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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
Method and apparatus for providing a benefit during a transaction for use during a later transaction
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Magdalena Mik, Greenwich, CT (US);
Timothy A. Palmer, Stamford, CT (US);
Russell P. Sammon, Stamford, CT (US);
Michiko Kobayashi, Stamford, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, CT (US);
Miles Lasater, New Haven, CT (US);
Andrew P. Golden, New York, NY (US);
Keith Bemer, New York, NY (US);
Scott Wolinsky, Danbury, CT (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Magdalena Mik, Greenwich, CT (US);
Timothy A. Palmer, Stamford, CT (US);
Russell P. Sammon, Stamford, CT (US);
Michiko Kobayashi, Stamford, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, CT (US);
Miles Lasater, New Haven, CT (US);
Andrew P. Golden, New York, NY (US);
Keith Bemer, New York, NY (US);
Scott Wolinsky, Danbury, CT (US);
Walker Digital Holdings, LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for allowing a customer to purchase or otherwise receive a benefit during a first transaction that will be redeemed by the customer or provided to the customer at a later time or during a future transaction for the purchase, rental, lease, etc. of one or more products and/or services. The price to the customer for the benefit may be a monetary amount, a non-monetary amount, a commitment by the customer to complete or perform some obligation or qualifying action. The value of the benefit to the customer may be based on one or more aspects or characteristics of the first transaction.