Appeal 2007-2312
Application 09/681,815
2006. An Examiner’s Answer to the Appeal Brief was mailed on October
19, 2006.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM.
THE INVENTION
Appellant claims a method and system for providing rebates to automobile
owners which is said to woo new car buyers to purchase a new car from them.
(Specification 1: [0001])
Claim 1, reproduced below, is representative of the subject matter on appeal.
1. A method for providing rebates to automobile owners based on
purchases made at participating retailer locations, the method
comprising:
providing an automobile to a customer wherein the automobile
has been acquired by the customer;
providing the customer with a customer identification badge
containing a plurality of customer information;
electrically receiving the customer information stored within
the customer identification badge at a point of sale computer;
electrically transmitting point of sale purchase information and the
customer information over a computer network to a computer at a
rebate processing center remote from the point of sale computer; and
providing a rebate to the customer wherein the rebate is
calculated based on the purchase information, and wherein the
customer identification badge expires after a pre-determined time
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