US 11,720,908 B2
System and method for offering, tracking and promoting loyalty rewards
William Charles Mortimore, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US); Gautam Aggarwal, Philidelphia, PA (US); and Jeffrey Low, Portola Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Deem, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Deem, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/777,705.
Application 16/777,705 is a continuation of application No. 12/771,919, filed on Apr. 30, 2010, granted, now 10,552,849.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/174,445, filed on Apr. 30, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2020/0167803 A1, May 28, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving data representing a rewards promotion comprising eligibility criteria, alert criteria, and rewards criteria;
determining a current context of a user;
selecting the user when an itinerary of the user matches the eligibility criteria, the selection of the user based on determining that the user is currently traveling within a given proximity to a predefined promotion hot zone based on the current context of the user;
matching the user's current context to the alert criteria;
in response to matching the user's current context to the alert criteria, notifying the user that the user is eligible for the rewards promotion associated with the promotion hot zone, the notification comprising a representation of the rewards criteria;
if the user's current context cannot be determined, sending at least one reminder message to the user, the reminder message comprising a representation of the rewards criteria;
compiling a rewards promotion total for the user; and
notifying the user of the rewards promotion total.