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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2005
David Shaw, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Cameron Lauseng, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Chris Schroeder, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Lavin, Barrington, IL (US);
David Shaw, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Cameron Lauseng, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Chris Schroeder, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Lavin, Barrington, IL (US);
Destination Rewards, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
In particular, systems and methods are provided for delivering a discount using a virtual currency. Inventive systems and methods offer a high perceived savings value to an end-user while maintaining the perception of product value. Further, systems and methods for providing a discount are described which impose little or no cost on the service or product provider. An embodiment of an inventive method includes presenting a display of a price paid by a consumer without access to the virtual currency along with a display of an amount payable by the end-user in actual currency in combination with an amount payable in virtual currency by an end-user of an inventive system. The end-user perceives a benefit to using the virtual currency since the price paid in actual currency is less than the displayed price to be paid by a consumer without access to the virtual currency.