Consumer database loyalty program for a money transfer system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8788278
APP PUB NO 20090063261A1
SERIAL NO

11846323

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A money transfer system provided in connection with a loyalty program where the loyalty program members are assigned a loyalty identifier. The system includes point of entry ports to communicate transaction information with points of entry; a promotion database, a customer database, a pricing database, an analytics port to communicate marketing information with a marketing analytics system and a transaction processing system. The transaction processing system updates the promotion database as a function of the marketing information, receives money transfer transaction requests including loyalty identifiers, determines whether the requested transactions are entitled to loyalty program promotions, prices the transactions as a function of base transaction pricing and promotions pricing of any promotions to which the transaction is entitled, provides the transaction pricing information, updates the customer database as a function of transaction information and periodically provides transaction information to the analytics port.

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  • MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carter, Brent Castle Rock, US 4 160
Jandris, Ryan Cannon Falls, US 2 129
Kalweit, Tani Shakopee, US 2 129
Scribner, Chrismar Bloomington, US 3 146
Shellenbarger, Todd Minnetonka, US 2 129

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