PROVIDING PURCHASE INCENTIVE REWARD

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
RESOURCE DOLLARS	MembersResources.com, Inc.	185 Plains Road, Suite 109E Milford CT 06460	Providing a purchase incentive reward program over a computer network to credit union members whereby dollars are earned by purchasing products and services at participating web sites and then can be redeemed for discount merchandise;DOLLARS;
ROYALTY REWARDS	Firepower Marketing, Inc.	#161 1124 Fir Avenue Blaine WA 98230	providing a purchase incentive reward program to promote the sale of products or services of others;REWARDS;
ROYALTY REWARDS ALLIANCE	Firepower Marketing, Inc.	#161 1124 Fir Avenue Blaine WA 98230	providing a purchase incentive reward program to promote the sale of products or services of others;REWARDS ALLIANCE;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A system and method for delivering purchasing incentives and a variety of other retail shopping aids through a computer network, such as by E-mail over the Internet or the World Wide Web. Customers (10) of retail stores can establish a bi-directional communication link with the system, log in (16) to the system, and then elect to browse among available purchasing incentive offers (18, 22), or elect to explore other shopping aids, such as a shopping list generator (26), a recipe center (30), or simply elect to claim a product rebate or to receive product information. If the customer elects to have product information or rebate information delivered, only minimal customer identification is required. For purchase incentives redeemable at retail stores, the customer must provide identification information and must also designate a retailer (12) at which the purchasing incentive can be exercised. For receipt of focused incentives based the customer's past shopping behavior, the customer must also supply a unique customer id., such as a check cashing card number or credit card number, used for in-store purchases. For delivery of a product sample, the customer's name and address must be supplied. The system merges this customer-supplied information (270) with other purchase incentive data (272) and creates a printable graphical image of the purchasing incentive (282) for transmission to the customer. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the purchase incentive is not transmitted directly to the customer. Instead, the terms of the incentive are transmitted electronically to the retail store (310) designated by the customer, who receives either a token (316) to present at the store or an advisory message. In yet another embodiment of the invention, incentives may be targeted to specific consumers based on a consumer purchase history (502), and transmitted to consumers' computers (510) using electronic mail addresses stored in a consumer database (506).