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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Corinne Bortolin, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Corinne Bortolin, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
VISA U.S.A. Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for linking multiple pre-existing reward programs is disclosed. The method includes receiving information about a first pre-existing reward program for a first product, where the first reward program provides for a first reward, and receiving information about a second pre-existing reward program for a second product, wherein the second reward program provides a second reward. A combination reward program is provided, and the combination reward program provides a combination reward that is greater than each of the first reward and the second reward.