Value Added Third Party Contribution Registry

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20070294185A1
SERIAL NO

11674777

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The present disclosure provides an improved system and method that allows a registrant to establish, generally through the Internet, an electronic account with a provider of services or products, and allows the registrant and others to add value to the account to raise the value through the collective contributory efforts. The value can include various forms such as monetary value from bank accounts and debit or credit charge cards. The value can also include in-kind value that is appropriate to the services from the provider, such as travel miles for an airline account. Still further, the provider can itself add value to the account, such as for promotional incentives. The incentives can include bonuses for timely use or the recipient's selection of certain services or products, and other promotional purposes. The collective efforts of several entities contributing to the account create a source for the recipient to select a service or product from the provider, such as travel. The system and method allows for the efficient and effective accumulation of value from multiple sources and multiple types of value that can be tracked and applied that has not been realized prior to the present invention.

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UNITED AIRLINES INCWILLIS TOWER 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE CHICAGO IL 60606

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Schilling-Wilhelm, Carrie Houston, TX 1 1
Sullivan, Mark A Houston, TX 15 113

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