non-negotiable fund accounts and authorized ones of the user's financial accounts, and/or withdrawals of negotiable funds resulting from ATM machine conversions of a quantity of non-negotiable funds in authorized ones of the non-negotiable fund accounts into paper currency.

Automated teller machine (ATM) providing money for loyalty points

A computer converts a first quantity of loyalty program points of a loyalty program possessed by a member held in a first account to a second quantity of different loyalty program points possessed by the member held in a second account in accordance with a fixed ratio. The loyalty program points and the different loyalty program points are non-fungible, non-negotiable units of exchange. A mutual agreement exists between program operators to permit the conversion. Responsive to the converting: the first quantity of loyalty program points is subtracted from the first account; the second quantity of different loyalty program points is added to the second account; and the entity compensates the commerce partner in accordance with mutual agreement. A transformation results in the different loyalty program points that are subject to terms, conditions, or restrictions of the different loyalty program and not of the loyalty program.

Conversion of loyalty program points to commerce partner points per terms of a mutual agreement

A computer converts a first quantity of loyalty program points of a loyalty program possessed by a member held in a first account to a second quantity of different loyalty program points possessed by the member held in a second account in accordance with a fixed ratio. The loyalty program points and the different loyalty program points are non-fungible, non-negotiable units of exchange. A mutual agreement exists between program operators to permit the conversion. Responsive to the converting: the first quantity of loyalty program points is subtracted from the first account; the second quantity of different loyalty program points is added to the second account; and the entity compensates the commerce partner in accordance with mutual agreement.

Conversion of loyalty program points to different loyaltry program points per mutual agreement

In one embodiment, an account is established for non-negotiable credits provided by an entity to one or more users. Interactions that earn a quantity of non-negotiable credits are detected. The quantity of non-negotiable credits from the interactions is added to the account. The non-negotiable credits have redemption restrictions imposed by the entity. In absence of a conversion operation that converts the non-negotiable credits to entity independent funds, a commerce partner does not accept the non-negotiable credits for goods/services that it provides. A quantity of the non-negotiable credits is subtracted from the account. The subtracted quantity of non-negotiable credits corresponds to a quantity of entity independent funds resulting from the conversion operation that converts the non-negotiable credits to a quantity of the entity independent funds in accordance with agreement terms mutually established by the commerce partner and the entity. The commerce partner is compensated by the entity.

Conversion/transfer of non-negotiable credits to entity independent funds

Conversion of non-negotiable credits to entity independent funds

In one embodiment, an account is established for non-negotiable credits provided by an entity to one or more users. Interactions that earn a quantity of non-negotiable credits are detected. The quantity of non-negotiable credits from the interactions is added to the account. In absence of a conversion operation that converts the non-negotiable credits to in-game funds, a commerce partner does not accept the non-negotiable credits for in-game purchases for a computer game. The computer game is owned or controlled by the commerce partner. A quantity of the non-negotiable credits is subtracted from the account. The subtracted quantity of non-negotiable credits corresponds to a quantity of entity independent funds resulting from the conversion operation that converts the non-negotiable credits to a quantity of the in-game funds in accordance with agreement terms established by the commerce partner and the entity. The commerce partner is compensated.

Conversion/transfer of non-negotiable credits to in-game funds for in-game purchases

An online shopping site can permit users to purchase items placed in a shopping cart. Purchasing options include paying with negotiable funds and paying with loyalty points of an entity. The entity can be a partner having an agreement with the provider of the online shopping site (referred to as a commerce partner). Per the agreement, the entity compensates the commerce partner for redeemed loyalty points. The compensation can be sufficient to pay the commerce partner for the items that were placed in the shopping cart plus the cost of providing the Web site. The items available for the online shopping site may be items that are not otherwise available to members of the loyalty program, who are able to redeem loyalty points directly with the entity for a restricted set of goods or services.

Online shopping sites for redeeming loyalty points

A graphical user interface includes a conversion option to convert quantities of loyalty points of a loyalty program of an entity into different loyalty points of a different loyalty program of a commerce partner. The different loyalty points are accepted by a commerce partner as at least partial payment for commerce partner services provided by the commerce partner as part of the different loyalty program. The commerce partner does not accept the loyalty points as payment for commerce partner services, at least without requiring the loyalty points be first converted to different loyalty points. Responsive to a received selection of the conversion option, a computer presents within a user interface a quantity of available different loyalty points for use as payment for the commerce partner services. The quantity of available different loyalty points results from converting the subset of loyalty points into the quantity of available different loyalty points.

Conversion of loyalty points for a financial institution to a different loyalty point program for services

In one embodiment, an account is established for in-game credits provided by an entity to one or more users. The entity owns or controls a computer game. One or more users play the computer game to earn at least a portion of the in-game credits. Game play occurrences are detected that earn a quantity of in-game credits, which are added to an account maintained by the entity. A quantity of the in-game credits are subtracted from the account, as a result of a conversion operation. The conversion operation converts the in-game credits to a quantity of negotiable or entity independent funds in accordance with agreement terms established between a commerce partner and the entity. The commerce partner is compensated for granting the negotiable or entity independent funds for the in-game credits.

Conversion/transfer of in-game credits to entity independent or negotiable funds

Conversion of loyalty points for gaming to a different loyalty point program for services

Cross marketing between an entity's loyalty point program and a different loyalty program of a commerce partner

A set of Web pages are provided for a Web site for a different loyalty program of a commerce partner. Non-negotiable credits are identified that are earned by a member as part of a loyalty program of an entity. During a Web session involving the member and the Web site, a request is received to transfer or convert a quantity of the non-negotiable credits to entity independent funds. The entity independent funds are different loyalty points of the different loyalty program. During the Web session at least a subset of the non-negotiable credits are transferred or converted into entity independent funds that the commerce partner accepts for commerce partner goods or services. The commerce partner goods or services are available for member purchase via the Web site. Non-negotiable credits are not accepted for the commerce partner goods or services.

Rewards program website permitting conversion/transfer of non-negotiable credits to entity independent funds

An entity establishes a non-negotiable credit account for a member of the loyalty program. The member of the loyalty program is provided with a payment artifact. Non-negotiable credits are added to the account in response to the payment artifact being used for purchases of goods or services. Quantities of the non-negotiable credits are redeemable for member selected goods or services per terms-of-use of the loyalty program. A subset of the non-negotiable credits are convertible to entity independent funds of a different loyalty program of a commerce partner. The entity independent funds are redeemable for commerce partner goods or commerce partner services of the different loyalty program.

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Boca Raton, FL, United States of America

Sean I McGhie