Method and apparatus for conducting or facilitating a promotion

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8784198
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13734034

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A method and apparatus for conducting a promotion and for distributing promotions to potential users provide a merchant or promotion organizer flexibility in the way they conduct the promotion as well as an ability to change one or more aspects of the promotion during the operation of the promotion. One or more outcomes are generated by a controller and provided to a user. In addition, one or more codes which allow the outcomes to be revealed or unlocked are generated by the controller and provided to an intermediary. In exchange for completing or satisfying a qualifying action or criteria, the user may receive a code from the intermediary. The user can then unlock an outcome to reveal a prize, benefit, symbol, value, etc., associated with the unlocked outcome. The user may provide a redemption request to either the controller or the intermediary based on the unlocked outcome to receive a benefit or prize associated with the unlocked outcome.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • INVENTOR HOLDINGS, LLC

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allison, Scott Stamford, US 8 52
Bemer, Keith Pittsburgh, US 66 2911
Gelman, Geoffrey M Brooklyn, US 616 35410
Golden, Andrew P Jamaica Plain, US 99 3598
Jorasch, James A New York, US 1157 96470
Kim, Peter Cupertino, US 136 3824
Palmer, Timothy A Mountain View, US 78 1771
Walker, Jay S Ridgefield, US 1530 120391

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