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 analyses and/or analyses 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.

A system and method for providing promotional rewards is provided. First, a promotional reward is communicated to a customer. The promotional reward offer comprises a promotional reward associated with one or more promotional reward-earning behaviors and a promotional time frame. The offer may specify a customer population, and the customer may be enrolled in the promotional reward program if the customer is determined to be in the population. The customer is credited a promotional reward if the customer accomplishes the promotional reward-earning behavior(s) within the promotional time frame. The customer may also be enrolled in a base reward program. The promotional rewards and base rewards may be accumulated in a customer account. A system for implementing a promotional rewards program is also provided.

Techniques for providing a digital frequency card are disclosed. A digital frequency card provides an offer or reward upon completion of a prescribed set of one or more actions. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an indication of an occurrence of an action from a set of one or more prescribed actions associated with a digital frequency card of a user, information associated with the digital frequency card stored with respect to a user account of the user is automatically updated to reflect the occurrence of the action, and the user is automatically provided a current status of the digital frequency card.

Vehicle odometer numbers used as tool that support marketing campaign is disclosed. User needs to have working vehicle with working vehicle odometer. Also, same user needs to have electronic device capable to reach a website, email sites and/or text messaging capabilities over internet or other networks. Use needs to enter its vehicle odometer number at the beginning of the driving period and then again at the end of the driving period. The software of the user's web page, emails and/or text messaging accepts all user's inputs and calculate the differences between those two numbers. As a result of the subtraction, the number is multiplied by another number given by a third party, and the final number represent user's earned point and/or money. Then user selects at least one of businesses that have links to their communication devices. Activating those links the links its account with the selected business and continue to communicate with those businesses.

A method and system for managing loyalty program redemptions under dynamic pricing considerations. The method is executed in a processor of a loyalty program management (LPM) server device. A redemption request including an associated asset spend is received from a client device. A plurality of loyalty program provider (LPP) server devices of respective loyalty program providers is accessed to obtain a set of discounted inventory items or services. Cost of redemptions to the loyalty program providers and perceived value to the redeeming member, as measured by perceived value indicators are determined based at least in part on the discounted item values and the asset spend associated with the redemption request. Based on applying a threshold value of the costs of redemption and the perceived value indicators, a qualifying subset of the discounted inventory items is identified. Embodiments recognize that conventional approaches identify solutions where minimizing or eliminating the costs of redemptions to the loyalty program providers are diametrically opposed to a goal of achieving and delivering maximum value to a redeeming member as measured by the perceived value indicators. In contrast, certain embodiments of the dynamic loyalty redemption methods and systems herein identify and provide solutions where, as the costs of redemptions to the loyalty program providers progressively decrease towards a zero cost, the perceived value to a redeeming member progressively increase, as measured by the perceived value indicators.

A method, computer program product, and system for monitoring and rewarding athletic performance and use of a product worn by a person, thereby motivating use of the product and promoting customer loyalty. The present invention includes and system and method for measuring, tracking, and recording use of the product, preferably related to the athletic performance of an athlete, using a portable, remote device; transferring that data from the remote device to a common location, such as an Internet web site service; calculating, assigning, and tracking rewards based on the level of use determined from the data; and allowing the user to redeem his or her rewards or compare his or her performance level with other athletes using other remote devices.

A system/web/mobile application is provided for facilitating meetings between users registered with the system. The system may provide a profile with biographical and other information for each of the users. The system may provide for corporate, charity, and advertiser users who all may promote their respective brands, goods, and/or services. The system provides for making connections between users for sharing information and/or mentoring between users and may facilitate events and bridges, or meetings between users, particularly between executives and general users in exchange for a required charitable donation paid by the general user. The users may be associated with charities and the collected required charitable donations may go to a charity of their choice. The system provides charity and/or corporation accounts the ability to host events to provide monetary and non-monetary benefits to charities and to monitor the success of fundraisers and charity drives.

A system determines points within a hierarchical marketing environment across several different business entities. The points are collected based on activities within the business entities. Three different categories of points are determined, with the difference in points being where the activities occur and whether points are redeemed for a discount or reward. A central server connects to a network of devices to redeem and collect points.

The invention facilitates pooling, gifting or transferring of geographic area loyalty points between accounts. The invention also facilitates a transfer of geographic area loyalty points from a consumer account associated with a sponsoring company to a consumer account associated with a host company. The invention may also facilitate gifting of loyalty points to charitable organizations on a recurring basis, wherein the gifting may transfer any portion of geographic based points to various charities. The system may also convert the geographic area loyalty points to a monetary value, thereby allowing the points to be donated to a charity such that the donation appears to be a monetary value donation to the charity.

For a scheduled purchase, a point count setter sets an upper point usage limit in accordance with an operation. Based on point management information, a discount payment controller controls payment for the scheduled purchase so that the payment is executed at a discount based on the upper point usage limit set. A limited-time point count notifier determines the number of limited-time points scheduled to be used based on the point management information and the upper point usage limit, and before the scheduled purchase is executed, notifies a user of the number of limited-time points scheduled to be used. For a scheduled purchase in a series purchase, a revision suggestion notifier obtains the number of the user's points, and based on how the difference between the obtained number and the upper point usage limit occurs, gives the user a notice to suggest revising the upper point usage limit.