Systems and methods for providing location-based gaming rewards

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10354266
APP PUB NO 20150161638A1
SERIAL NO

14103664

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A computer-implemented method for providing an offer associated with a merchant to a cardholder engaging in a game is implemented by a gaming rewards computer system in communication with a memory. The method includes storing merchant game data for the merchant within the memory wherein the merchant game data includes data associated with a merchant game a merchant offer and a location of the merchant, receiving a game request message from a cardholder computing device associated with the cardholder wherein the game request message includes a cardholder locator identifying a location of the cardholder, providing the merchant game to the cardholder computing device when the cardholder location is within a pre-defined distance of the merchant location, receiving a game result message for the merchant game, and providing the merchant offer to the cardholder computing device based, at least in part, on the game result message.

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  • MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chapman,, Jr Robert Weldon Spring, US 1 6

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