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US 8684265
Rewards program website permitting conversion/transfer of non-negotiable credits to entity independent funds
Current assignee: Jbshbm LLC
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview: US 8,684,265 B1
Title: "Rewards program website permitting conversion/transfer of non-negotiable credits to entity independent funds"
Patent number: US 8,684,265 B1 (application US 13/681,479; publication US 201213681479A)
Current assignee (as listed): Jbshbm LLC. Original assignee listed as "Individual." The excerpt notes listed assignees may be inaccurate and that Google has not performed an analysis or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.
Key dates (per the excerpt):
- Priority date: 2006-05-25 (claimed from US 11/420,255)
- Filing date: 2012-11-20
- Publication/grant date: 2014-04-01
- Anticipated expiration: 2026-05-25
- Legal status: Expired – Fee Related (excerpt states legal status is an assumption, not a legal conclusion)
- 2017-06-02: Assignment recorded to JBSHBM, LLC; assignors listed as Brian K. Buchheit and Sean I. McGhie
Inventors: Sean I. McGhie and Brian K. Buchheit
Purpose and plain-language scope (as far as the excerpt establishes): The title indicates a rewards-program website that allows conversion or transfer of non-negotiable credits into "entity independent funds." The excerpt's prior-art keywords—"entity," "commerce partner," "funds," "negotiable," "credits"—suggest the subject matter concerns credits that are not themselves negotiable being converted or transferred, involving a commerce partner and an entity. Classifications place it in commerce/marketing incentive systems: G06Q30/02, G06Q30/0226 (frequent-usage incentive point systems), G06Q30/0227 (incentive value reconciliation between diverse systems), G06Q30/0228 (on-line clearing houses), and G06Q20/02 (payment architectures involving a neutral party).
What the excerpt does not establish: It does not supply the claims, abstract, or detailed description, so the specific scope of coverage cannot be described from the supplied text. It does not establish prosecution history, claim construction, the exact meaning of "non-negotiable credits" or "entity independent funds," or any relationships among the related continuations listed. Per instructions, this overview does not address litigation, ownership validity, or prior art.
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