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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Carlson, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Patrick Stan, Pacifica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Visa International Service Association, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a computer implemented method is provided for the provision, on a computing apparatus, of a user interface configured via a portal to permit a merchant to define an offer campaign. The offer has a plurality of milestones required to be met in order to provide a benefit to a user. The computing apparatus may be further configured to associate the offer with a user, detect the progress of the user toward the milestone, and transmit a message to the user regarding the user's progress toward the milestone.