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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Aaron, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keisuke Omi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Merrill Lutsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hillary Prather, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan McCauley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Introduced is a technology for facilitating a referral between a referrer and a referee, including the generation of the referral and the tracking of the referral redemption by the referee. The technology enables a customer to send a referral about a merchant to a friend by simply providing contact information associated with that friend (e.g., email address, telephone number, etc.), and further enables the friend to redeem a promotional offer included in the referral upon a use of the friend's payment card at the merchant's point-of-sale (POS) system, without having to provide any further information. In some instances, a transfer of a referral reward (e.g., points, discount, payment, etc.) is also transferred to the referrer in response to the redemption by the referee.