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A system for facilitating redemption of voucher codes against user accounts with service providers

A service provider and user account technology, which is applied in the field of systems for facilitating exchange of bill codes with service provider user accounts, and can solve problems such as expensive bills and expensive bill inventory

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-05
布雷特·埃里克·西蒙斯
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[0004] Some retailers who sell prepaid bills find it expensive to purchase sufficient bill inventory from each of multiple service providers
Furthermore, it is also expensive for the service provider to provide different prepaid bills associated with its own different services and / or with different regions in which the service provider works

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[0028] An individual (not shown) has a house 16 and a mobile phone 18 . He has a user account with a service provider 10 that provides telecommunication services to his phone 18 and another user account with a service provider 12 that provides electricity to his house 16 .

[0029] Clearinghouse 14 has purchased a plurality of service provider ticket codes from service provider 10 . Such purchases are made, for example, via the Internet. Each code is associated with a predetermined value of telecommunication services offered by the service provider 10 . Similarly, clearinghouse 14 purchases a plurality of service provider ticket codes from service provider 12 , each code being associated with a predetermined value of electricity provided by service provider 12 . In this example, assume that each of these ticket codes is associated with the same value, eg, $10.

[0030] Clearinghouse 14 creates prepaid notes. Each ticket has a ticket value and a clearinghouse ticket code pr...

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This invention relates to a system for facilitating redemption of certain types of voucher codes against user accounts with service providers. In the system, a computerized clearing house issues clearing house voucher codes for redemption against user accounts with certain service providers. Each code is associated with a value of credit to be provided on such a user account by the associated service provider. The system provides for a person who has acquired such a code to communicate to the clearing house a demand for redemption of the code, the demand including the code and identifying a particular one of the service providers and a user account with that provider. Upon receiving such a demand, the clearing house verifies the code and, upon successful verification, instructs the identified service provider to credit the identified user account with the value of credit associated with the code.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a system for facilitating redemption of voucher codes against user accounts with service providers. Background technique [0002] The service providers referred to here provide services with respect to individual user accounts managed by them. Examples of these service providers are telecommunications service providers and electricity suppliers. Some of these service providers are known to the applicant to sell vouchers, each of which is associated with a unique voucher code, enabling individuals who obtain these vouchers to credit their user accounts with the sale of the vouchers The value corresponding to the price. [0003] The reference here to the ticket code must be interpreted as the reference to the provision of the service enabling the individual who has acquired the ticket to deposit a certain value. [0004] Some retailers who sell prepaid bills find it expensive to purchase sufficient bill inventory from ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q40/00G06Q40/02G06Q30/00
CPCG06Q30/02G06Q40/02
Inventor 布雷特·埃里克·西蒙斯
Owner 布雷特·埃里克·西蒙斯
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