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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:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2018
Applicant:

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Calvin Chan, Mineloa, NY (US);

Christopher Cracchiolo, Old Bridge, NJ (US);

Andras Ferenczi, Peoria, AZ (US);

Harish R. Naik, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Andrew Martin Baal Thomas, Jersey City, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0229 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3297 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A blockchain-based multi-merchant loyalty point partnership system may include a blockchain API host that receives a request to create a partnership smart contract for a multi-merchant loyalty point partnership. The request may specify various partnership parameters to include in the partnership smart contract. The blockchain API host may create the partnership smart contract and write the partnership smart contract to a blockchain. One or more qualified merchants may join the partnership smart contract to make the partnership active. In response to a customer completing a plurality of purchases that complete the partnership parameters of the partnership smart contract, the system may issue the customer a purchase reward which may include a loyalty point payout.


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