Facilitating reward program for consumer transactions and redemptions of deal offers

Abstract

Provided herein are systems, methods, and computer readable storage media for facilitating registration of consumers in merchant rewards programs. In providing such functionality, the system can be configured to, for example, receive input of various consumer data, determine if the consumer data has already been registered in a rewards program, and if a consumer is not registered, facilitate the registration of the consumer in a merchant rewards program.

1 .- 19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . A method comprising:
 receiving, from a merchant device, a consumer rewards registration request, the consumer rewards registration request comprising a selected consumer identifier;   causing transmission of a registration link to a consumer device associated with the selected consumer identifier;   in response to receiving a link selection notification from the consumer device, causing rendering of a consumer registration user interface to a display of the consumer device;   receiving, from the consumer device, a consumer email address identifier and consumer payment card account data based on user engagement with the consumer registration user interface;   determining a consumer rewards registration status;   in an instance in which the consumer rewards registration status is determined to be registered, retrieving consumer rewards progress data; and   causing rendering of a consumer rewards progress user interface to the consumer device based on the retrieved consumer rewards progress data.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein determining the consumer rewards registration status comprises:
 querying one or more promotional system databases for a registered consumer account based on at least the consumer email address identifier and the consumer payment card account data;   determining that the consumer rewards registration status is registered in an instance in which a registered consumer account is returned by the query; and   determining that the consumer rewards registration status is not registered in an instance in which a registered consumer account is not returned by the query.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising:
 in an instance in which the consumer rewards registration status is determined to be not registered, querying one or more promotional system databases for a registered consumer account based on the consumer email address identifier.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising:
 in an instance in which a registered consumer account is returned by the query, updating the consumer rewards registration status to registered and causing registration of the consumer payment card account data.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein causing registration of the consumer payment card account data comprises causing storage of the consumer payment card account data in association with the registered consumer account. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein causing registration of the consumer payment card account data comprises:
 retrieving historical consumer transaction data associated with the consumer payment card account data; and   causing storage of the consumer payment card account data and the historical consumer transaction data in association with the registered consumer account.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein retrieving historical consumer transaction data comprises querying the one or more promotional system databases for historical consumer transaction data based on the consumer payment card account data. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein retrieving historical consumer transaction data comprises querying an external credit card payment processing system for historical consumer transaction data based on the consumer payment card account data. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising:
 applying at least a portion of the historical consumer transaction data to the consumer rewards progress data associated with the registered consumer account.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising:
 in an instance in which a registered consumer account is not returned by the query, causing rendering of a rewards terms and conditions user interface to the consumer device; and   receiving a rewards terms and conditions acceptance notification from the consumer device.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein the rewards terms and conditions acceptance notification is generated based on user interaction with the rewards terms and conditions user interface. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 generating a new registered consumer account;   updating the consumer rewards registration status to registered; and   causing storage of the consumer email address identifier and the consumer payment card account data in association with the new registered consumer account.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 transmitting a consumer rewards registration completion notification to the merchant device.   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the selected consumer identifier is a consumer mobile device number identifier and causing transmission of the registration link to the consumer device comprises causing transmission of an SMS message comprising the registration link to a mobile device associated with the consumer mobile device number identifier. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the selected consumer identifier is a consumer email address identifier and causing transmission of the registration link to the consumer device comprises causing transmission of an electronic mail message comprising the registration link to a consumer email account associated with the consumer email address identifier. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the consumer rewards registration request is associated with a purchase transaction. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 35 , wherein transaction data associated with the purchase transaction is associated with a registered consumer account associated with the consumer email address identifier and the consumer payment card account data. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the consumer rewards registration request is not associated with a purchase transaction. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising:
 causing rendering of the consumer rewards progress user interface to the merchant device based on the retrieved consumer rewards progress data.   
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 38 , further comprising:
 receiving a consumer offer generation request from the merchant device; and   generate a consumer offer, wherein the consumer offer is associated with the consumer email address identifier and the consumer payment card account data.