According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method, article of manufacture including a computer readable medium, and a system including a processing device provides promotions over the Internet. In an embodiment of the present invention, a first entity (which in one example is an offline brand)...http://www.google.de/patents/US20020169668?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020169668 - Method, article of manufacture, and processing device for providing promotions over a network using an alphanumeric sequence from a product