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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Catalina Marketing Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Tiffany Southwell, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Zubin Singh, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Ryan Monahan, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Kirk Dikun, Tampa, FL (US);
Tony Mou, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Todd Schramek, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Catalina Marketing Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for preventing fraud is provided that includes receiving metadata from a manufacturer for an incentive associated with a product, the metadata including a product identifier and a redemption rule. The method includes requesting a host to create a record in a ledger for the incentive using the metadata, providing the incentive to a consumer via a mobile device, assigning a public address to the incentive, receiving from the host a first private key associated with the public address in the record, providing the first private key to the consumer, and receiving a second private key indicative of a redemption of the incentive at a retailer. The method includes validating redemption of the incentive and recording the redemption of the incentive at a retailer in the ledger record when the redemption of the incentive is validated. A system to perform the above method is also provided.