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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Inmar Clearing, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jess D. Walker, Georgetown, TX (US);

Bryan Bartow, Leander, TX (US);

David E. Johnson, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Chris Rebstock, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

INMAR CLEARING, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0268 (2013.01); G06Q 20/201 (2013.01); G06Q 20/36 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0229 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A coupon processing system may include a promotions server and a mobile wireless communications device associated with a purchaser and having a device identification (ID) associated therewith. The mobile device may acquire a product identifier image for a given product having an incentive associated therewith and communicate the product identifier image to the promotions server using a short message service short code. The mobile device may also communicate a geographic location and the device ID to the promotions server. The promotions server may assign the incentive to a digital wallet for the purchaser based upon the product identifier image and redeem the incentive based upon the geographic location of the mobile device.


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