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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2012
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, CT (US);
Michiko Kobayashi, Stamford, CT (US);
Andrew P. Golden, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Scott B. Allison, Stamford, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Timothy A. Palmer, Burbank, CA (US);
James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth Delamater, Greenwich, CT (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, CT (US);
Michiko Kobayashi, Stamford, CT (US);
Andrew P. Golden, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Scott B. Allison, Stamford, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Timothy A. Palmer, Burbank, CA (US);
James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth Delamater, Greenwich, CT (US);
Inventor Holdings, LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Methods, computer readable media and systems are described wherein a security deposit is used to facilitate a transaction with a customer. In an embodiment, a process includes receiving an indication that a customer is interested in making a purchase during a transaction from a merchant, and transmitting an offer for a benefit to be applied to the transaction in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer and a security deposit.