Method and system for providing rewardable consumer engagement opportunities

Abstract

A an exchange of rewardable consumer engagement opportunities includes generating a rewardable consumer engagement opportunity (RCEO) having one or more characteristics based on received entity information in response to an entity request, generating a bank of one or more rewards based on the one or more characteristics of the rewardable consumer engagement opportunity, receiving a user-initiated request for a reward based on a reported performance of a user from a communications device, determining a location of the user performance, identifying a reward in the bank of one or more rewards compatible with the reported user performance and a determined location of the user performance, transmitting the identified reward to the communications device, receiving a response from the communications device confirming acceptance or rejection of the reward and adjusting the reward bank to reflect acceptance or rejection of the reward.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a communication device including:
 a display including a graphical user interface; 
 a global positioning system (GPS) unit; 
 a first network interface device configured to interface with a network; and 
 one or more first memory units and one or more communication device processors configured to execute a rewards serving module stored in the one or more memory units, 
 wherein the communication device is configured to record a user performance received from an additional device, wherein the additional device is communicatively coupled to the communication device, wherein the additional device includes a golf swing tracker; and 
   one or more rewardable consumer engagement opportunity (RCEO) servers, wherein the communication device and the one or more RCEO servers are communicatively coupled via the network, wherein the rewards serving module of the communication device includes program instructions configured to cause the one or more communication device processors to:
 record a user performance using the communication device; 
 request a reward from the one or more RCEO servers based on the recorded user performance via a wireless signal transmitted by the first network interface device, the request programmed to be requested in a reward request form; 
 display a reward message on the graphical user interface of the display indicative of a reward from the one or more RCEO servers; 
 receive an acceptance of the transmitted reward from a user via the graphic user interface by identifying a user interaction, the received acceptance programmed to be recorded by the one or more RCEO servers in a reward acceptance form; 
 transmit the acceptance in the reward acceptance form to the one or more RCEO servers via a wireless signal transmitted by the first network interface device; and 
   wherein the one or more RCEO servers includes program instructions configured to cause one or more server processors to:
 responsive to an entity request from an entity user interface, generate an RCEO having one or more characteristics based on entity information received from the entity user interface and store the generated RCEO in a memory of the RCEO server, wherein the entity is different from the user; 
 generate a reward bank of one or more rewards based on the one or more characteristics of the RCEO and store the generated bank of one or more rewards in the memory of the RCEO server, wherein the one or more generated rewards include one or more rewards requestable by a communication device; 
 receive the request from the communication device for a reward based on the user performance via the network interface device, the received request received in the reward request form; 
 authenticate the request for a reward from the communication device via a unique application token stored in the memory of the RCEO server; 
 determine whether the user has reached a reward limit, wherein the reward limit includes a maximum number of awards allowable to a user over a selected time period; 
 upon determining the user has not reached the reward limit, identify a reward in the reward bank stored in the memory of the RCEO server which is compatible with the reported user performance; 
 direct the communication device to display a reward message on the graphical user interface of the display of the communication device indicative of the reward from the RCEO server; 
 receive a response from the communication device confirming acceptance of the reward in the reward acceptance form via the network interface device; and 
 adjust the reward bank, maintained on the RCEO server, to reflect acceptance of the reward. 
   
     
     
         2 . A communication device comprising:
 a display including a touchscreen graphical user interface;   a GPS unit; and   one or more memory units and one or more processors configured to execute a rewards serving module stored in the one or more memory units, wherein the rewards serving module includes program instructions configured to cause the one or more communication device processors to:
 record a user performance; 
 request a reward from a remote server based on the recorded user performance via a network, the reward including a reward from a reward bank of one or more rewards stored in a memory of the remote server, the request programmed to be requested in a reward request form; 
 upon authentication of the reward request by the remote server using a unique application token, display a reward message on the graphical user interface of the display indicative of a reward received from the remote server; 
 receive an acceptance of the reward from a user via the graphical user interface by identifying a user interaction, the received acceptance programmed to be recorded by the one or more RCEO servers in a reward acceptance form; and 
 transmit the acceptance in the reward acceptance form to the remote server via the network, wherein the transmitted acceptance is configured to cause the remote server to adjust the reward bank to reflect acceptance of the reward. 
   
     
     
         3 . A method for providing rewardable consumer engagement opportunities comprising:
 generating a rewardable consumer engagement opportunity (RCEO) having one or more characteristics based on received entity information in response to an entity request;   generating a bank of one or more rewards based on the one or more characteristics of the rewardable consumer engagement opportunity;   receiving a user-initiated request for a reward based on a reported performance of a user from a communication device;   identifying a reward in the bank of one or more rewards compatible with the reported user performance and a determined location of the user performance;   transmitting the identified reward to the communication device;   receiving a response from the communications device confirming acceptance or rejection of the reward; and   adjusting the reward bank to reflect acceptance or rejection of the reward.