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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Ron Gonen, New York, NY (US);
Morley Ivers, Toronto, CA;
Ron Gonen, New York, NY (US);
Morley Ivers, Toronto, CA;
RECYCLEBANK LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method for managing an incentive-based recycling program. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to managing an incentive-based recycling program through administering a dynamic customer loyalty rewards program associated therewith. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of managing an incentive-based recycling system comprises inputting customer data into a collective database, and generating a customer account, inputting hauler data into the collective database, and generating a hauler account, inputting vendor data into the collective database, and generating a vendor account, recording a recycling activity associated with a customer account on the collective database, allocating credits to a customer account, in an amount correlating to the recycling activity associated with the customer account, on the collective database, and enabling the customer to manage the credits associated with the customer account.