SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CODES THAT MAY BE REDEEMED FOR VALUE
Some embodiments of the invention enable users to manage codes which may be redeemed for value. For example, some embodiments provide systems and methods for automatically identifying a code communicated to a user which is redeemable for value, and adding the code to an inventory maintained for the user. When the user later shops at a site which allows a code to be redeemed for value, some embodiments of the invention may automatically detect when the user has navigated to a page on the site which allows redemption of the code, and may make the user aware that the code may be redeemed on the page. If the user opts to redeem the code, the field on the page into which the code is to be input may be automatically identified, and the code may be automatically input into that field.
1 . A method, comprising acts of:
(A) identifying, using at least one computer processor, a code communicated to a user, the code being redeemable by the user for value;
(B) subsequent to the act (A), detecting, using the at least one computer processor, that a page to which the user has navigated allows redemption of the code, the page being accessible via the Internet;
(C) automatically identifying, using the at least one computer processor, a field on the page into which the code is to be input to be redeemed for value, the identifying of the field comprising analyzing one or more characteristics of the field, the one or more characteristics comprising a markup language tag associated with the field and a position of the field on the page;
(D) causing, using the at least one computer processor, visual display to the user of information relating to the code, the information comprising a type for the code; and
(E) enabling, using the at least one computer processor, the code to be input into the automatically identified field.