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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Simple Energy, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Yoav Lurie, Boulder, CO (US);
Justin Segall, Boulder, CO (US);
Michel Jaroenvanit, Boulder, CO (US);
John Vajda, Boulder, CO (US);
Sean McColgan, Broomfield, CO (US);
Jarod Earl Stewart, Louisville, CO (US);
Nicolae Radu Girleanu, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ilya A. Sukhanov, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael Konrath, Boulder, CO (US);
Simple Energy, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for providing instant rebates before a transaction is completed. This involves ingest of customer and rebate data from two or more utilities, where the data is parsed and normalized into a standard format across all of the utilities. The customer data is then stored in an accounts database, while the rebate data is further processed along with utility rebate rules to determine a set of rebate eligibilities for a variety of scenarios. The resulting rebate profiles can be stored in a rebates database and linked to corresponding customer account data in the accounts database. Third-party frontends can then request rebate eligibility based on a customer identifier and retail channel, and various services can work in tandem to query the rebated database and return a set of eligibilities with so little latency that the eligibility check appears instant from a customer's standpoint.