Method for providing discount offers to a user
First Claim
1. A method for providing a user with one or more merchant discount offers, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a profile from said user;
storing said profile in a user database;
storing discount offers received from one or more merchants as data in a merchant database;
comparing said profile of said user with said data in said merchant database to identify matches of discounts offered by said merchants that likely may be of interest to said user based on said user profile;
creating a personalized shopping guide for said user which lists said matches;
displaying said personalized shopping guide to said user;
enabling said user to select one or more discount offers of interest from said personalized shopping guide;
storing said selected discount offers of interest in a selection database accessible to said user; and
enabling a merchant to identify said user and to gain access to said selection database at the point of sale.
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Abstract
A method for providing a user with merchant discount offers comprising obtaining a profile from the user; storing discount offers received from one or more merchants as data in a merchant database; comparing the profile of the user with the data in the merchant database to identify matches of discounts offered by the merchants that likely may be of interest to the user based on the user profile; creating a personalized shopping guide for the user which lists the matches; displaying the personalized shopping guide to the user; enabling the user to select one or more discount offers of interest from the personalized shopping guide; storing the selected discount offers of interest in a selection database accessible to the user; and enabling a merchant to identify the user and to gain access to the selection database at the point of sale. The merchant is preferably a mall based store. The method also enables a user to setup a “wish list” of selected items which are of interest to the user when a discount offer becomes available, and to notify the user when offers for the selected items become available.
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1. A method for providing a user with one or more merchant discount offers, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a profile from said user;
storing said profile in a user database;
storing discount offers received from one or more merchants as data in a merchant database;
comparing said profile of said user with said data in said merchant database to identify matches of discounts offered by said merchants that likely may be of interest to said user based on said user profile;
creating a personalized shopping guide for said user which lists said matches;
displaying said personalized shopping guide to said user;
enabling said user to select one or more discount offers of interest from said personalized shopping guide;
storing said selected discount offers of interest in a selection database accessible to said user; and
enabling a merchant to identify said user and to gain access to said selection database at the point of sale. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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