WO2001007980A3 - Promotional cyber-currency structure and system - Google Patents

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WO2001007980A3
WO2001007980A3 PCT/US2000/019902 US0019902W WO0107980A3 WO 2001007980 A3 WO2001007980 A3 WO 2001007980A3 US 0019902 W US0019902 W US 0019902W WO 0107980 A3 WO0107980 A3 WO 0107980A3
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Ideal International Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Abstract

The structure or system for creating and using a promotional-currency on a global computer network where a network of computer or other communication devices are coupled to the global computer network and comprises: a host server computer (10) coupled to the global computer network and including a promotional, cyber- currency database (24) which is coupled to the host server computer (10) and which stores promotional cyber-currency information available to each registered customer, the cyber-currency information being descriptive of the promotional cyber-currency available to each customer, at least one promotional cyber-currency award processor (26) which is coupled to the host server computer (10), which processes requests for additional promotional cyber-currency and which communicates with the promotional cyber-currency database (24) as necessary and at least one promotional cyber-currency use processor (28) coupled to the host server computer (10), which processes each request for using promotional cyber- currency and which communicates with the promotional cyber-currency database (24) as necessary.
PCT/US2000/019902 1999-07-23 2000-07-21 Promotional cyber-currency structure and system WO2001007980A2 (en)

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