Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080270315
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Patent/Application # 6842739
Description
The invention discloses the reward points exchange and redemption system wherein the user can redeem the user points allocated to him by one service provider to purchase product or services offered by same or other service provider based on the equivalent value of different reward points determined by a trading server.
Title An Exchange Protocol for Alternative Currencies
ISBN
Description
The article discloses the micro-currency exchange protocol with examples. The section 3 of the article is related to most of the elements of claim 1.
Title Points International Annual Report 2004
ISBN
Description
Annual Report describing points.com's system for exchanging points between reward partners
Patent/Application # 7398225
Description
A system that provides a universal currency that may be spent by participants who have earned rewards and accepted by the other participants in a multi-tiered network created by the system. The network may comprise any number of participants, including consumers, retailers (and any of their employees), manufacturers, third-party providers, and the like.
Title The Linden dollar Game
Description
Discussion of exchange of Linden for US$ and other micro currencies
