CN101189631A - Systems and methods combining subscription services, rewardsprograms, and sweepstakes - Google Patents

Abstract

A method includes, in response to a request by a subscriber for a subscription to a product or service, wherein the subscription has a subscription period and wherein the subscription period is initially for a first period of time, automatically providing the subscriber with the product or service for the first period of time. The method also includes automatically entering the subscriber into one or more sweepstakes drawings which occur during the first period of time. The one or more sweepstakes drawings have one or more corresponding jackpots. The method also includes, at the end of the subscription period, automatically renewing the subscription for a next period of time; and in connection with the renewed subscription, automatically entering the subscriber into one or more sweepstakes drawings which occur during the next period of time. The operations of automatic renewing the subscription for a next period of time, and automatically entering the subscriber into one or more sweepstakes drawings occurring during that period of time are repeated until the subscriber terminates the subscription.

Description

Be used to make up the system and method for subscribed services, incentive program and lottery ticket

Related application

The present invention requires in the U.S. Provisional Application the 60/671st of submission on April 15th, 2005, No. 848, the U.S. Provisional Application the 60/677th submitted on May 5th, 2005, No. 965 and the U.S. Provisional Application the 60/733rd submitted on November 4th, 2005, No. 986 rights and interests, their content is included in this by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to subscribed services, incentive program and lottery ticket.

Background of invention

Some company uses complimentary ticket to attempt persuading purchase of customer product or service.In 2003, provided about 2,580 hundred million complimentary tickets in the U.S., make it become the popular approach of rewarding client.In 2004, the cost of 96,000,000,000 direct mail advertising Yi $490 hundred million sent.Although just become more and more expensive advertising on the Internet, to especially true such as the website of high traffic such as AOL, MSN, Google and Yahoo, the Internet complimentary ticket is still represented the developing complimentary ticket of class market.Because huge advertisement expenditure, the growth of the Internet complimentary ticket almost is limited to the major company with big medium budget.As a result, the Internet only accounts for 0.5 percentage point (0.5%) in total complimentary ticket market.

Some company uses lottery ticket to come their product of sales promotion and rewards loyal client.Though lottery ticket is useful market instrument, it is very expensive concerning many companies that the operation lottery ticket particularly provides the cost of the lottery ticket of attracting bonus.

Summary of the invention

Subscriber's a plurality of lottery tickets of making a bet are extended and freely made automatically to the order of incentive program automatically, as long as this subscriber keeps its order.Incentive program provides large quantities of awards, rights and interests and special discount, and their periderms are extended three demand and expectations with the continuous variation of satisfying the subscriber.

Usually, in one aspect, a kind of method comprises the request to ordering products or service in response to the subscriber, provides product or service in first period from the trend subscriber, orders wherein that to have the period of order and wherein to order the period be corresponding to first period at first.This method also comprises the one or many prize drawing that makes this subscriber make a bet and take place in first period automatically.This one or many prize drawing has one or more corresponding progressive jackpot.This method also is included in to be ordered the period and extends the order of next period when finishing automatically; And in conjunction with the order of having extended, the one or many prize drawing that makes this subscriber make a bet and take place automatically in next period.Automatically the operation of extending the order of next period and the subscriber is made a bet the one or many prize drawing that takes place in this is repeated to stop ordering until the subscriber period.

Other embodiment comprises one or more in the following feature.Reception is from subscriber's the mandate that is used for extending automatically repeatedly order.Be adjusted at the qualification of extending order repeatedly of ordering the subscriber in the one or many prize drawing that takes place during the period.Require the subscriber by paying order such as credit card, debit card, telephone expenses bill with from methods of payment such as bank account automated tellers.

Further feature and distortion among other embodiment comprise following content.The progressive jackpot of at least one lottery ticket is set to greater than more than the predetermined minimum amount.If at least once prize drawing can't produce award-winner, then the progressive jackpot that will draw a lottery is accumulated to prize drawing next time.The progressive jackpot of at least once prize drawing is constrained to and is equal to or less than predetermined maximum dollar amount.If this progressive jackpot of at least once drawing a lottery reaches predetermined maximum dollar amount and this prize drawing can't produce award-winner, then carry out prize drawing for the second time to determine one or more award-winner of described progressive jackpot.Perhaps, at least once the progressive jackpot of prize drawing does not reach predetermined maximum dollar amount as yet if arrive target date, then carries out extra prize drawing until the award-winner that produce progressive jackpot.Prize drawing comprises a plurality of award-winner of sign, these award-winner is treated as the final contestant, and hold prize drawing for the second time to determine single award-winner.The one or many prize drawing can use the random number generting machanism to select corresponding award-winner.The random number generting machanism can comprise a computerized randomizer.

In other embodiments further feature and distortion comprise following content.Product or service are incentive programs.Providing product or service to comprise to the subscriber makes the subscriber register to incentive program.Incentive program comprises at least one provides commodity or discount from service to the subscriber, rights and interests or preferential cooperative venture.Cooperative venture is based on it and offers that subscriber's discount, rights and interests or preferential value receives awards, such as by advertising space being provided to cooperative venture, being in the preferential position at top of Search Results and at least one in one or more lottery tickets of freely making a bet.Incentive program comprises at least one in news in brief, online marketplace, online shopping district, online complimentary ticket district and the instant Notice Of Award instrument.The online marketplace comprises the advertising listing of classification.The qualified advertising listing of classification of freely on this online marketplace, putting up of subscriber.Subscriber's classified advertisement tabulation receives the relevant preferential position of holding with the subscriber of a plurality of orders.The online shopping district comprises discounting product or the service that is provided for selling by at least one cooperative venture.News in brief is sent to the subscriber in the electronics mode.News in brief comprises the renewal to incentive program.News in brief comprises and the linking of one or more online features of incentive program.Online complimentary ticket district comprises at least one in entity retailer's printable complimentary ticket and online retailer's the online complimentary ticket.Instant Notice Of Award instrument is notified about be provided for the special preferential treatment or the discount of product sold or service by cooperative venture to the subscriber in the electronics mode.The subscriber receives the preferential notice of the specific preferential or discount of a plurality of orders of holding about the subscriber.

More features of Fa Xianing and distortion in other embodiments comprises as follows.In one aspect, the chance that provides an application to be used for the particular credit card of product or service only by the subscriber to the subscriber also is provided this method, and if this subscriber obtain this particular credit card, then make this subscriber credit card lottery ticket of making a bet automatically.If this subscriber uses this credit card to come to buy commodity from cooperative venture, then he by make a bet automatically the extra lottery ticket of at least one notes or by in the credit card lottery ticket of making a bet additionally once.If the subscriber obtains this particular credit card, then he is registered to the acceleration incentive program of discount offered automatically when participating in business.

Usually, in another aspect, the device computer-readable medium stores program code that comprises computer system and carry out following function when when in computer system, being performed: provide product or service in first period from the trend subscriber to the request (a) of ordering products or service in response to the subscriber; (b) the one or many prize drawing that makes the subscriber make a bet and take place automatically in described first period; (c) when the order period finishes, extend the order of next period automatically; (d) in conjunction with the order of having extended, the one or many prize drawing that makes the subscriber make a bet and take place automatically in next period; And the operation that (e) repeats (c) to (e) stops ordering until the subscriber, and wherein said order has the period of order and the described order period is corresponding to first period at first.

Usually, in another aspect, a kind of computer implemented method comprises makes a bet to the order of product or service the subscriber.This order has the period of order and is corresponding to first period at first.This method also comprises: in conjunction with ordering, and the one or many prize drawing that makes the subscriber make a bet and take place automatically in this order period.This method also is included in to be ordered the period and extends the order of next period automatically when finishing, and in conjunction with the order of having extended, the one or many prize drawing that makes the subscriber make a bet and take place automatically in next period.Automatically the operation of extending the order of next period and the subscriber is made a bet the one or many prize drawing that takes place in next is repeated to stop ordering until the subscriber period.

Brief Description Of Drawings

Fig. 1 illustrates the process flow diagram of whole operations of order program.

Fig. 2 Shi Chu $10, the process flow diagram of the operation of 000 lottery ticket.

The process flow diagram of the operation of Fig. 3 Shi Chu $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets.

Fig. 4 illustrates the online part of the incentive program part of this program.

Fig. 5 illustrates the progressive jackpot market part of this program.

Fig. 6 illustrates the progressive jackpot shopping part of this program.

Fig. 7 illustrates the progressive jackpot complimentary ticket part of this program.

Fig. 8 illustrates the progressive jackpot credit card part of this program.

Fig. 9 illustrates the system that is used to move this program.

Describe in detail

The summary of program

1-800-progressive jackpot share limited (company) (1-800-JACKPOT, Inc. (Company)) provides To the order of incentive program, this order continues set period and is automatically extended. The said firm is to incentive program Sales promotion partly is the initial purchase of ordering for incentive program and extends each time, as long as the subscriber keeps them Order, the each time prize drawing of a plurality of lottery tickets that company freely makes this subscriber make a bet to be provided by company automatically. Order The family is ordered the period with credit card or debit card for the appointment of incentive program and is paid, so that can be to the side of award Each automatically extension that case is ordered paid automatically, unless the subscriber withdraws from incentive program for certain.

The rights and interests that incentive program is ordered and the value of award are considerably beyond the cost of this order. Many awards are only right The subscriber can use. Incentive program comprises the online marketplace of classified advertisement; Comprise purchasing online of special preferential treatment and discount The thing website; Especially generous preferential real-time update and discount are introduced subscriber's desktop or the reality of E-mail address The time reward update service; Comprise and a week upgrade three times complimentary ticket and the complimentary ticket part of channel discount; One week upgraded Three times online news in brief; And application comprises its reward on total mark of oneself and freely making a bet to other lottery ticket The exclusive chance of progressive jackpot credit card.

Demand and expectation for the continuous variation of satisfying the subscriber have other commercial partner of company and (close Do company) be willing to that purpose incentive program subscriber provides award and other special preferential treatment and discount. It is many that the said firm provides Planting temptation comes encouragement company to participate in incentive program as cooperative venture. For example, the said firm will reach in the company's site Ad constraints in its online news in brief become its oneself quotation and by provide preferential of company of partner and Discount. Company of partner offers incentive program subscriber's preferential and discount based on them, so that can use Advertising space. Company of partner is more good to the preferential and discount that the subscriber provides, then it the website of the said firm and The advertising space of receiving on the news in brief is more good. The said firm also will place the priority in its online shopping district reward to The incentive program subscriber provides the company of partner of best preferential and discount. If company of partner allows the said firm locate Manage their credit card transactions, the said firm also make they freely make a bet themselves " partner of company lottery ticket " And other multiple lottery ticket.

At first, the summary of the operation of incentive program will be provided. Then, incentive program will be illustrated in greater detail Various features.

As shown in fig. 1, company is to providing the incentive program of a large amount of awards, rights and interests, special preferential treatment and discount Sale order and to promote and offer, this is ordered a periderm and automatically extends three times and constantly change to satisfy the subscriber Demand and expectation (110). For example, company's issue TV, newspaper and Internet advertisement come dealer loader Scheme and a plurality of lottery ticket.

If potential subscriber is interested in buy ordering, the website of he or visited company then, should dive in the website Guide to " new subscriber " webpage the subscriber, perhaps dial free code (the 1-800-progressive jackpot of company (1-800-JACKPOT)), and connect artificial or automatic connection person (120). " new subscriber " webpage Directly is connected with the interface of the subscriber database of company and can utilize that this potential subscriber provides for establishment Its account's information (as described below). If this potential subscriber dials free code and connects artificial or automatic Operator, then this operator is directly inputted into being associated with company computer of company with subscriber's account information Subscriber database.

According to potential subscriber associated company how, the website of company or artificial or automatic connection person notify potential ordering Many rights and interests (130) that the family is associated with order to incentive program.

This comprises following information:

A. incentive program.All awards that are associated with incentive program, rights and interests, special preferential treatment and one week of discount are extended three times to satisfy demand and the expectation that the subscriber constantly changes.

B.$10,000 progressive jackpot lottery ticket.Automatically the Mei Yi $10 that freely makes a bet, 000 prize drawing is guaranteed wherein that a lucky rival wins to hold De $10,000 progressive jackpot a week three times.

C. $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets.Automatically freely make a bet and hold three De $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 progressive jackpot prize drawings a week.

D. super progressive jackpot.The progressive jackpot Da Dao $5 1,000,000 of Ru Guo $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets, if or target date mistake, and during the routine prize drawing, do not select award-winner yet, then the subscriber is guaranteed to reward the super progressive jackpot prize drawing of super progressive jackpot by freely making a bet automatically.

E. progressive jackpot credit card.Application comprises the chance of the progressive jackpot credit card of following award and rights and interests:

I. progressive jackpot integration.When using its progressive jackpot credit card at every turn, the card holder gives the card holder with the progressive jackpot reward on total mark automatically.

Ii. progressive jackpot is quickened incentive program.Automatically make the holder register to progressive jackpot and quicken incentive program, this program makes the holder use its progressive jackpot credit card to have dinner, stay in the hotel of joining in the restaurant of joining or can obtain nearly 20% discount automatically when the retailer who joins locates to do shopping.

Iii. progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket.Automatically make the progressive jackpot card holder progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket of freely making a bet, this lottery ticket is provided at 11 additional opportunities that win valuable prize during the prize drawing of Wednesday time to the progressive jackpot card holder.

Iv. progressive jackpot is quickened promotional tickets.Progressive jackpot card holder quickens promotional tickets in each its progressive jackpot credit card progressive jackpot of freely being made a bet automatically of using when the retailer who joins buys.

F. potential subscriber is alerted and buys order is easy.He only need make a phone call or the website of visited company for the free code of ordering use company.In case this subscriber buys its order, unless it is extended automatically and continues this subscriber and cancel its order on one's own initiative always.

G. potential subscriber is apprised of and does not have long-term commitment.The subscriber is allowed to cancel at any time its order and carries out reimbursement for him in each extension of the unreceived incentive program of cancellation fashion.

Then, potential subscriber provides the required information (140) of subscriber account of creating to company.Depend on how associated company of potential subscriber, subscriber or fill in the online Customer Information table on " new subscriber " webpage or his information is provided to artificial or automatic connection person.

At first, the subscriber provides required personal information and payment information (141):

Name (with appear at its credit card on the same)

Address, city, state, postcode and country (with appear at its credit card on the same)

3. Card Type (for example, VISA credit card, Master Card, American Express Card, Discover)

4. credit number and date of expiry

5. birthday

6. to the security code questions answer, as " mother's birth name "

Operator or website are encouraged but are not required that the subscriber provides his telephone number and e-mail address.The subscriber also selects him to wish the number that the incentive program bought is ordered.He has the option of purchase to a plurality of orders of incentive program.

Then, the subscriber selects its automatic subscriber's payment options (142).Company provides two automatic payment options to the subscriber:

1. Xu Zhan $1.25 at every turn.The subscriber can select to make its credit card to be collected first purchase and subsequent each expense of renewal automatically of order automatically by the computing machine of company.

In case a. the subscriber buys it and orders, its each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by the renewal of incentive program being extended automatically at every turn, and continuation always was unless he cancels its order on one's own initiative by the computing machine of company.

B. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the computing machine of company determined whether the subscriber has cancelled its order before 12 of a.m ETs of extending day.Order if the subscriber has cancelled it, then the computing machine of company stops the credit card charge to the subscriber, and cancels its registration in incentive program.

If c. the subscriber does not cancel its incentive program as yet and orders, the computing machine of company order to subscriber's credit card collect each order expense of $1.25 and with this $1.25 subscription fee in De $.63 or above contribution give $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery ticket progressive jackpot.

2.$12 pre-paid option.The first purchase that the subscriber can select to make its credit card collect the incentive program order automatically by the computing machine of company reaches the expense of every automatic renewal all around thereafter.

A. the pre-paid option is saved the Order Cost of predetermined dollar value for the subscriber, and for example 20%.

In case b. the subscriber buys it and orders, the computing machine of company each Monday, Wednesday and Friday extend automatically and order, and proceed to the subscriber always and cancel its order on one's own initiative.

If c. the subscriber cancels its order, then the computing machine of company stops to its credit card charge, and cancels its registration in incentive program.In addition, if the subscriber selects the pre-paid option, then the computing machine of company is return from the trend subscriber in each extension of the unreceived incentive program of cancellation fashion for him.

I. 12 of the a.m ETs on the computing machine of company each Monday, Wednesday and Friday are extended incentive programs automatically and are ordered.The computing machine of company determined before these times whether the subscriber has cancelled its order.Order if the subscriber cancels its incentive program as yet, then the computing machine of company is given $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery ticket progressive jackpot with current incentive program extension De $1.00 subscription fee De $.50 or above contribution.

If ii. the subscriber does not cancel its order and he is in the beginning of 4 new all pre-paid periods as yet, then the computing machine of company each order the expense collected to subscriber's credit card and with in the subscription fee or above contribution give 1,000,000 to 1,000,000 lottery ticket progressive jackpot.

Then, the subscriber agrees incentive program order agreement and terms and conditions, and authorizes the automatic payment (143) of subscription fee.If the subscriber is just in online ordering, then the website requires frame of his final election to order the terms and conditions of agreement to agree incentive program.If the subscriber dials free code, then artificial or automatic connection person requires him that the oral affirmation of the terms and conditions of agreeing incentive program order agreement is provided.Subscriber computing machine or operator by authorized company handles and orders application and finish purchase.In doing so, subscriber authorized company by to the credit card charge that is provided, uses its computing machine to handle the automatic payment (142) of current subscription fee and following subscription fee according to the previous automatic payment options of selecting.If the subscriber is just in online ordering, he finishes this process by " finishing purchase " of clicking on the website.The subscriber who dials free code finishes this process by the purchase that oral mandate operator allows the computing machine of company finish order.Subscriber's oral mandate is write down in the electronics mode and is stored on the memory device for checking in the electronics mode by the computing machine or the third-party computing machine of company.

After receiving enough subscriber informations, the computing machine of company is created a subscriber account (140).In order to create subscriber account, the computing machine of communicating by letter with the subscriber database of company in the company generate be used to keep accounts, unique subscriber's account number of gathering and customer service.The computing machine of company also distributes a login name so that he can visit the online rights and interests of incentive program to the subscriber.If the subscriber provides its e-mail address, then the computing machine of company distributes the login name of this address as the subscriber; Otherwise the computing machine of company generates this login name.The computing machine of company also provides the password of the online rights and interests of visit to the subscriber.If the subscriber provides its e-mail address, then it sends an Email of confirming its login name and password thereof to the computing machine of company from trend.Operator or webpage are with login name and password is sent to the subscriber and encourage the subscriber to print portion or write the login name or the password of its record.

Then, the computing machine of company verifies that this subscriber's information is accurately, and according to the automatic payment options of being selected by the subscriber, collects the automatic payment (150) that subscription fee obtains to order by the credit card that provides to company to the subscriber.

The computing machine of company is registered in the subscriber in the incentive program (170) subsequently and takes this to make the subscriber can begin the award that utilizes the incentive program subscriber to use, preferential and specific discount.The computing machine of company also makes freely the make a bet prize drawing (160) of a plurality of lottery tickets that company holds during ordering of subscriber.Lottery ticket and incentive program illustrate in greater detail following.

Before the incentive program of extending the subscriber was automatically ordered, the computing machine of company determined whether the subscriber has cancelled its order (180).The subscriber can be by dialing company free code or by logining its subscriber account and online submission it cancels its order.Order if the subscriber cancels it, then the computing machine of company obtains the automatic payment (150) that next orders the period, and the subscriber continues to receive incentive program (170) and to freely make a bet (160) of a plurality of lottery tickets.Order if the subscriber cancels it, then the computing machine of company cancellation incentive program is ordered and payment (190) automatically.

A plurality of lottery tickets

The computing machine of company is bought the subscriber and is made freely make a bet a plurality of lottery tickets and extend each order of subscriber when its incentive program is ordered automatically.Company holds two same time lottery tickets: a “ $10,000 " lottery ticket and a Ge $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets.Two lottery tickets have independent number sets, and this number sets forms subscriber's freely making a bet to each lottery ticket.Prize drawing was held in the identical evening in a week, for example on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.$10,000 lottery ticket has the progressive jackpot award-winner that guaranteed in each prize drawing, the Er $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets Ying Qu $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 progressive jackpot during the rival is provided at prize drawing each time chance.

$10,000 lottery ticket

Fig. 2 Shi Chu $10, the process flow diagram of the operation of 000 lottery ticket.$10,000 lottery ticket guarantee during each prize drawing a rival with Ying Qu $10,000 progressive jackpot.

When the subscriber buys Bonus Reward scheme order, the computer random of company is distributed one group from 5 white numbers of 65 white numbers and from a redness " progressive jackpot " number of 65 redness " progressive jackpot " number altogether to the subscriber, they form subscriber's Dui $10, freely make a bet (210) of the order in 000 lottery ticket.Each order to receive its set of number, and every group of numeral Dui $10, the making a bet separately of 000 lottery ticket.The subscriber has the option of selecting them by his number of input in suitable company's site.These selected numbers will be represented the subscriber to current and all futures, and the making a bet of 000 sweepstakes is unless he changes his number or cancels his order.

If his order of subscriber's on-line purchase, the computing machine of company distributes second group to represent Dui $10 to him, second " bonus " number of freely making a bet of prize drawing next time of 000 progressive jackpot lottery ticket, thus make the chance of its triumph double (220).Second group " bonus " number expression is to Xia Yi $10, the making a bet but expire after this time prize drawing and be not suitable for any other prize drawing of 000 sweepstakes.In addition, according to anyone can freely make a bet by mail (215) of the qualified lottery ticket of making a bet of governing law.

Dui $10, the prize drawing of 000 lottery ticket is held (230) in about 10 of the East Time evenings on each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.Ying De $10, the probability of 000 progressive jackpot be by when prize drawing the lottery ticket sum of making a bet determine.

The computer identity of company has making a bet of minimum triumph probability, and this is annotated into award-winner (240).For example, if all five white numbers and single red " progressive jackpot " number and six ball couplings choosing in prize drawing annotated, then company rewards and holds the Jing Zhengzhe $10 that this is made a bet, 000 progressive jackpot (245).All six numbers of the coupling of might not making a bet.For example, if do not have one to annotate and all five white numbers and redness " progressive jackpot " numbers match, but have one to annotate and all five white numbers match, then progressive jackpot is rewarded its rival with all five white numbers match of making a bet, because this is to have making a bet of minimum probability, the i.e. number (245) that mates most.If do not have one to annotate and all five white numbers and redness " progressive jackpot " number or all five white numbers match, but have one to annotate and all four white numbers and redness " progressive jackpot " numbers match, then progressive jackpot is rewarded to the rival who holds these notes.

Also might exist a plurality of triumphs to annotate, in this case, have the final contestant (246) of a plurality of prize drawings.For example, if Zai $10, do not have one to annotate and all five white numbers and redness " progressive jackpot " numbers match during 000 prize drawing, but annotate and all five white numbers match, then company treats these rivals and in them each is distributed unique identification number (255) as the final contestant of progressive jackpot more.Then, company holds second prize drawing (256) and selects one one number among these rivals randomly, and with $10,000 progressive jackpot is rewarded to this rival (250).Similarly, if do not have one to annotate and all five white numbers and redness " progressive jackpot " number or all five white numbers match, but annotate and all four white numbers and redness " progressive jackpot " numbers match (246), then company treats these rivals and in them each is distributed unique identification number (255) as the final contestant of progressive jackpot more.Then, company holds second prize drawing and selects one one number (256) among these rivals randomly, and with $10,000 progressive jackpot is rewarded to this rival (250).

Usually, the computing machine of company is checked $10, and all of 000 prize drawing are made a bet; Sign have with selected five white numbers and a redness " progressive jackpot " number during drawing a lottery in the notes of number of some or all coupling; And selection has, and one of minimum probability is annotated or annotate, for example number that mates most more.In sign its make a bet with the one or more rivals of several triumph numbers match with minimum probability after, company or to single award-winner's Jiang Li $10,000 progressive jackpot or hold prize drawing for the second time as mentioned above to determine award-winner.

All lottery ticket progressive jackpot that provided by company are based on can be in the progressive jackpot annuity of 30 equal annual installments of payment in 29 years.Progressive jackpot award-winner must select a kind of in the following progressive jackpot method of payment when winning a prize: annual payment annuity (252) or payment in full pay in cash (251).If award-winner select 29 years annuity options, then company can make to pay in the time fast as far as possible after award-winner select for the first time and carry out at 30 equal annual installments of payment in 29 years to award-winner's payment.If award-winner select the payment in full option, then company to its payment equal 29 years annuities the same day price single payment in full money.The value of option of paying in cash was set up by the annuity number being multiply by the discount factor of obtaining from the current market rate of the STRIP of U.S. government bond before each lottery ticket.

$1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets

The subscriber of incentive program is by the automatic gratis of the computing machine of company Xia Zhu $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets, as long as wherein the rival keeps its order just has the progressive jackpot between the Ying De $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 during inferior on every Wendesdays prize drawing chance.$1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets start from the progressive jackpot of initial Zui Shao $1 1,000,000, and it has the potentiality of Zeng Changdao $5 1,000,000.Company gives $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery ticket progressive jackpot with its 50% contribution from the gross income of the sale of incentive program order, until progressive jackpot Da Dao $5 1,000,000.Company or the insurance of purchase progressive jackpot, reserve sufficient capital, can be to guarantee company at rival's rewards accumulation bonus during Ying De $1 1,000,000 progressive jackpot before company has from the minimum progressive jackpot of the enough income payment $1 1,000,000 that order to sell.Each order of using each to extend Zhi Fuxuanxiang $1.25 purchase has reduced the number of being guaranteed by each extension $.63.Each order of using $12 pre-paid option to buy has reduced the number of being guaranteed by each extension $.50.In case company produces the income of the minimum progressive jackpot that is enough to Di Bu $1 1,000,000 from the sale that incentive program is ordered, then accumulate funds begins to increase and have the potentiality of Zeng Jiadao $5 1,000,000.

The process flow diagram of the operation of Fig. 3 Shi Chu $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets.

When the subscriber buys their incentive program order, the computer random of company is distributed one group from five white numbers of 65 white numbers altogether and from a redness " progressive jackpot " number of 65 redness " progressive jackpot " number altogether to the subscriber, they form subscriber's Dui $10, freely make a bet (210) of the order in 000 lottery ticket.Each order to receive its set of number, and every group of numeral Dui $10, the making a bet separately of 000 lottery ticket.The subscriber has the option of selecting them by his number of input in suitable company's site.These selected numbers will be represented the subscriber to current and all futures, and the making a bet of 000 sweepstakes is unless he changes his number or cancels his order.

The East Time 10:30 in evening on company each Monday, Wednesday and Friday holds prize drawing (320) about dividing.The prize drawing of $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets comprises extracts 5 Archons out and extract 1 " progressive jackpot " red ball out from the cylinder that comprises 65 redness " progressive jackpot " ball from the cylinder that comprises 65 Archons.Therefore, the triumph probability of 1,000,000 to 1,000,000 progressive jackpot is 536,892,1/720th.

After extracting 6 balls, the computing machine of company defines does not annotate win (330).If 5 Archons of making a bet Yu being extracted of rival add redness " progressive jackpot " ball coupling, then company rewards progressive jackpot to this rival (335).

If there are not the award-winner of $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 progressive jackpot, then the computing machine of company is accumulate to prize drawing next time with this progressive jackpot, and drawing a lottery next time, it continues to increase as described above until progressive jackpot Da Dao $5 1,000,000 or until arriving target date (340).

Super progressive jackpot.The progressive jackpot Da Dao $5 1,000,000 of Ru Guo $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets, or reach target date, and during the routine prize drawing, do not select award-winner as yet, then company holds super progressive jackpot prize drawing at East Time second day evening about 10:30, guarantees to reward super progressive jackpot (355) in this time prize drawing.

If super progressive jackpot on a predetermined date before Da Dao $5 1,000,000, then progressive jackpot binds and no longer increases.The income of selling from the order before the final prize drawing of super progressive jackpot can surpass $5 1,000,000, and the computing machine of company is added to progressive jackpot (super progressive jackpot lift-over income) next time with additional income in this case.The lottery ticket that is associated with super progressive jackpot lift-over income make a bet not lift-over but in current super progressive jackpot prize drawing as making a bet.

If progressive jackpot is to the target date of Zeng Changzhi $5 1,000,000 not, then the accumulate funds of super progressive jackpot is Xiao Yu $5 1,000,000 but is not less than from incentive program and orders 50% of the gross income of selling.For example, company can determine if to rewards accumulation bonus not on Dec 30, then it will hold once the prize drawing of super progressive jackpot Dec 30, and the number what it of guaranteeing progressive jackpot no matter in this time prize drawing will provide and be equal to or greater than 50% the progressive jackpot of ordering the gross income of selling from incentive program.Use this example, if company was that 1,000,000 progressive jackpot is held once conventional 1,000,000 to 1,000,000 sweepstakes and no one and won this progressive jackpot Dec 30, then company is retained in the power of holding super progressive jackpot prize drawing second day evening, at that time the progressive jackpot of rewarding $2 1,000,000 according to the award rule of the super progressive jackpot of management as described below.

In order to reward super progressive jackpot, at first, the computing machine that is connected with subscriber database in the company is obtained that Suo You $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets of having paid since last progressive jackpot are made a bet and is annotated to each randomly and distribute a unique identification number (355).Company computer to consecutive numbers of the subscriber's Random assignment with a plurality of preferential notes so that they compare with selected one or more prize-winning numbers in the prize drawing of super progressive jackpot.

Before super progressive jackpot prize drawing, company extracts a ball from the cylinder that 20 balls are wherein arranged; Numeral on this ball has determined that company is with the prize-winning number of selecting during super progressive jackpot prize drawing.The rival who holds this prize-winning number divides the progressive jackpot of super progressive jackpot (356) equally.For example, if number " 16 " is selected, then the computing machine of company is selected 16 numbers during the prize drawing of super progressive jackpot, and the rival who holds these 16 numbers shares the progressive jackpot of super progressive jackpot coequally.

Then, company holds super progressive jackpot prize drawing, and it selects 16 groups of numbers of representing the prize-winning number of super progressive jackpot at random in this prize drawing.The number range that is used in the prize drawing of super progressive jackpot, for example 65 white numbers and 65 redness " progressive jackpot " numbers and the probability that wins super progressive jackpot are that the sum of making a bet in the lottery ticket during by prize drawing is determined.The rival who holds the notes that mate with 16 prize-winning numbers is the award-winner of super progressive jackpot, and they divide super progressive jackpot (335) equally.

Dui Yu $10, the award-winner of 000 lottery ticket ， $1,1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets and super progressive jackpot select a kind of in the following progressive jackpot method of payment when winning a prize: annual payment annuity (337) or payment in full pay in cash (336).

Progressive jackpot is made a bet, expenditure and qualification

A plurality of award-winner of single progressive jackpot.If getting the winning number in a bond with a plurality of subscribers in the prize drawing once, for example by with same prize drawing in all 6 prize-winning numbers couplings, then those subscribers divide this progressive jackpot equally, and everyone can select it to select the expenditure method.

Make a bet the time limit.Rival's various lottery tickets of can before at 7 in East Time evening on prize drawing same day, making a bet.

Freely make a bet.The lottery ticket of making a bet is free.

A) incentive program subscriber.For each prize drawing, the subscriber of incentive program is freely made a bet automatically to draw a lottery next time.Subscriber with a plurality of orders accepts a plurality of free notes of sweepstakes next time.Buy before at 7 in sweepstakes East Time on same day evening subscriber that incentive program orders by automatically the sweepstakes on that night with and subsequent sweepstakes in freely make a bet, as long as they keep their order.Automatically freely make a bet in the sweepstakes next time of after at 7 in prize drawing East Time evening on the same day, buying sweepstakes that subscriber that incentive program orders freely do not make a bet that night but holding after the prize drawing on that night, need only them and keep their order.

B) free replacement choosing and selling method.By to the general headquarters of the said firm mailing stake form with write the addresser address exactly and post the envelope of stamp, anyone who comprises subscriber and non-subscriber can freely bet lottery ticket.The rival can bet each lottery ticket by the frequency that they liked, but each stake is must be by the rival hand-written and sent by first-class mail.The mailing stake of receiving before at 7 in prize drawing East Time evening on the same day is freely made a bet in the sweepstakes on that night automatically.The sweepstakes of freely not making a bet that night are bet in the mailing of receiving after at 7 in East Time evening on prize drawing same day, but freely make a bet automatically in the sweepstakes of holding after the prize drawing on that night next time.

The prize-winning chance of equality.Comprise that all following injecting methods that mail is made a bet have identical prize-winning chance.

Must be 18 years old or above could the object for appreciation.Subscriber and non-subscriber participant must must provide their name, address and date of birth 18 years old or above could the object for appreciation, and are encouraged but do not require telephone number and the e-mail address that they are provided.

World wide.Its mondial rival who participates in not forbidden by governing law can obtain these lottery tickets.

Incentive program

To explain incentive program and feature thereof now.

Fig. 4 illustrates the online part of incentive program.As mentioned above, when the subscriber bought order, the computing machine of company distributed the login name and the password (415) that allow the subscriber to visit they the incentive program account in company's site, and progressive jackpot incentive program one periderm is extended three times.Company distributes the notice (416) of nearest extension by company computer's inferior online news in brief in the Email that the subscriber sends one Wednesday.When the subscriber opened news in brief, he was linked to the website of company, and he can easily visit online marketplace, online shopping district and all awards, complimentary ticket, special preferential treatment and discount there.Online news in brief makes company can effectively and save the local world market that arrives.

When the subscriber fetched visit incentive program website (420) by direct visit or by the suitable chain in the click news in brief, the website gave the option that the subscriber is used for visiting the linked web pages that comprises included award of incentive program order and rights and interests.This website also is provided for providing to the subscriber advertising space of valuable especially award as described below to cooperative venture.This website also promote various lottery tickets and provide about various progressive jackpot and show until hour, minute of the prize drawing of various lottery tickets next time and second the information (450) of count-down clock.

The rights and interests of incentive program and reward value to the subscriber considerably beyond the cost of ordering.The website is included in the link of following award and rights and interests, and the subscriber has the Access Options of this link, below these links is described in detail:

Progressive jackpot market (430) is that wherein the subscriber is allowed to list the dwelling house that is used to sell and the website of car, working opportunity and resume and classified advertisement.Each is ordered authorized subscriber and once put up an inventory (431) on the company's market website.

Progressive jackpot shopping (435) is the online shopping website (436) that comprises the special preferential treatment of extending three times weekly and discount and only can use the subscriber.Except the special preferential treatment and discount that will be only can use the subscriber, progressive jackpot add up to and up to a million of index can from the zip code that is positioned at the subscriber and near online retailer and the preferential and discounts that obtain of entity retailer.

(470) are upgraded in " Cha-Ching " award in real time is that introducing incentive program subscriber's the desktop or the instant notification tool of E-mail address are upgraded in the real-time award of generous especially preferential and discount.The subscriber has the option of downloading and installing instant notification tool (471) or receive " Cha-Ching " award renewal in real time by Email.When the cooperative venture of company has overstock or hope when promoting, they can send desktop from the product that real-time award is more newly arrived and sold their stock fast or promote them to subscriber or E-mail address by the computing machine that makes company.

Progressive jackpot complimentary ticket (465) be comprise the printable complimentary ticket that is used to share online and entity retailer (466) and can be in the website of company or the website of the cooperative venture of discount offered be in the website of the online complimentary ticket that line exchanges.Surpass the complimentary ticket and special preferential treatment one periderm that are worth and extend three times, and only can use the incentive program subscriber.

Progressive jackpot credit card (440) is to provide the proprietary chance of application progressive jackpot credit card and the website (444) of the award that explanation is associated with this card to the subscriber.The award of progressive award credit card partly has four assemblies, below they is illustrated in greater detail:

1. progressive jackpot reward on total mark scheme.Progressive award card holder obtains a progressive jackpot integration for the purchase of each dollar that the progressive jackpot credit card that uses them carries out.

2. progressive jackpot is quickened incentive program.Progressive jackpot card holder registers to progressive jackpot automatically by the computing machine of company and quickens in the incentive program, in this program the card holder use at them their progressive jackpot credit card have dinner, stay in the hotel of joining in the restaurant of joining or when the retailer who joins locates to do shopping every cost then obtain nearly 20 minutes extra progressive jackpot integration for 1 dollar.

3. progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket.Progressive jackpot card holder is by the computing machine of the company progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket of freely making a bet automatically, and wherein the card holder will have 11 kinds of alternate manners and come to win prize that is worth up to a million dollars and the prize-winning chance that surpasses 1/3rd during each prize drawing on every Wendesdays time.

4. progressive jackpot is quickened promotional tickets.The computing machine that progressive jackpot card holder uses them at every turn at them progressive jackpot credit card is bought Shi You company from the retailer who the joins progressive jackpot of freely making a bet is automatically quickened promotional tickets.

Cooperative venture

The client that mode new and innovation is promoted their product and rewarded them seeks always in each company.A kind of effective and efficient manner of promoting the sale of products and rewarding client is by complimentary ticket and other special preferential treatment and discount are provided.In 2003, provided about 2,580 hundred million complimentary tickets in the U.S., make it become the popular approach of rewarding client.The Internet provides the ability of communicating by letter with numerous potential customers with alternant way for company.Therefore, the Internet complimentary ticket has been represented the zone of the huge potential growth in a complimentary ticket market.Yet, become more and more expensive in advertisement on the Internet, especially true for the Internet of high traffic.Because expensive expense, complimentary ticket current growth in the Internet is limited to the major company with media giant budget usually.

The said firm is by creating the award based on market, provide company (cooperative venture) access rights by the value of the rights and interests, award, special preferential treatment and the discount that provide to the subscriber based on them rather than the size of their market budget to a large amount of subscribers, change market trend.This new award based on market is for the subscriber and be ready that the cooperative venture that provides award, special preferential treatment and discount to make the subscriber enter incentive program is mutually beneficial.Preferential and the discount that cooperative venture offers the subscriber is good more, and then their access rights to those subscribers of acquisition are big more.In brief, the market that cooperative venture is rewarded in an award that provides to its subscriber based on cooperative venture is provided in the said firm.

An example of cooperative venture is the commercial bank (cooperative bank) (for example, credit card, check account, investment in capital a/c, retired account, university's savings account, home mortgage, automobile and truck financing etc.) that the specific preferential and discount of large-scale financial service is provided to the subscriber.In addition, cooperative bank can unite to the subscriber with company provides the progressive jackpot credit card.

Be the award that can obtain by the cooperative venture that provides special preferential treatment and discount to participate in incentive program to the incentive program subscriber and several examples of rights and interests below:

1. advertising space.Company becomes its quotation and special preferential treatment and the discount that is provided by cooperative venture with news in brief with ad constraints in the company's site.Provide advertising space to the preferential and discount that the incentive program subscriber provides to cooperative venture based on cooperative venture.Cooperative venture is good more to the preferential and discount that the subscriber provides, and the advertising space that they obtain on the website of company and news in brief is good more.The strong motivation of the value of this award that has increased them and provide for cooperative venture has produced, preferential and discount to the subscriber.The award that cooperative venture provides to the subscriber, added value preferential and discount make incentive program more valuable to the subscriber, and can increase the subscriber basis.Influence subscriber's ability and then make advertisement in the company's site more valuable and make that cooperative venture is more prone to provide better preferential and discount to the subscriber to cooperative venture, this has further increased the value of incentive program.

2. the preferential position during shopping is searched for.Company the preferential position of progressive jackpot Search Results is provided provide for the incentive program subscriber cooperative venture of best preferential and discount.

3. the deposit of credit card trade.Company agrees coupling or reduces the current payment to its handled credit card trade of cooperative venture.Pay if company can not mate or reduction company is current, then company provides 1 year free subscription for incentive program to cooperative venture.

4. win chance up to a million.When each company rewards $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 progressive jackpot, the progressive jackpot that company also rewards $1 ten thousand to a cooperative venture that participates in incentive program.Cooperative venture is used to obtain freely making a bet to cooperative venture's lottery ticket at each progressive jackpot card when their company buys thing.What company obtained is directly proportional with the number that they reward to the progressive jackpot integration of progressive jackpot credit card holder to the quantity of the free notes of cooperative venture's lottery ticket.For example, if cooperative venture rewards 10 fens progressive jackpot integrations for per 1 dollar of cooperation progressive jackpot Credit Card Payments, then company obtains 10 and annotates cooperative venture's lottery tickets for per 1 dollar of cooperation progressive jackpot credit card cost.

5. double them and win chance up to a million.The cooperative venture that allows company handle their credit card trade will double the chance that they win cooperative venture's lottery ticket.For example, if company is for using per 1 dollar of the cost of progressive jackpot credit card to obtain 10 fens progressive jackpot integrations and they and allow company handle their credit card trade, then company is for using per 1 dollar of the cost of progressive jackpot credit card to obtain 20 and annotate cooperative venture's lottery tickets.

6. free incentive program is ordered.The cooperative venture that allows company handle their credit card trade obtains the free subscription of incentive program, and this makes their freely Xia Zhu $1 ten thousand lottery tickets and $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets automatically.

Progressive jackpot market

Fig. 5 illustrates the progressive jackpot market part of this program.

Progressive jackpot market (500) is the online website that is divided into the classified advertisement tabulation of five major parts: real estate, automobile, work, individual and classification.The computing machine of company obtains the classified advertisement in progressive jackpot market from two sources:

1. Internet search, gathering and index.The computing machine of company uses first search technique to search for the Internet, with the online classification advertisement of assembling and index is listed on the various online classification advertising listing websites by for example non-subscriber such as Cars.com, Vehix.com, Autotrader.com, Monster.com, HotJob.com, eBay Real Estate, Yahoo Real Estate third company operation.This makes the visitor of website of company can have access to the large-scale tabulation from various websites when the enterprising line search in progressive jackpot market.

2. subscriber.The subscriber is allowed to each order and once puts up a classified advertisement, as long as they keep their order (510) to incentive program.

A. subscriber's tabulation is puted up and is stored on the computing machine of company by the subscriber.

B. the subscriber can stop tabulation at any time, and can change or replace once their tabulation in each ordering cycle, or weekly their tabulation is changed or replace three times.

C. the cost of listing these class article on progressive jackpot market is included in the subscription fee of incentive program.

D. the classified advertisement of being puted up by the subscriber is from using first search technique to assemble and third party's classified advertisement tabulation website of index obtains to be better than the preferential position that non-subscriber tabulates by company computer.

E. the advantage that has a plurality of orders.Can be undertaken by buying a plurality of orders keeping a plurality of classified advertisements interested subscriber that tabulates simultaneously.Which subscriber of the computer identity of company has a plurality of orders and gives them for the preferential position that is suitable for Search Results.The order that the subscriber has is many more, and then the position that obtains in being suitable for Search Results of its classified advertisement is many more.The subscriber can have a plurality of tabulations simultaneously in a plurality of classification (real estate, automobile, work, individual and classification).For example, the subscriber who buys 10 orders can put up 10 different classified advertisements simultaneously, and his 10 advertisements are secured to be suitable in the Search Results and are listed in above the analogous list with the subscriber who is less than 10 orders.Subscriber with five orders can put up simultaneously 5 different classified advertisements and his five advertisements be secured at be listed in the Search Results than by the computing machine of company use first search technique assemble and the third-party analogous list of non-subscriber of index above.

F. company can be the subscriber.The company that includes but not limited to cooperative venture can become the subscriber by one or more orders of buying incentive program, and can as any other incentive program subscriber the respective classified tabulation be posted in the market.Usually, the company that holds order can also carry out the subscriber's of belonging to as herein described everything, comprises the free notes of acquisition to a plurality of lottery tickets.

Tabulation on the progressive jackpot market can be checked and visited by subscriber (520) and non-subscriber (530), but has only the subscriber classified advertisement directly could be posted to progressive jackpot market and obtain the preferential position of those advertisements.

Progressive jackpot market has five major parts: real estate, automobile, work, individual and classification.

1. automobile part (545).Progressive jackpot market comprises automobile part (545), the classified advertisement that can place automobile, truck, automobile component and other kinds of goods relevant with vehicle this part subscriber.

A. the subscriber is authorized to each order one next classified advertisement under the situation that does not increase expense on the basis of incentive program subscription fee.The subscriber that the hope that comprises new car and used car dealer and other owners lists file names with the multi-section vehicle can be undertaken by buying a plurality of orders.Buying a plurality of orders also provides the preferential position of potentiality of potential subscriber's quantity of the remarkable increase that has the tabulation of seeing them in Search Results for the seller.

B. for example, the car dealer who buys 10 orders can put up the advertisement of 10 different automobiles and his 10 automobiles and guaranteed to be listed in Search Results and have above the listed similar automobile of the subscriber that is less than 10 orders.Subscriber with 5 orders can put up the advertisement of 5 different automobiles and his 5 automobiles and be secured at and be listed in the Search Results by having above the similar automobile that the subscriber that is less than 5 orders lists.Subscriber with single order can put up the advertisement of a car and his automobile and be guaranteed to be listed in computing machine by company and use first search technique to assemble and above the automobile of non-subscriber on third party's website of index tabulate.

C. for example, for example 2004 Ford Explorer are interested if the visitor of the website of company is to buying, and then he can key in " 2004 Ford Explorer " market " search " frame and click " search ".The computer search of company and index put up by the subscriber all begin the 2004 Ford Explorer tabulation listed with descending from subscriber with maximum orders.Simultaneously, the computing machine utilization of company unit search technique is assembled all 2004 FordExplorer tabulations of putting up at place such as various online automobile tabulation website such as for example Cars.com, Vehix.com, Autotrader.com, eBay Motors, Yahoo Autos, Edmunds.com, kbb.com etc. with index.Make his interested 2004 FordExplorer if the visitor sees by what the incentive program subscriber listed, then this visitor computing machine of clicking this tabulation and company provides the complete list of the Explorer on the computing machine of company.If the visitor sees by his the interested 2004 Ford Explorer that make that list such as third party's classified advertisement tabulation website of automobiles such as Vehix.com, then he clicks this tabulation and the computing machine of company takes him to the Vehix.com website, and he can check the complete description of vehicle in this website.

D. company and cooperative venture, for example cooperative bank and insurance company have the patent rights that the automobile in market partly carries out the advertisement of vehicle financing and insurance.If the subscriber uses the financing that is provided by company or cooperative venture to buy vehicle, or the insurance that is provided by company or cooperative venture is provided is car insurance (546), then this subscriber automatically obtains to the free subscription of incentive program and to the free notes of a plurality of lottery tickets of being provided by company, as long as he is loan for purchasing car or insure (547) by company or cooperative venture.

2. real estate part (550).Progressive jackpot market comprises real estate part (550), and wherein the subscriber can list under the situation that does not increase expense on the basis of incentive program subscription fee and be used to the property selling or hire out.

A. the subscriber is authorized to each order one next classified advertisement under the situation that does not increase expense on the basis of incentive program subscription fee.The subscriber that the hope that comprises realtor and property owner lists file names with a plurality of properties can be undertaken by buying a plurality of orders.Buying a plurality of orders also provides the preferential position of potentiality of potential subscriber's quantity of the remarkable increase that has the tabulation of seeing them in Search Results for the seller.

B. for example, the realtor who buys 10 orders can put up the advertisement of 10 different buildings and his 10 houses and guaranteed to be listed in Search Results and have above the listed house-like of the subscriber that is less than 10 orders.Subscriber with 5 orders can put up the advertisement of 5 different buildings and his 5 houses and be secured at and be listed in the Search Results by having above the house-like that the subscriber that is less than 5 orders lists.Subscriber with single order can put up the advertisement in a house and his house and be guaranteed to be listed in computing machine by company and use first search technique to assemble and above the real estate of non-subscriber on third party's website of index tabulate.

C. for example, if the visitor of the website of company is to buying the price Zai $500 that for example is positioned at specific zip code areas, the house in three bedrooms of 000, two bathrooms is interested, then he can visit progressive jackpot market real estate webpage and input search condition under the real estate search: bedroom " 3 ", bathroom " 2 ", Price Range " Xiao Yu $500,000 " and position " Hezhou, city " or " postcode ".All prices in this geographic area that the subscriber from having maximum orders that the computer search of company and index are puted up by its subscriber begins to list with descending exist, three bedrooms below 000, the house in two bathrooms.Simultaneously, the computing machine utilization unit search technique of company is assembled all price Zai $500 in this geographic area that put up at various online real estate sites place at for example eBay Real Estate, Yahoo RealEstate, ForSaleByOwner.com etc. with index, three bedrooms below 000, the house in two bathrooms.Make his interested house if the visitor sees by what the incentive program subscriber listed, then this visitor computing machine of clicking this tabulation and company is opened the complete list in the house on the computing machine of company.If the visitor sees by make his interested house by what another classified advertisement service was listed as eBay RealEstate, then he clicks this tabulation and this takes him to eBay Real Estate website, and he can check the complete list in house in this website.

D. company and cooperative venture, for example mortgage middleman, bank and insurance company have the patent rights of partly doing home mortgage loan and the house owner or renter's advertisement at the real estate in progressive jackpot market.If the subscriber (551) who buys home mortgage loan or the house owner or renter's insurance by company or cooperative venture obtains to the free subscription of incentive program and automatically freely to make a bet (553) of a plurality of lottery tickets of being provided by company, as long as they mortgage their house by company or cooperative venture or give the house owner insure (552).

3. working portion (540).Progressive jackpot market comprises working portion (540), and wherein the subscriber is authorized to put up working opportunity (542) or their resume (541).

A. the subscriber is authorized to each order one next classified advertisement under the situation that does not increase expense on the basis of incentive program subscription fee.The subscriber that the hope that comprises company lists file names with a plurality of work can be undertaken by buying a plurality of orders.Buying a plurality of orders also provides the preferential position of potentiality of potential subscriber's quantity of the remarkable increase that has the tabulation of seeing them in Search Results for company.

B. for example, the company that buys 10 orders can put up the advertisement of 10 different work and its 10 and is operated in the Search Results to be guaranteed to be listed in and has above the listed similar work of the subscriber that is less than 10 orders.Subscriber with 5 orders can put up the advertisement of 5 different work and his 5 work and be secured at and be listed in the Search Results by having above the similar work that the subscriber that is less than 5 orders lists.Subscriber with single order can put up the advertisement of a job and his work and be guaranteed to be listed in computing machine by company and use first search technique to assemble and above the Work List of non-subscriber on third party's website of index.

C. for example, if the visitor of the website of company is to base pay Bu Shaoyu $65, the accountancy of the New York in 000 every year is interested, then he can visit progressive jackpot market work webpage and input search condition under the work search: the job category of expectation " accounting ", city " New York ", salary scope "; 000-$100,000 ".The accountancy of all incity, New York annual pays that the subscriber from having maximum orders that the computer search of company and index are puted up by its subscriber begins to list with descending in the scope of ", 000-$100,000 ".Simultaneously, the computing machine utilization of company unit search technique is assembled the accountancy in the scope of "; 000-$100,000 " of all incity, New York annual pays of putting up at for example various website places that work online such as Monster.com, HotJob.com, Carrierbuilder.com, Indeed.com, NYTimes.com with index.Make his interested work vacancy if the visitor sees by what another incentive program subscriber listed, then he clicks the complete list that the job requirement on the computing machine of company is opened in this tabulation and it.If the visitor sees by make his interested work vacancy by what another Work List website was listed as eBay Monster.com, then he clicks this tabulation and this takes him to the Monster.com website, and he can check the complete list of job requirement in this website.

4. personal sector (555).The subscriber can create, put up and search for resume under the situation that does not increase expense on the basis of incentive program subscription fee.

D. the subscriber is authorized to each once people's advertisement one by one of order under the situation that does not increase expense on the basis of incentive program subscription fee.For any purpose is bought subscriber's the personal advertisement preferential position of potentiality that a plurality of orders provide potential viewer's quantity of the remarkable increase that has the individual list of seeing them in Search Results.

E. for example, if buying and putting up one of 10 different classified advertisements and those tabulations in any one that the subscriber of 10 orders can be in five primary categories is personal advertisement, then their personal advertisement be secured at be suitable for be listed in the Search Results by have the listed similar personal advertisement of the subscriber that is less than 10 orders above.

5. classified part (560).Progressive jackpot market comprises a general classified part (560), and wherein the subscriber can place the classified advertisement of the things that is used for nearly all energy licit traffic.

F. the subscriber is authorized to each order one next classified advertisement under the situation that does not increase expense on the basis of incentive program subscription fee.Wish that the subscriber who keeps a plurality of classified advertisement tabulations simultaneously can be undertaken by buying a plurality of orders.Buying a plurality of orders provides the preferential position of the potentiality of the potential buyer's quantity that is being suitable for the remarkable increase that has the tabulation of seeing him in the Search Results to the seller.

E. for example, the subscriber who buys 10 orders can put up 10 different advertisements such as book, jewelry, electronics, bicycle, musical instrument, athletic meeting ticket and its 10 tabulations and guaranteed to be listed in Search Results and have above the listed analogous list of the subscriber that is less than 10 orders.Subscriber with 5 orders can put up the advertisement of 5 different article and their 5 advertisements and be secured at and be listed in the Search Results by having above the analogous list that the subscriber that is less than 5 orders lists.Subscriber with single order can put up the advertisement of article and his article and be guaranteed to be listed in computing machine by company and use above the analogous list that first search technique is assembled and the non-subscriber of index puts up on third party's website.

The progressive jackpot shopping

Fig. 6 illustrates the progressive jackpot shopping part of program.Progressive jackpot shopping (600) is to provide the special preferential treatment of kinds of goods and service and the website of discount to the subscriber.The computing machine of company is regularly extended and index is preferential and discount and they can be used the incentive program subscriber.Except the specific preferential and discount that will be only can use the incentive program subscriber, the computing machine of company utilize first search technique (above-mentioned) come assemble on the progressive jackpot shopping webpage and index can be in the zip code the subscriber with near online retailer and the preferential and discount up to a million of entity retailer acquisition.

The subscriber of incentive program can browse and search for interested article and service (610) in progressive jackpot, and can buy required kinds of goods and service from company and cooperative venture.Can comprise at the kinds of goods of progressive jackpot shopping place acquisition and the example of service:

Travelling (610).The subscriber enjoys the discount (611) of common machine admission fee Jian Qu $100 when buying companion (companion) air ticket on the progressive jackpot shopping website.The subscriber enjoys the discount (612) of common cruise admission fee Jian Qu $100 when buying companion (companion) cruise ticket on the progressive jackpot shopping website.The subscriber enjoys 50% discount (613) to the hotel in second evening of the ordering price of putting up a guest for the night on the progressive jackpot shopping website.

Book (620).The subscriber enjoys 30% to 50% discount to all books of buying on the progressive jackpot shopping website, and all backs on sale is surpassed the acquisition free delivery of buying books of $30.

Electronic equipment (630).The subscriber enjoys the discount of Jian Qu $100 to apple iPod (631), Canon's digital camera (632), Dell's kneetop computer (633) and the PlayStation of Sony (634) that buys on the progressive jackpot shopping website.

" Cha-Ching " rewards in real time and upgrades

" Cha-Ching " rewards renewal in real time is that incentive program subscriber's the desktop or the instant notification tool of E-mail address are introduced in the renewal of generous especially treatment and discount.

The subscriber has and will reward upgrade the option of the e-mail box that is delivered to them, desktop, laptop computer or other equipment that is fit to that they are used to enter the Internet such as PDA etc. in real time.If the subscriber selects the E-mail address that is delivered to him with reward upgrading in real time, then he signs in to subscriber account and clicks the icon that is used to ask to reward in real time by email delivery renewal on the website of company.The computing machine of company also is simultaneously that subscriber's login name adds hope to and receives the database of rewarding the subscriber who upgrades in real time by Email then with subscriber's e-mail address.

If the subscriber selects to upgrade desktop, laptop computer or the miscellaneous equipment that directly is delivered to him with rewarding in real time, then he logins its subscriber account and clicks being used in the company's site and ask to upgrade the icon that directly is delivered to its desktop with rewarding in real time.The computing machine of company provides the subscriber to agree to be installed to downloaded software on its desktop, laptop computer or the miscellaneous equipment subsequently.But this downloaded software provides its function on the computing machine that will be installed in them to issue the executive software of controlling by future by company.Downloaded software provides award to upgrade icon for subscriber's desktop, and highlights and send the icon of the sound of " Cha-Ching " when being activated for its practical program bar provides each renewal of award in real time.Downloaded software is also inserted command string the initiating sequence of subscriber's computing machine, this initiating sequence starts and keeps on subscriber's the desktop with effective the Internet of the computing machine of company and is connected, and whenever what this connection made that company can be when subscriber's computing machine be opened pushes content to subscriber.Therefore, based on the flash of light of icon and " Cha-Ching " sound, notify real-time award to upgrade any fresh content in the window to the subscriber.

If the subscriber selects directly to be delivered to their desktop and their E-mail address with reward upgrading in real time, then he logins its subscriber account and clicks being used on the website of company and ask directly to be delivered to his desktop and the icon of E-mail address with rewarding in real time to upgrade.Then, on behalf of the subscriber, the computing machine of company carry out above-mentioned functions.

When cooperative venture has overstock or hope when carrying out sales promotion, they can attempt by company will be rewarded in real time upgrade the desktop that is sent to the subscriber or E-mail address to sell their stock rapidly or promoting their product.It wishes notice company of cooperative venture to provide generous especially preferential or discount to the progressive jackpot subscriber.If company determines that the product or the service that are provided by cooperative venture are interested especially or valuable for its all or part subscriber, then the computing machine of company sends this real-time award renewal preferential or discount by Email on subscriber's the desktop or desktop from the connection of effective the Internet to its some or all subscriber or E-mail address.When this preferential arrival subscriber's desktop or when the subscriber opens their Email, reward renewal in real time and can obtain special preferential treatment or discount with sound notification by being emitted in " Cha-Ching " sound that is sent when cashier's machine is opened.Pop-up window is also notified preferential or discount to the subscriber.

The subscriber is encouraged the kinsfolk for themselves and they to create a customer profile.In the time can obtaining the specific preferential or discount that is complementary with their overview, by the Email on their desktop or effectively the Internet connect can obtain them to their notice may interested specific preferential or discount.Overview is accurate more, then provides real-time award to upgrade to the subscriber more goodly.

The computer identity of company has the subscriber of a plurality of orders, and gives them and preferentially notify.The order that the subscriber buys is many more, and the computing machine of company more early meets the best preferential and discount of their overview to their notice, thereby gives the killer opportunity that they utilize these special preferential treatments or discount.

The progressive jackpot complimentary ticket

Fig. 7 illustrates the progressive jackpot complimentary ticket part of program.In 2003, provided about 2,580 hundred million complimentary tickets in the U.S., make it become the popular approach of rewarding client.The progressive jackpot complimentary ticket provides a kind of more effective, more worthwhile method of distributing complimentary ticket.

Progressive jackpot complimentary ticket (700) is to comprise only the complimentary ticket of the value that surpasses $200 that is obtained by the incentive program subscriber and the website of channel discount.Company one upgrade three these complimentary tickets and specific discounts week and make they can be on the website of company online obtaining.Company issues three times and covers the online news in brief of the link of progressive jackpot complimentary ticket website and notifies complimentary ticket and discount to upgrade to the subscriber by a week.The subscriber of incentive program can browse and search for the progressive jackpot complimentary ticket of the complimentary ticket of interested kinds of goods of subscriber and service.Entity retailer's complimentary ticket comprises can be printed and the bar code of retailer's scanning of being convenient to join them by the subscriber.Online complimentary ticket be electronics and can be in the website of company or in the website of the cooperative venture of discount offered by online exchange.

Complimentary ticket is divided into various classifications so that the subscriber browses and find interested complimentary ticket.These classifications comprise: dwelling house and garden (720), clothes and accessories (721), automobile (722), office (723), toy (724), amusement (725), health and nutrition (730) and subscriber may interested other classifications.For convenience's sake, these classifications can have subclass.Healthy and nutrition has such as infantile health and nutrition (731), frozen food (732), cereal and breakfast (733), health and beauty treatment (734) and beverage subclass such as (735).

The progressive jackpot credit card

The progressive jackpot credit card can be used for the incentive program subscriber and be provided by cooperative bank.Fig. 8 illustrates the progressive jackpot credit card part of program.Company and cooperative bank provide the chance of applying for the progressive jackpot credit card to the subscriber, to increase the possibility (815) that the subscriber applies for this card.When the subscriber bought their incentive program order, as mentioned above, company notified him to have " exclusive " chance of applying for the progressive jackpot credit card to him, and provides the chance of finishing the progressive jackpot credit card application to him.After the subscriber bought the incentive program order, he sent a welcome email that highlights the rights and interests of progressive jackpot credit card to the computing machine of company from trend, and provided one to the link in the ply-yarn drill application.The computing machine of company also sends a welcome letter that orders about his incentive program to the subscriber, highlights the rights and interests of progressive jackpot credit card, comprises the application to this card, and the free code of notifying the subscriber to dial to be used to apply for (for example, 1-888-JACKPOT).The computing machine of company also sends the application of agreeing in advance to the subscriber in due course.News in brief also comprise about place highlightedly about the advertisement of progressive jackpot credit card and from the card holder's who wins progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket proof.

The computer identity of company does not obtain the subscriber of progressive jackpot credit card and accumulates the new method of encouraging integration to their transmissions about how to win when using card, and notifies the relevant new company that adds progressive jackpot reward on total mark scheme.These Emails comprise the link of online progressive jackpot credit card application.As mentioned above, the incentive program website covers the link and the application of progressive jackpot credit card information and promotes the chance that this card, the award that is associated, progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket and progressive jackpot are quickened promotional tickets.Generally speaking, company and cooperative bank cooperate various technology subscriber's notice are attracted to credit card.

If the subscriber wants to apply for the progressive jackpot credit card, then he is by dialing the freephone of company, by clicking the link of the credit card application in the company's site or in the news in brief, or apply for (820) by finish the application program that he receives in Email.When the subscriber bought its incentive program order, he provided credit card application required bulk information.Therefore, in order to apply for the progressive jackpot credit card, the subscriber only need provide social security number such as him, current family annual income and company be carried out mandate that credit verifies etc. finish the required any additional information of credit card application.

Use the information that the subscriber provided, company or cooperative bank carry out credit to the subscriber and verify to determine whether ratifying credit card to the subscriber.If the subscriber meets the credit request of progressive jackpot credit card, then cooperative bank sells this subscriber's progressive jackpot credit card (825) wholesale.The information that cooperative bank utilizes the subscriber to provide in his credit card application is subsequently created this subscriber's credit card account, and sends progressive jackpot credit card (830) to this subscriber.The explanation that also has its rights and interests and award that provides together with card and for example dial free code such as 1-888-JACKPORT to activate the instruction of this card.

The progressive jackpot credit card is directly integrated many awards and rights and interests make the card holder can be automatically and accept award and channel discount modestly and complimentary ticket or discount card needn't be provided.What the Periodic Notice subscriber of company extended the rights and interests that accompany with the progressive jackpot credit card and award and progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket quickens the result of promotional tickets with progressive jackpot.For example, in the next morning of each sweepstakes, company sends the Email of the prize-winning number with them, their explanation of bonus (for example progressive jackpot integration) and the bonus sum that they are accrued to the subscriber with prize-winning number.

The progressive jackpot card is rewarded and rights and interests comprise:

Progressive jackpot reward on total mark scheme.Buy employed each dollar (839) for the subscriber with the progressive jackpot credit card, he obtains a progressive jackpot integration (851).The surrender value of each progressive jackpot integration Ju You $0.01 and can exchange (855) cash (857); Such as various awards (856) such as air ticket, commodity and gift card; Or such as cash equivalents (858) such as 529 education deposit plans.The cash redemption value originates in 1000 progressive jackpot integrations.

The subscriber also can earn the progressive jackpot integration of account transfer remaining sum (840), and for example, he transfers into 10 minutes the progressive jackpot integration of remaining sum earning of the Mei $100 of progressive jackpot credit card from another credit card.This is that every credit card provides once.

The subscriber also earns the progressive jackpot integration of paying automatically to the progressive jackpot credit card (838).For example, subscriber's progressive jackpot integration of 50 minutes of each billing period earning when using automatic payment on time to pay the payment of the minimum dollar amount at least that its progressive jackpot credit card deals with.

The computing machine of company is regularly to the sum of subscriber's send Email to its notice progressive jackpot integration in its account.Progressive jackpot integration Email comprises advertisement and can use its progressive jackpot integration to buy extra order or can be in the do shopping link of website of other commodity that website obtains and service of progressive jackpot immediately to the subscriber.Also to the subscriber send about how by use the progressive jackpot credit card earn the progressive jackpot integration new method Email and quicken the notice of the new company of incentive program about adding progressive jackpot.

Progressive jackpot is quickened incentive program.Company will use the subscriber of progressive jackpot credit card to be registered in automatically and quicken in the incentive program.Each subscriber uses their progressive jackpot credit card (845) when cooperative venture buys, and he for example obtains progressive jackpot integration (852) with higher speed automatically, whenever spends 1 dollar of nearly 20 progressive jackpot integration.Quicken incentive program allow cooperative venture directly with subscriber's transaction as progressive jackpot credit card card holder, and this subscriber also benefits from the progressive jackpot integration of the more more number of their earning.Company and cooperative bank benefit from and use credit card more.

The subscriber also is used for its progressive jackpot credit card for example to have dinner in the restaurant of joining, stays in the hotel of joining or also earns extra progressive jackpot integration when the retailer who joins locates to do shopping at it.Below be several illustrations awards that progressive jackpot is quickened incentive program:

Three minutes progressive jackpot integration of each dollar earning when the retailer who a) joins locates to do shopping.

Six minutes progressive jackpot integration of each dollar earning when b) buying the article of selected brand in the food supply retail shop of joining or pharmacy.

C) three minutes progressive jackpot integration of each dollar earning when promotion period is hired a car.The subscriber who hired a car three days obtains the 4th day freely.

D) then exempt from hotel expense three evenings the 4th evening at 20 minutes the progressive jackpot integration of each dollar of hotel ccommodation earning of joining or at the hotel ccommodation of joining.

Incentive program is integrated in the card.Many awards, special preferential treatment and discount that progressive jackpot acceleration incentive program will be associated with the progressive jackpot incentive program are integrated in the progressive jackpot credit card.This makes the incentive program subscriber also to accept award and channel discount modestly automatically when using their progressive jackpot credit card and complimentary ticket or discount card needn't be provided.Progressive jackpot card holder is registered in automatically to be provided in the acceleration incentive program of generous progressive jackpot reward on total mark and progressive jackpot card holder can become comprise cash, air ticket, commodity, gift card or comprise the various awards of other cash equivalents of 529 education deposit plans with their progressive jackpot accumulated point exchanging for various credit card trades.

Progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket.Company makes the progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket (850) of freely making a bet as the subscriber of progressive jackpot credit card holder (subscriber/card holder) automatically.As long as subscriber/card holder is still the subscriber of incentive program and the card holder of progressive jackpot card, then their the each prize drawing in inferior on every Wendesdays progressive jackpot credit card sweepstakes obtains free a notes.

When the subscriber activated its progressive jackpot credit card, the computer random of company was distributed one group from 5 white numbers of 65 white numbers altogether and from a redness " progressive jackpot " number of 65 redness " progressive jackpot " number altogether to this subscriber/card holder.These selected numbers are represented subscriber's making a bet in current and following all progressive jackpot credit card sweepstakes, unless he on the website of company its number of making a bet of online change, cancel its order or cancel its progressive jackpot credit card.

East Time 10:15 in evening left and right sides company holds the prize drawing of progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket on each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.Prize drawing comprises extracts 5 white numbers out and extract 1 redness " progressive jackpot " number out from the cylinder that comprises 65 redness " progressive jackpot " ball from the cylinder that comprises 65 white numbers.

Different with Shang Shu $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000 lottery tickets, progressive jackpot credit card lottery ticket is rewarded less award rather than is rewarded huge progressive jackpot to the rival of just in time mating with 6 numbers to the subscriber with 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 numbers match.It is high a lot of that this makes that the card holder will win the probability of prize during each sweepstakes.The probability of winning a prize during the sweepstakes of progressive jackpot credit card is to have one in per 2.87.

Company rewards bonus with the form of progressive jackpot integration, for example mate 1 number 1 fen progressive jackpot integration and mate acquisition 1,000, the 000 progressive jackpot integration of all 6 numbers.The cash of per minute progressive jackpot integration Deng Jiayu $.01 and can exchange the various awards that comprise unlimited cash bonuses, air ticket, commodity, gift card or comprise other cash equivalents of 529 education deposit plans.The cash redemption standard is low to 1,000 fen Huo $10.

Progressive jackpot is quickened promotional tickets.Also freely quickened to be made a bet in the promotional tickets automatically when kinds of goods that subscriber/card holder uses its progressive jackpot credit card to buy to provide by incentive program at him at every turn or service in progressive jackpot.If subscriber/card holder is used for its progressive jackpot credit card to buy kinds of goods or service on progressive jackpot shopping website, for example kinds of goods and the service that is provided by online and the cooperative venture entity retail location, then the computing machine of company makes him freely quicken to make a bet in the promotional tickets in progressive jackpot automatically.Also be stored in the bar code of progressive jackpot complimentary ticket quickening freely making a bet of promotional tickets, this bar code name with the subscriber when the subscriber uses this complimentary ticket and his progressive jackpot credit card to buy activates.

Progressive jackpot is quickened the prize-winning bonus Shi $100 of promotional tickets, 000 progressive jackpot.In every month not, all free notes of the computer identity of company subscriber/card holder's earning during the moon of keeping accounts to progressive jackpot acceleration promotional tickets.The computer random of company is distributed one group from 5 white numbers of 65 white numbers altogether and from a redness " progressive jackpot " number of 65 redness " progressive jackpot " number altogether to subscriber/card holder.These selected numbers represent that subscriber/card holder quickens making a bet in the promotional tickets in current progressive jackpot, but expire after prize drawing and be not suitable for any other prize drawing.

Annotate or annotate more the prize drawing of holding progressive jackpot acceleration promotional tickets on the 15th day in the following January after finishing by the free record keeping moon of annotating subscriber/card holder by using its progressive jackpot credit card earning one.Winning progressive jackpot, to quicken the probability of promotional tickets be that total notes number of lottery ticket is determined during by prize drawing.

After each progressive jackpot is quickened the promotional tickets prize drawing, all notes in the computing machine inspection prize drawing of company; Sign have with selected 5 white numbers and 1 redness " progressive jackpot " number during drawing a lottery in the notes of number of some or all coupling; And isolate and have that one of minimum probability is annotated or annotate more, the number of coupling for example.Identify its annotate have one or more rivals of notes of prize-winning numbers match of minimum probability with some after, company or to single award-winner's Jiang Li $10,000 progressive jackpot or hold prize drawing for the second time as described above with definite award-winner.

The free premiums scheme that obtains is ordered

The subscriber can be by carrying out for example buying " order class " behaviors such as commodity and service repeatedly from company or cooperative venture, obtain that free incentive program is ordered or right, freely the making a bet of 000 progressive jackpot and 1,000,000 to 1,000,000 progressive jackpot, such as:

1. the cooperative bank to company opens a Ju You $2,500 minimum initial remaining sum often, investment, retirement or university's savings account.

2. buy home mortgage, house property right loan or open a loan limit by company, cooperative venture or cooperative bank.

3. be automobile or truck financing by company, cooperative venture or cooperative bank.

4. buy house, automobile, life insurance, health, replenish or the insurance of other form by company, cooperative venture or cooperative bank.

5. buy the communication service of CATV (cable television), the Internet, cell phone or telephone service, satelline radio, internet radio, Internet television, Email, text message sending and receiving, instant messaging or other type by company, cooperative venture or cooperative bank.

6. by buying antivirus software or computing machine utility software with each one of the next company that on subscriber's computing machine, extends automatically of extension or its cooperative venture of ordering.

7. buy the membership of club or association (for example, Health Club or Automobile Associations) by one of company or its cooperative venture.

8. buy the order or the membership of online education service or Online Video game services for themselves or its children by one of company or its cooperative venture.

9. buy the technical ability of other form of order, membership or participation game on line or other recreation by one of company or its cooperative venture.

10. buy magazine and newspaper order by one of company or its cooperative venture.

11. buy season ticket (for example sports tournament, cinema etc.) by one of company or its cooperative venture.

In addition, the company that participates in incentive program and allow company or its cooperative venture handle its credit card trade freely obtains the extra order of incentive program and freely sweepstakes is each time made a bet automatically.The company of participation incentive program also obtains the free notes to cooperative venture's lottery ticket when buying thing in the company that uses the progressive jackpot credit card from them at every turn.

Be used for automatically extending and order and make the make a bet system of lottery ticket of subscriber

Usually, can be to one or more computer programmings to carry out each assembly of method as herein described.

Fig. 9 illustrates the high level block diagram that can realize the system of function as herein described on it.Basically, it comprises client computers 910 or is in server system in the company side of other communication facilities, connection of the subscriber side of connection and with the communication network 930 (for example the Internet) of two system interconnections.

Client machine system 910 is included in the software that moves on the computing machine of realization by the browser 920 at the interface of subscriber and server interaction.Server system 940 and then be implemented in the various webpages 941 that show on the browser of computing machine of client computer by its software.But server system also comprises the executive software 942 of realizing aforesaid function, comprising:

Automatically extend subscriber's order.

The expense of collecting order from trend subscriber's credit card or debit card.

Safeguard the subscriber database 943 of all subscribers of sign and these subscribers' relevant information.

Safeguard the account of the state of the progressive jackpot credit card that shows each subscriber.

Safeguard each subscriber's the account who is used to follow the tracks of other award that its progressive jackpot integration and he is obtained by the participation program.

Safeguard the database of information 944 relevant with incentive program.

Safeguard and for example relevant various marketplace web page such as real estate, automobile, work, individual or classification.

Safeguard the online shopping website that only can use to the subscriber.

Maintenance only has the complimentary ticket that can use the subscriber and the webpage of other channel discount.

Automatically send the available within a certain period of time particular bonus and the subscriber of discount and reward renewal in real time.

Automatic Wednesday time, ground sent the Email of the electronics news in brief of the website that is included in the company that the subscriber taken to when being opened automatically to each subscriber.

Subscriber and company are made a bet to suitable lottery ticket.

Award-winner in the sign lottery ticket.

Initiate notification award-winner's process.

After each sweepstakes, send subscriber's lottery results automatically.

Though server is shown as single entity, it can be a distributed system, and function is distributed in a plurality of independent computing machine and the memory device that is arranged in one or more positions of separating with database in this system.

The variation of program

As mentioned above, the subscriber by dialing progressive jackpot company phone or come the order program by the visited company website.Usually, company can by any allow will to order effectively sell the mode of pushing potential subscriber to and allowing the subscriber easily to buy and provide to order and sell.For example, company can send request in mail, and the subscriber can buy order by the mail order.Perhaps, company can offer the retail market in welcome place, and the subscriber can go forward to buy order.Company can also pass through the potential subscriber of telephone request, and they can be sold immediately to interested subscriber.

Company collects subscription fee by credit card, charge card, debit card, telephone bill or cell phone bill charge to them to the subscriber, but can be so that any other method that can on ongoing basis, charge or keep accounts to the subscriber, for example, leave CATV (cable television) bill, Internet service bill, public-works spending bill by company from subscriber's bank account automated teller or funds transfer, eCheck (check), phone check or fax check etc.

The subscriber uses the Internet to visit the many rights and interests and the award of incentive program, but company can otherwise provide rights and interests and award.Complimentary ticket, shopping catalogue and other classified advertisement of printing can regularly be sent by company to the subscriber, and the subscriber is by the form response of phone or mail.

The progressive jackpot of various lottery tickets is Xian Yu $10 not necessarily, the scope of 000 He $1 1,000,000 to $5 1,000,000.Progressive jackpot can be any value.Various lottery tickets can be operated with the mode that is different from described 6 balls prize drawing by company, as long as the running of lottery ticket is fair and honest and one or more award-winner lottery ticket are selected at random.Company can also optionally draw a lottery than inferior on every Wendesdays more or lessly.Similarly, the number of times of prize drawing can be with described different herein with fate, the deadline date of making a bet and Else Rule thereof and feature.In addition, company can be optionally adds lottery ticket with the recreation of technical ability assembly.

Company can also provide order to the incentive program different with described incentive program.

Company can also provide the order to product or service except described incentive program.Lottery ticket can attract the subscriber to buy order.This procedural application is sold in the order or " the order class " that can be used as based on automatic extension, these orders or " order class " include but not limited to: various types of incentive programs, the order of other type, media content (magazine, newspaper, book, picture, music, video, video-game etc.), financial service (for example, check, investment in capital a/c, the retirement account, mortgage, the House Property loan, basic credit line, credit card, automobile or truck financing, insurance etc.), financial transaction (stock, the dealing of commodity etc.), service (CATV (cable television) for example, the Internet, phone, VoIP, cell phone, the Online Video recreation, satelline radio, internet radio, Internet television, phonecard, Email, the text message sending and receiving, instant messaging, other communication service, full service etc.), (shopping club of club, bookclub, tourism club, automobile club etc.), lease (automobile, truck, computing machine, furniture, TV etc.), association, membership, season ticket and online (for example online playing card, play chess etc.) or off line (playing card, the participation of the recreation of the recreation of various technical ability bowling etc.) and technical ability contest, computer software and service (for example, operating system, antivirus software, the computing machine utility software, Word, data management software, Financial Management software etc.), online interaction service (Online Video recreation, online education service etc.), activity (the charitable donation relevant with charities, Political Contributions, goodness-sum, tree planting contribution etc.).

Other embodiment is in the scope of above claim.

Claims (39)

1. method comprises:

---wherein said order has the period of order and the described order period is corresponding to first period at first---carries out in response to the request of subscriber to ordering products or service:

(a) provide product or service in described first period from the described subscriber of trend;

(b) the one or many sweepstakes that make described subscriber make a bet and in described first period, take place automatically, described one or many sweepstakes have one or more corresponding progressive jackpot;

(c) when the described order period finishes, extend the order of next period automatically;

(d) in conjunction with the order of having extended, the one or many sweepstakes that make described subscriber make a bet and in described next period, take place automatically; And

(e) operation of repetition (c) to (e) stops described order until described subscriber.

2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises: receive extending the mandate of described order repeatedly automatically from the subscriber.

3. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises: the qualification of the one or many sweepstakes that order makes a bet described subscriber to take place during described order automatically is a condition with described predetermined extension repeatedly.

4. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, has repeatedly sweepstakes during described order.

5. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises: the progressive jackpot of at least sweepstakes is arranged on more than the predetermined minimum number.

6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, also comprises: if described at least sweepstakes can't produce award-winner, then the described progressive jackpot with described sweepstakes rolls in the progressive jackpot of sweepstakes next time.

7. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, comprises also that described progressive jackpot with described at least sweepstakes is constrained to be less than or equal to predetermined maximum amount.

8. method as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, also comprise, if the described progressive jackpot of described at least sweepstakes reaches described predetermined maximum amount and described sweepstakes can't produce award-winner, then carry out one or more award-winner that described progressive jackpot is determined in prize drawing for the second time.

9. method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, the described prize drawing second time comprises selects the number of a number with the award-winner of definite described progressive jackpot at random from 1 to 20.

10. method as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the described progressive jackpot of described at least sweepstakes does not reach described predetermined maximum amount as yet if reach target date, then adds prize drawing until the award-winner that produce described progressive jackpot.

11. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described sweepstakes comprise a plurality of prize-winning notes of sign, these are annotated as the final contestant, and hold prize drawing for the second time and determine single award-winner.

12. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises that also the described subscriber of requirement comes to be described order payment by automatic method of payment.

13. method as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described automatic method of payment relates to credit card, debit card, debit card, to the charge of telephone expenses bill and in the middle of the bank account automated teller one.

14. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described product or service are incentive programs.

15. method as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, provides described product or service to comprise to described subscriber described subscriber is registered in the described incentive program.

16. method as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, described incentive program comprise at least one cooperative venture to described subscriber provide article or service discount, rights and interests or preferential at least one.

17. method as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, comprises that also the discount, rights and interests or the preferential value that provide to described subscriber based on described cooperative venture rewards described cooperative venture.

18. method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, the award of described cooperative venture is comprised advertising space, the preferential position at Search Results top and freely making a bet to one or more lottery tickets.

19. method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, described incentive program comprises at least one in news in brief, online marketplace, online shopping district, online complimentary ticket district and the instant Notice Of Award instrument.

20. method as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described online marketplace comprises the classified advertisement tabulation.

21. method as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, described subscriber is qualified freely to put up the classified advertisement tabulation on described online marketplace.

22. method as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that, the relevant preferential position of number of the order that described subscriber's classified advertisement tabulation acquisition and described subscriber holds.

23. method as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described online shopping district comprises discount product or the service that is provided for selling by at least one cooperative venture.

24. method as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, also comprises in the electronics mode sending described news in brief to described subscriber.

25. method as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, described news in brief comprises the renewal to described incentive program.

26. method as claimed in claim 25 is characterized in that, described news in brief covers the link of one or more online features of described incentive program.

27. method as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described online complimentary ticket comprises at least a in entity retailer's printable complimentary ticket and online retailer's the online complimentary ticket.

28. method as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described instant Notice Of Award instrument electricity consumption submode is provided for the special preferential treatment or the discount of product sold or service by cooperative venture to described subscriber's notice.

29. method as claimed in claim 28 is characterized in that, described subscriber receives the relevant special preferential treatment of the quantity of the order of holding with described subscriber or the preferential notice of discount.

30. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises: the extraordinary credit card that provides application only the subscriber of described product or service to be opened to described subscriber.

31. method as claimed in claim 30 is characterized in that, also comprises:, described subscriber is made a bet in the credit card lottery ticket if described subscriber obtains described extraordinary credit card.

32. method as claimed in claim 31, it is characterized in that, also comprise:, described subscriber is made a bet at least one additional lottery ticket or make automatically that described subscriber is many in described credit card lottery ticket to annotate next time if described subscriber uses described credit card to come to buy article from cooperative venture.

33. method as claimed in claim 30 is characterized in that, also comprises:, then described subscriber is registered in the acceleration incentive program that participates in businessman's place's discount offered automatically if described subscriber obtains described extraordinary credit card.

34. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described subscriber obtains to buy the award of a plurality of orders.

35. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, is dropped into described progressive jackpot from the certain percentage of the total revenue of the sale of described order.

36. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described one or many sweepstakes use the random number generting machanism to select corresponding award-winner.

37. method as claimed in claim 36 is characterized in that, described random number generting machanism comprises computerized randomizer.

38. a device comprises:

Computer system; And

Program code stored computer-readable medium, described program code are carried out following function when being performed on described computer system:

---wherein said order has the period of order and the described order period is corresponding to described first period at first---carries out in response to the request of subscriber to ordering products or service:

(a) provide described product or service in described first period from the described subscriber of trend;

(b) the one or many sweepstakes that make described subscriber make a bet and take place automatically in described first period, described one or many sweepstakes have one or more corresponding progressive jackpot;

(c) when the described order period finishes, extend the order of next period automatically;

(d) in conjunction with the order of having extended, the one or many sweepstakes that make the subscriber make a bet and take place automatically in described next period; And

(e) operation of repetition (c) to (e) stops described order until described subscriber.

39. a computer implemented method comprises:

(a) subscriber is registered in the order to product or service, described order has the period of order and the described order period is corresponding to described first period at first;

(b), described subscriber is made a bet to the one or many sweepstakes that take place in the described order period in conjunction with described order;

(c) when the described order period finishes, extend the order of next period automatically;

(d) in conjunction with the order of having extended, described subscriber is made a bet to the one or many sweepstakes that take place in described next period; And

(e) operation of repetition (c) to (e) stops described order until described subscriber.

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