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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2010
Jason Wolfe, Sewickley, PA (US);
Mark Romanelli, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Sanjay Akut, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mike Kelly, Langhorne, PA (US);
Mary Jane Kelly, Langhorne, PA (US);
Jason Wolfe, Sewickley, PA (US);
Mark Romanelli, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Sanjay Akut, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mike Kelly, Langhorne, PA (US);
Mary Jane Kelly, Langhorne, PA (US);
Giftcodes.com, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for tracking a secondary gift card marketplace. A system configured to practice the method collects data related to a secondary market, which includes a transaction associated with a gift card, the transaction not involving an issuer of the gift card, processes the collected data, and presents at least a portion of the processed collected data to a merchant in a user interface. Gift cards can include at least one of gift cards and gift codes. The collected data can further include a plurality of transactions associated with gift cards. In one aspect, each gift card transaction in the plurality of gift card transaction does not involve an original issuing merchant of a gift card. The collected data can further include at least one of pricing, demographic, geographic, and other information related to the gift card transactions.