US 12,271,923 B2
Member profile population
Terrance Patrick Tietzen, Edmonton (CA); and Matthew Arnold Macpherson Bates, Beaumont (CA)
Assigned to EDATANETWORKS INC, Calgary (CA)
Filed by Edatanetworks, Inc., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,334.
Application 18/517,334 is a continuation of application No. 17/845,531, filed on Jun. 21, 2022, granted, now 12,008,595.
Application 17/845,531 is a continuation of application No. 17/124,690, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,403,659.
Application 17/124,690 is a continuation of application No. 14/686,247, filed on Apr. 14, 2015, granted, now 10,902,451.
Application 14/686,247 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/168,488, filed on Jun. 24, 2011, granted, now 9,105,050.
Application 13/168,488 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/CA2009/001605, filed on Nov. 6, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/979,137, filed on Apr. 14, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0412244 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0224 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0222 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0233 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0256 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating a registration identifier for each of a plurality of prospective members, each said registration identifier identifying profile information associated with a respective said prospective member;
receiving a registration request including the registration identifier associated with a requesting said prospective member, wherein said receiving includes receiving signals representing inputted prospective member profile data associated with at least one of a plurality of data fields;
generating signals corresponding to a plurality of profile fields, wherein:
at least one of the profile fields is pre-populated with at least a portion of the profile information associated with the requesting prospective member;
and
said generating further includes:
populating a prospective member profile with the inputted prospective member profile data;
identifying at least one prospective member registration identifier from the prospective member profile, the at least one prospective member identifier uniquely identifying the prospective member;
generating signals corresponding to instructions to:
search one or more data sources using the at least one prospective member registration identifier;
and
retrieve from the searched one or more data sources additional prospective member profile data associated with at least one of the plurality of data fields which are not populated with the inputted prospective member profile data;
populating the prospective member profile with additional prospective member profile data;
and
populating the prospective member profile with at least one incentive to incent the prospective member to conduct a commercial transaction with a merchant;
and
receiving signals for modifying or confirming the pre-populated profile fields, wherein one of more of each said receiving of said signals is via telecommunications hardware with a short range wireless network operating according to the 802.11 family of standards.