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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Dana L. Schueller, Chicago, IL (US);
Marisa Lynne Brillhart, Chicago, IL (US);
Dan S. Grimm, Chicago, IL (US);
John Johnson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Shubham Agarwal, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Theodore Alexander Rudman, Winfield, IL (US);
Dana L. Schueller, Chicago, IL (US);
Marisa Lynne Brillhart, Chicago, IL (US);
Dan S. Grimm, Chicago, IL (US);
John Johnson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Shubham Agarwal, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Theodore Alexander Rudman, Winfield, IL (US);
TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A system receives from a customer having an associated rewards points account a price offer for an item. The system determines if the price offer for the item is below an established threshold price, e.g., a price a retailer would accept for the item. When the price offer for the item is below the established threshold price, the system determines an amount of rewards points to be redeemed by the customer to thereby allow the customer to purchase the item at the price offer for the item as received from the customer. The system then allows the item to be purchased by the customer at the price offer for the item as received from the customer in the event that the customer indicates a willingness to redeem the determined amount of rewards points from their associated rewards points account.