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The youths from Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel in Cape Girardeau have put together a cookbook to sell to help with a mission trip they hope to take. "Heavenly Recipe" features all of the favorite recipes of church members both young and young at heart. There is a nice variety of recipes in the usual categories, and I especially enjoyed the miscellaneous section, which had many different things in it. In looking through the book, I found out Lutherans sure do know how to cook. I also knew many people from the recipe contributors. I hope you can add this great new cookbook to your collection. It is available at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel church office.
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8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup milk
8 ounces imitation flaked crab meat
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup sweet red pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
Beat cream cheese and milk until smooth. Stir in rest of ingredients. Chill. Serve with crackers.
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3 beef bones
12 ounces V-8 juice
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 medium onion
2 bay leaves
6 cups broth and water
1 cup tomatoes
2 cups diced celery
2 cups cubed potatoes
2 cups diced carrots
2 cups shredded cabbage
Cook soup bones with bay leaves. Remove bay leaves. Cut up beef and add with other ingredients. Simmer in crockpot on low for 8 hours. To speed up cooking, cook vegetables first until tender, then cook in crockpot on low for 3 to 4 hours.
Artichoke and Sun-Dried Tomato Tuna Salad
Submitted by Amber Kuehn
12 ounces tuna in water, drained
1 1/2 cups marinated artichoke hearts, drained, reserve for marinade
1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes packed in olive oil, undrained
1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped basil
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Place tuna, artichokes, tomatoes, basil and pepper in a bowl. Add a couple of tablespoons of artichoke marinade and toss to mix. Add a little more marinade if mixture is dry. Serve on salad greens, pita pockets or other bread.
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Brussels sprouts
1 teaspoons olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Trim brussels sprouts. Cut lengthwise into thin slices. In a 15-by-10-inch jelly-roll pan, toss sprouts with oil, salt and pepper to coat. Spread evenly in pan. Roast 15 to 20 minutes or until tender and browned at edges.
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1 large eggplant
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/3 cup milk
1 cup cream of mushroom soup
1 egg
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups shredded cheese, your choice
1 1/4 cups Pepperidge farm herb seasoned bread dressing
2 tablespoons margarine
Peel and dice eggplant into small pieces. Cook 5 minutes in water with vinegar to prevent browning. Drain well. In a bowl, add milk, mushroom soup, egg, onion, 1/2 cup cheese and 3/4 cup dry dressing. Mix well, adding in eggplant pieces. Put in a greased casserole dish. In a small bowl, mix 1/2 cup dressing, margarine and 1 cup cheese. Place on top of mixture in casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes until bubbly.
Inside-Out Cabbage Rolls
Submitted by Carol Bierschwal
1 pound ground beef
1 diced onion
1 diced green pepper
1 small head cabbage, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes and green chilies
1 cup beef broth
1 (8-ounce) can pizza sauce
1 cup brown cooked rice
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
In a large nonstick skillet, cook beef with onion and green pepper until meat is no longer pink. Drain. Stir in cabbage, tomatoes, broth and pizza sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in rice. Heat thoroughly. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and let stand until cheese has melted.
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1 container ready-to-spread coconut-pecan frosting
1 cup pecan pieces
2 cans refrigerated flaky buttermilk biscuits
20 milk chocolate kisses
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread frosting in a greased 9-inch square pan. Sprinkle pecans over frosting. Flatten each biscuit to about 1/4-inch thickness. Place a chocolate kiss in the center of each biscuit. Fold biscuits in half; pressing edges together to seal. Arrange over pecans, flat side down. Bake on lowest position of oven rack for 25 minutes or until browned. Cool in pan on a wire rack 5 minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Serve warm.
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6 eggs, separated
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup very warm water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup shredded coconut
2 tablespoons cornstarch
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Have a wonderful week and until next time, happy cooking.
Susan McClanahan is administrator at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. Send recipes to her at firstname.lastname@example.com or by mail at P.O. Box 699, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Recipes published have not been kitchen-tested by Southeast Missourian staff.


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The Family Research Council is organizing another Religious Right bus tour to bolster Todd Akin's campaign for Missouri against Sen. Claire McCaskill. The "Repeal and Replace McCaskill Tour" will feature prominent conservative figures like Mike Huckabee, Tony Perkins and Phyllis Schlafly and lesser-known activists like Stephen Broden.
The Faith, Family, Freedom Fund, a super PAC associated with Family Research Council Action, is bringing a statewide bus tour through Missouri, October 28th - November 2nd, with one clear message: Senator Claire McCaskill's policies are harmful to Missouri families .
Come help us cheer on the Repeal & Replace McCaskill tour as the bus stops near you! We must fight to bring the truth to the people of Missouri!
The Fund is joined in this effort by other prominent leaders and groups such as Phyllis Schlafly, Governor Mike Huckabee, Ken Blackwell, Tony Perkins, Pastor Stephen Broden, The Honorable Marilyn Musgrave, Susan B. Anthony List, Eagle Forum PAC and several more.
Broden is a failed Republican candidate for Congress who garnered national attention when he floated violent insurrection against the Obama administration.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The NCAA is asking the presidents and chancellors of Division III schools, already the association's largest membership group, about the feasibility of splitting the division or creating a new Division IV.
Surveys were mailed Thursday to the 440 Division III schools.
"The membership received a lot of important information and engaged in some very good discussions at the NCAA Convention in January," said Dan Dutcher, NCAA vice president for Division III. "With this survey, we are looking to build on those discussions and continue to ask Division III members what they think is the best direction to move toward."
Division III already is projected to grow to about 480 members in the next dozen years. The NCAA last year formed a working group on membership issues, and the Division III group recommended the creation of a fourth division for the association's smallest schools.
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Prior to working in the public affairs arena, Schlekeway worked on the U.S. Presidential Inaugural Committee in 2004-2005 and on several high-profile U.S. Senate campaigns in South Dakota. He has also served two terms in South Dakota''s state legislature where he represented a Sioux Falls legislative district in both the State House and the State Senate.
Schlekeway received his undergraduate college degrees from the University of Sioux Falls (USF) with a B.A. in history/political science and a B.S. in exercise science. He also earned a master''s degree in education (M.Ed.) from USF. He participated in collegiate athletics as a member of the University of Sioux Falls basketball team during his tenure.
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I've never been fond of Te Papa, and now it's going to be twins. After 25 years it will be transformed, we're told, though just how is so far unclear.
OPINION: The fat volumes of mission statements and guiding philosophy from the time of its first chief executive will be buried under a new set of strategic plans and goal-setting, a term I especially loathe. In short, it will be different.
There will be a Museum of Living Cultures. That is bound to stress Maori and Pacific living cultures, because the rest of us have both an existence and a history of less importance. This may be true, but it's hardly welcome news.
And there will be a Museum of the Future or, to put it succinctly, a Museum of What Hasn't Happened. It will challenge people to imagine what could happen and be delighted with it, which seems like a cheesy idea for a stage show based on the Second Coming. Jolly good.
Something had to happen. Our Place (Pakeha speak for Te Papa) was never really our place. It has always been Their Space, an institution locked inside a building that looks like a frivolous version of a castle - impenetrable, but mixed up, its face turned towards the harbour, away from people.
Who can name the experts who lurk there? Who has caught sight of them lately? The chief executive recently opened a Dr Seuss shop opposite. Does that count?
I talked to former prime minister Bill Rowling, who steered the project through, 25 years ago. He was a nice chap. He explained that the great triumph had been having no public consultation to stuff things up and perhaps force compromise on his team.
And that's how you get a Their Place. We had no ownership of it other than through our pockets, but we would be made to like it by being told it was good for us. It was rather like having your parents choose your boyfriend.
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You still see museums like it overseas and they still instil in you a kind of churchy whispering and a sense of being inside an open tomb.
Not everybody likes that sort of thing and, goodness knows, lots of people like Te Papa, which is Wellington's only real tourist attraction. Hapless cruise-ship visitors battling our incessant wind can take shelter there and it's somewhere to take the kids.
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My pet bugbear just now is a survey exhibition of our history that includes glass cases of odds and ends, the flotsam of our history flung together without labels or explanation, all bought on Trade Me. It's an odd touch for an institution with vast holdings of objects of significance. If there's some arch and clever reason for it, we should be told.
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Each joint in the body has a bursa sac. This sac(s) acts as a cushion to the joint between bones and overlying soft tissue. It also provides lubication to reduce friction between tissues and bones as they move across each other.
Your hip flexors are among the most powerful muscles and tendons in your body. They are made-up of; iliopsoas are deep set muscles at the front of your hip and the outer hip muscle (tensor fasciae latae), and rectus femoris and sartorius (they lie over top of the iliopsoas muscles in your front, upper thigh area). The hip flexors help you lift your upper leg to your torso or flex your torso towards your thigh as when sitting up from a lying down position). They help to externally rotate your spine and thigh bone, and also limit your hip extension when walking or running.
Iliopsoas Bursitis affects the bursa underneath the tendon of your iliopsoas muscle, which becomes inflamed and irritated when your iliopsoas muscle is overused.
What causes Iliopsoas Hip Bursitis?
Iliopsoas bursitis is an overuse injury that results from overloading the hips with repetitive movements. This can lead to a strain of your iliopsoas muscle(s) and tendon.
People who participate in activities such as golf, hockey, cheerleading, ballet dancing, rowing, gymnastics, and resistance training (sit-ups) are most susceptible to iliopsoas bursitis. This condition is more common in women than men, especially those who have loose ligaments.
Overuse of the Iliopsoas Muscle, changes in equipment or training terrain (mountain bike to road bike, road running to trail running) or changes in the intensity of your activity (increase running time or weight lifting poundage without proper preparation) can result in overexertion, which end in iliopsoas injuries.
Overloading your muscles, tendons and liagments in the hip with a few specific movements such standing and twisting at the waist without moving your feet or rotating your leg outward can cause iliopsoas injuries. Hurdlers, high jumpers, baseball, soccer players, or athletes who are at risk of getting tackled are prone to this type of injury. Others who participate in activities that involve uphill running and/or jumping, lots of kicking, weight training and heavy lifting (lots of bending and squatting) are also at risk.
Iliopsoas syndrome is caused from an abrupt contraction of your iliopsoas muscle, which results in a tear or rupture of your muscle (normally a partial tear where your muscle and tendon connect).
What are the Symptoms of Iliopsoas Hip Bursitis?
If you experience iliopsoas bursitis, or iliopsoas syndrome you may experience similar symptoms of inflammation in the tendon or bursa. Symptoms may also include pain, tenderness, swelling, heat or redness and loss of normal mobility.
Pain and tenderness are the most common symptoms and are experienced with iliopsoas bursitis. The pain is found deep in your groin and radiates around to the front of your hip or upper thigh area, and can follow the length of the tendon down toward your knee; it will often move into your lower back and buttock area as well.
Often the reason for the pain is known such as one specific event. Sometimes there may be no major reason or injury that brings it on. If you have iliopsoas bursitis you may experience a slow onset of pain and tenderness that builds up over a long period of time. If you have iliopsoas syndrome, your pain and tenderness will be sudden and sharp.
Pain will generally be experienced for a short period of time during activities like jogging or kicking a ball. You may experience pain when getting up from a seated position, extending your leg while driving, walking up stairs, lifting something heavy or bringing your knee up to your chest (especially against resistance). You may notice that you find it difficult to lie down comfortably without support. Occasionally pain diminishes while in doing an activity, but it returns with a extreme pain when you stop your activity. Average time from initial onset of symptoms to diagnosis ranges generally between 32 and 41 months.
Weakness in your upper thigh/hip area especially when lifting up your knee which results in a limp when walking or running are common with hip bursitis.
Hip stiffness and tightness in groin as well as the knee, can result from a tight iliopsoas muscle. Swelling and increasing amounts of fluid in the bursa can cause added pressure and increased pain and may be accompanied by redness and warmth in the groin.
You may experience clicking, snapping and/or popping hip sounds (crepitus) in your hip. Along with an inflamed iliopsoas bursa or snapping hip syndrome caused by your iliopsoas tendon catching on your pelvis when your hip is flexed. This will also occur with a severe or complete iliopsoas tear. If you have a complete tear it will generally prevent you from walking upstairs.
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Diagnosing iliopsoas bursitis can be difficult as many conditions (iliopsoas tendinitis, hip flexor muscle strain, iliofemoral ligament sprain, etc.) have bursitis-like symptoms. Your doctor will need to narrow down the possibilty by run tests to determine if your pain is caused by bursitis or by muscle or joint injury, local bleeding, synovitis, arthritis, tendonitis, cellulitis or a number of other conditions.
You will generally be asked to complete a series of movements to measure your active (performed by you) and passive (performed by your examiner) range of motion. These movements will test any possible, as well as your leg/hip strength, joint stability, and location of tenderness. If you feel sharp pain with both of these motions you may have hip bursitis and/or other related conditions.
In order to rule out other conditions your doctor may recommend blood tests, an x-ray or MRI to investigate your bone structure and/or to examine the soft tissues and fluid in your hip.
Fluid Removal - Your doctor may aspirate (use a needle) to remove fluid from the bursa to check for possible staphylococcus epidermis (or staphylococcus aureus) bacterial infection. The knee and elbow tend to be the joints that are prone to septic (infectious) bursitis. If infection is detected you will be prescribed an antibiotic to treat it.
X-rays - X-rays will provide a two-dimensional image of the overall structure of your pelvis. Although bursitis cannot be diagnosed from an X-ray, they are helpful in identifying other possible causes of pain and/or ruling out other conditions.
Some other possible causes of pain that an x-ray can identify include instability, abnormal bone shapes (bone spurs or bone cysts), wear and tear on the joints, avulsion fractures (when a fragment of bone tears away from the main bone along with the muscle, tendon, or ligament as a result of trauma), dislocations, arthritis, calcium deposits in the bursa or joint, and/or other problems.
MRI and CT Scans - You doctor may also order an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or a CT (computed tomography) scan for more detailed information to help evaluate the soft tissues (bursa, muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and other connective tissues) in and around your hip joint. They will show fluid next to the muscle, and may identify bursitis, tendinitis, inflammation, tears and other associated conditions.
Diagnostic Ultrasound - Ultrasonography can confirm diagnosis and show tissue tears or thickened tendons. It is good for identifying bursitis and excessive fluid in bursa, and/or ruling out other causes of pain.
Do You Really have Hip Bursitis?
It is possible for you to suffer anyone of the below secondary condition and bursitis at the same time. This occurs when the bursa's outer lining, called a synovial membrane, becomes inflamed and irriated.
Pain, swelling and inflammation in your hip could mean that you have hip bursitis. It's also important to consider that there are other conditions that might cause pain in your hip as well. You hip is a complicated joint with 5 bones, 17 muscles, numerous tendons, ligaments and bursae connecting your leg bone (femur), pelvis and spine all together. With so many connections of tissue to the bone it's easy to see why any pain in the hip can be bursitis or some other injury in the same area. You may even have bursitis AND another hip condition at the same time.
The only way you can know for sure whether you have hip bursitis is if you get a proper diagnosis for the condition by your doctor. Some other hip injuries include:
Iliopsoas tendinitis and/or bursitis are common during growth spurts when you are younger because your biomechanics are altered around the hip area. The tendons and muscles area tight, the pelvis begins to tilt, and the rest of the lower body goes out of alignment. This can affect the lower back, hip joints, knees and your gait which can result in lower body joint issues.
Of all sports injuries that occur, hip and pelvic injuries account for 2-5% with happen where the muscle and tendon joint (musculotendinous injuries) being the most common. The 2 most common hip injuries are iliopsoas tendinitis and iliopsoas bursitis. Most of the injuries occur at the top of your femur (around the lesser trochanter and tendon of the iliopsoas). Iliopsoas injuries are poorly recognized as a cause of hip and groin pain.
Conditions and symptoms related to iliopsoas bursitis are snapping hip syndrome, trochanteric bursitis, torn hip labrum, neuromyofascial tightness, iliopsoas tendinopathy, lumbar spine abnormalities, iliopsoas syndrome, iliopsoas tendinitis, inflammation of the tendon, anterior hip pain, groin pain, rheumatoid arthritis, hip fractures, hip overuse syndrome, lumbosacral injuries, osteitis pubis or a groin injury.
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Bursitis is the inflammation or irritation of the bursa.
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If bursitis persists and is left untreated, calcium deposits can form within the bursae. These calcium deposits limit range of motion and can lead to a permanently stiff joint.
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|Sep 4, 2002
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|Michael A. Sisko, Julian M. Benscher
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|American Dreamcard, Llc
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This application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Ser. No. 60/408,135, filed on Sep. 4, 2002.
The present invention relates generally to an awards program for a defined customer group and a method for carrying out the program. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system that monitors customer activity within a customer portfolio at regular intervals, selects an award winner from among the customers in the portfolio based on a predetermined criteria, and may determine an award amount based on the net transaction revenue of the customers in the portfolio. By providing a recurring customer award program based on portfolio-level activity, the present invention creates loyalty incentives in a manner that generates customer enthusiasm and offers high-level rewards.
Customer award programs are implemented by many different organizations as a means to create loyalty and enhance customer activity. One example of such a customer awards program exists in the credit card industry where customers obtain points for card usage. The points are then redeemable through some means for specific products or awards of cash or credit.
Other awards programs in the credit card field are based on either the individual customer's annual card usage—resulting in a year-end reimbursement—or a specific purchase made with the card—resulting in a free purchase. In sum, these systems offer a customer (1) a fixed return based directly on the customer's purchases, (2) fixed redeemable "points", or (3) a chance to have the credit card company cover the costs of a particular card transaction, or specified set of transactions. Alternatively, some other industries may provide rewards based on customers' continued purchases or activity. For instance, it is common for airlines to award "miles" to its customers as a reward for flying, such that the miles are redeemable for free or discounted travel services. Similarly, retail stores may award points to members of a loyalty program for their purchases, where the points may be used for products at the store.
All of these programs are based on the customers' personal transactions; i.e., the amount "awarded" is based on each individual customer's purchases. For instance, an individual's credit card may reimburse 0.5% of his or her purchases at the end of the year through cash/credit/points. Likewise, customers receive the points or miles as described above based on each customer's individual activity.
None of these programs provide customers with the opportunity to win amounts greater than what has been spent on an individual basis. Thus, customers are not provided with the anticipation or excitement of possibly being awarded substantial prizes or amounts greater than their own purchases. While customers may appreciate the existence of current programs, they do not have incentives to increase their activity with the organizations offering the award program.
Similarly, other reward systems may offer customers a single month wherein any purchase—if made at a precise moment—could be free. However, although these programs provide a potential benefit to customers, the programs do not create excitement that would motivate customers to make additional purchases merely for the chance to win the award because the likelihood of winning is largely attenuated.
There is therefore a need for a system and method for rewarding customers in a manner that creates the possibility of receiving not just a fixed percentage of their personal transactions, but of winning a substantially greater reward. There is also a need for a system and method for rewarding customers that occurs at frequent, regular intervals, not just annual, seasonal, or ad hoc periods. In particular, there is a need for a system and method for administration of a rewards program that generates excitement and "buzz" by offering customers regular opportunities to win award values greater than each individual customer's transactions. The present invention is directed toward meeting these needs.
For these reasons, it is an object of the present invention to provide an awards program that creates excitement, entertainment, and anticipation for customers. More specifically, a system and method is provided for rewarding customers by creating the possibility of winning high-value awards, substantially greater than each individual customer's transactions. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a system and method for rewarding customers at frequent, regular intervals, thereby adding excitement and anticipation for each award period. It is yet another goal of the present invention to provide a system and method for rewarding customers in a manner that generates enthusiasm and customer loyalty on a national scale, reaching a high customer volume.
To meet these objectives and goals, the present invention provides a random entertaining card usage reward program for those involved. In its most basic terms, this involves the periodic award of prizes to a defined customer group, based upon a defined award criteria. In order to provide additional anticipation and excitement, the award criteria may be based upon some measure of account activity.
The method of the present invention includes the initial step of acquiring or defining a customer group. As an example, the customer group may include the holders of a particular credit card, the holders of a retail loyalty card (clothing stores, gas stations, resorts, etc.), or members of travel groups, such as airline frequent travelers and hotel preferred customers. The process of defining the particular customer group depends on the sponsoring organization or the incentives sought by the customers. For instance, if the sponsoring organization is an airline, the customer group may include frequent fliers of the airline who apply for a credit card, where the credit card offers airline points, or miles, that are redeemable with the sponsoring organization.
Once the customer group is identified and defined, the method of the present invention stores and aggregates customer transaction activity information for an interval of predetermined length, where the transaction activity information includes the number of entries for each customer. The number of entries may be calculated a number of ways, such as being proportional to the number of transactions or the dollar amount of the transactions for a customer. At the completion of a defined time period, a winner is selected from the eligible customers using a predetermined criteria. The method also includes the step of calculating the award amount based on the net transaction revenue generated from the customer portfolio. The reward may be granted as either cash, credit, or products/services. Cash and credit rewards may be presented in either a lump sum or installments at the discretion of the rewards program operator.
As described above, the present invention provides excitement and anticipation for customers by offering the opportunity to receive a substantial award. Further, the opportunity is recurring, which creates continuous excitement for as long as the customers remain involved with the program. The system and award program of the present invention are also capable of being tailored toward a specific industry or customer base to ensure that the awards are appealing to the targeted customer group.
The activities of each customer 14 are monitored and stored by an awards program system 18 as described in more detail herein. In the credit card context, the customers 14 complete transactions with a plurality of merchants 12 via common point-of-sale terminals, which collect transaction data and transmit the data to a credit card issuer system 16. The credit card issuer system 16 uses a transaction database 24 to store the transaction data and uses the transaction data to manage the customer accounts, which are stored in a credit card customer database 22.
Relevant portions of the customer information and transaction data are provided to the awards program system 18 for purposes of managing and administering the awards program. The awards program system 18 maintains account information for each customer 14 in an awards program participant database 28. The information received from the credit card issuer system 16 may include customer 14 identification information, dollar amounts charged during a predetermined period, and customer eligibility information. The transaction information is stored by the awards program system 18 in a purchases/entries 26 database.
Processor 30 of the awards program 18 determines an award amount and an award winner from the eligible customers 14 based on predetermined criteria. The awards program system 18 then provides award notification and/or payment information to the appropriate customer 14. The awards program system 18 may also provide such information to the credit card issuer system 16 and sponsoring organization 20 where appropriate.
With the system architecture described above, the operation of the system is now explained. Referring now to
The participating customers may be acquired through both traditional and non-traditional credit card acquisition channels, customer group enrollment, existing customer groups, in store sign-ups, etc. These channels may include, but are not limited to: direct mail, telemarketing, print advertisements (e.g. inserts, "take ones"), electronic advertisements (e.g., Internet, television), public relations, event marketing, call center transfer programs, branches, and agents. Additionally, targeted marketing toward predetermined groups or organizations (both existing and new) may be undertaken. As is well-known, potential customers may be rejected from an awards-program card based on a variety factors, such as bankruptcy score, risk score, demographic credit bureau information, and behavior screens.
At step 110, customer activity is tracked. Customers 14 who sign up for the awards program conduct credit card transactions with merchants 12 via common point-of-sale terminals, which collect transaction data and transmit the data to the credit card issuer system 16 during a predetermined period. The customer transaction activity information is stored in the transaction database 24 as the information is received by the credit card issuer system 16 from the merchant 12. Typically this information is transmitted electronically from the merchant 12 to the credit card issuer system 16.
Once the appropriate information is received and processed by the credit card issuer system 16, a subset of that information is sent electronically from the credit card issuer system 16 to the awards program system 18. The customer transaction activity information that is transmitted from the credit card issuer system 16 to the awards program system 18 may include a customer's 14 individual transaction immediately after completion, each customer's 14 transaction revenues for the entire predetermined period, or the net transaction revenues of all customers within a portfolio 10 for the predetermined period. The predetermined period may be as long or short as desired; it is the regularly-occurring nature of the award that creates anticipation by participating customers. Typically, this predetermined period will be consistent with the time period used for mailing account statements to participating customers. As is appreciated by credit card users, this is typically done monthly. The customer transaction activity information received by the awards program system 18 is stored in the purchases/entries database 26 and, if necessary, associated with the appropriate customers in the awards program participant database 28.
In step 120, at the conclusion of the predetermined period, the awards program system 18 determines which customers 14 are eligible to win the award based on customer standing. The customers' eligibility may depend on a variety of factors. For instance, the group of eligible customers may include those customers who completed transactions during the predetermined period; there may also be a minimum threshold above which a customer's transaction revenues must total for eligibility. Alternatively, the group of eligible customers may include all customers except those who have a negative account status, are delinquent or in default, or have had no activity for the relevant period. The sponsoring organization may establish any criteria to determine customer eligibility, and eligibility requirements are easily designed and implemented depending on the desires of the sponsoring organization.
In step 130, the processor 30 of the awards program system 18 selects a winning customer from among the eligible customers for the predetermined time period. In selecting a winning customer, several mechanisms may be implemented. For example, each eligible customer may be assigned an equal probability of being selected as the winner. Alternatively, each eligible customer may be assigned a weighted probability of being selected as the winner that is proportionally based on that customer's activity for the relevant period. For instance, each dollar spent may constitute an "entry" ($1=1 entry) such that each "entry" constitutes an opportunity to win. In that case, a customer who spent $500 during a period would have twice the probability of winning than a customer who spent $250 during that period. Alternatively, each customer may automatically receive one "entry" per period, with each dollar spent being an additional entry.
In one embodiment where participating credit cards are implemented, the processor 30 determines the total number of eligible customers and identifies those customers (designated as C1, C2, C3 . . . Cn, where n= total number of eligible customers). Next, all of the purchases (P) and returns (R) conducted with the participating credit cards are monitored for each customer. The net purchases (NP) are then calculated for each eligible customer:
NP x =ΣP x −ΣR x (for customer Cx, where Cx is one of the customers C1 . . . Cn)
The Net Purchases for customer Cx is then rounded to the nearest dollar. The process of calculating Net Purchases is performed for each individual customer, C1 . . . Cn. Based on each calculated "Net Purchases," the customers are then assigned one entry (E) for each NP dollar calculated. Thus, |Ex|=|NPx| for customer Cx. Next, the total entries for all customers during the predetermined time period are calculated:
In order to determine the winning customer, each individual customer is assigned a set of unique entry numbers such that the total number of entry numbers assigned to a customer corresponds to the number of entries for that customer during the predetermined time period. For example, the unique entry numbers may be selected from the range: 0 . . . Total Entries−1. The winner is ultimately chosen using a standard random number generator which randomly generates a decimal number (RNDM) between zero (0) and one (1). The winning entry number is determined by:
Winning Number=INT(RNDM*Total Entries)
As shown in the equation above, the winning number will be a randomly generated integer between 0 and the number of total entries less 1. Returning to the flow chart of
In one embodiment, the reward may be a straight cash or credit award that is based on a percentage of the net transaction revenue from the winning customer's portfolio during the predetermined period; e.g., if the portfolio conducted transactions amounting to a net revenue of $5,000,000 and the award percentage is 1%, the winning customer is awarded $50,000 in cash or credit. Additionally, the amount awarded may be dispersed to the winner in a lump sum, in installments, or by another method.
In an alternative embodiment, the award may be a product or service provided to the winning customer. For instance, the customer may be awarded products such as consumer electronics or automobiles, or the customer may be awarded points or "miles" for services such as hotel accommodations and air travel. Further, the reward may be a product or service directly related to the winning customer's motivation for enrolling in the program. For example, if the sponsoring organization 20 for the award program is a timeshare company, the winning customer 14 may be awarded free timeshare at a value appropriately based on the net transaction revenue from the portfolio during the predetermined period. If the sponsoring organization 20 is an oil company that offers a credit card through the credit card issuer system 16, the winning customer 14 might be awarded free gas, perhaps for life or at a value appropriately based on the net transaction revenue from the winning customer's portfolio during the predetermined period.
In yet another embodiment, multiple awards may be presented. For example, a first award may be determined as 0.5% of net revenues, while five second prizes of 0.1% each may be awarded; e.g., if the portfolio conducted transactions amounting to a net revenue of $5,000,000 and the first award percentage is 0.5%, the winning customer is awarded $25,000 in cash or credit, while the five second prizes of 0.1%, or $5,000 each in cash or credit. Additionally, the amount awarded may be dispersed to the winner in a lump sum, in installments, or by another method.
Once the winner has been selected, step 130, and the specific award has been determined, step 140, the award is granted to the winning customer 14, step 150. If the award is a lump sum payment to the customer 14, the amount is dispersed to the customer via cash or credit. This amount may be provided either directly from the awards program system 18 to the winning customer 14, or, alternatively, the awards program system 18 may provide the necessary information to the sponsoring organization 20 or the credit card issuer system 16 and allow the winning amount be dispersed from the latter to the winning customer 14. Other attendant actions may accompany the step of granting the award, step 150. For instance, the winning customer or the specific award may be published via media statements.
Those skilled in the art will further appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or central attributes thereof. In that the foregoing description of the present invention discloses only exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that other variations are contemplated as being within the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the present invention is not limited in the particular embodiments which have been described in detail therein. Rather, reference should be made to the appended claims as indicative of the scope and content of the present invention.
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|European Classification
|Nov 30, 2007
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