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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

May. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventors:

Mark Churchill Monaco, New York, NY (US);

Tony England, Tega Cay, SC (US);

Matthew D. Murphy, Charlotte, NC (US);

David C. Tyrie, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); G06Q 20/02 (2012.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/24 (2012.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0238 (2013.01); G06Q 20/027 (2013.01); G06Q 20/065 (2013.01); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/227 (2013.01); G06Q 20/24 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4016 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0213 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0217 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0233 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0234 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0235 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0258 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G07G 1/0009 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.02);
Abstract

A merchant point-of-sale ('POS') system architecture is provided. Systems and methods are provided for enabling merchant funded rewards at a POS terminal. Systems and methods are provided for tracking customer activity and determining an appropriate merchant funded reward. The POS terminal may determine an appropriate merchant, funded reward based on location and historical customer transaction data. The merchant may offer a custom reward that promotes customer behaviors that are advantageous to the merchant and other transaction participants. A merchant funded rewards program may be configured to drive incremental sales to merchants that participate in the program.


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