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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company, Dover, DE (US);
Fauziah B. Ariff, New York, NY (US);
Theodore S. Voltmer, Caldwell, NJ (US);
Donna A. Antonucci, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Scott M. Greenhut, New York, NY (US);
John Hayes, Alendale, NJ (US);
Kendall Sneddon, Summit, NJ (US);
Christine D. Ciccarone, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Jason Ewell, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Johnson Lam, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Joanne Zaiac, New York, NY (US);
Laura Lang, Fairfield, CT (US);
Seraj Bharwani, Boston, MA (US);
Michel P. Zeisser, New York, NY (US);
Joseph Fernandes, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth Hilton Segal, New York, NY (US);
GULA CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides a loyalty program on a network-wide level. Embodiments may associate UPC and SKU data on a network level to reward consumers and/or to analyze the data for a variety of business purposes, such as market segmentation analyzes and/or analyzes relating to consumer spending behaviors or patterns, for example. In accordance with one embodiment, the network may comprise any number of participants, including consumers (such as primary and supplementary members of an aggregate consumer account), retailers (e.g. including any of their employees), manufacturers, third-party providers, and the like. In accordance with one embodiment, this disclosure enables participation by supplementary members who are associated with a primary member and, in this manner, facilitates the tracking of supplementary member purchasing behavior, reward points earning behavior, and reward points redemption behavior.