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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2006
Steven Scott Sickel, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Michael John Kopec, Roswell, GA (US);
Marc Elliot Berman, Dover, MA (US);
Steven Scott Sickel, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Michael John Kopec, Roswell, GA (US);
Marc Elliot Berman, Dover, MA (US);
SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A reward point system comprising an industry vertical reception unit for receiving a user selected monetary value in a selected industry vertical, a point collection unit for receiving a quantity of points associated with the monetary value in the selected industry vertical, a redemption vehicle profile creation unit for generating a profile, and a redemption vehicle generation unit for loading the profile onto a redemption vehicle wherein the points on the redemption vehicle can be redeemed at any merchant in the selected industry vertical. Also provided are methods for utilizing said system.