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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2011
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);
Peter Kim, Irvine, CA (US);
Timothy A. Palmer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith Bemer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Andrew P. Golden, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Scott B. Allison, Stamford, CT (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);
Peter Kim, Irvine, CA (US);
Timothy A. Palmer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith Bemer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Andrew P. Golden, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Scott B. Allison, Stamford, CT (US);
Walker Digital, LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for conducting a promotion and for distributing promotions to potential users provide a merchant or promotion organizer flexibility in the way they conduct the promotion as well as an ability to change one or more aspects of the promotion during the operation of the promotion. In accordance with one embodiment, such a promotion may provide for a game on a mobile device, wherein a locked outcome of the game may be unlocked using an unlock code. In one embodiment, a result of the locked outcome may correspond to an intra-game benefit.