METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF PERSONAL PROMOTION CODES BY TARGETED CUSTOMERS

摘要

A method and a system for generatingpersonal promotion codes from the computing resourcesof a provider of services are described. Internalpromotion codes including a family ID field and a serial IDfield comprised of alphanumeric characters are firstgenerated. The internal promotion codes are then encodedinto a corresponding series of external promotion codesalso comprised of alphanumeric characters, which renderthe internal promotion codes unintelligible. After whichthe series of external promotion codes is packed into anencrypted file which is forwarded to a client applicationof the provider of services to have the external promotioncodes distributed to its customers. The externalpromotion codes later submitted to the client application by thecustomers are further validated by the provider ofservices. Validation of the external promotion codessubmitted by the customers does not require that allgenerated external promotion codes need to be stored in adatabase of the provider of services.