WIRELESS ELECTRONIC COUPON DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR USE BY MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
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1. A process for delivering electronic coupons to a user of a wireless fidelity network, comprising the steps of:
- registering the user on the wireless fidelity network, the user providing profile information to the wireless fidelity network during the registration process;
the user logging in to the wireless fidelity network using a mobile communication device, enabling the wireless fidelity network to associate the user with the profile information, and also enabling the network to locate the user using a MAC address of an access point associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communication device;
using at least a portion of the profile information and the location of the user to identify targeted electronic coupons for the user, and transmitting one or more of the targeted electronic coupons to the user over the wireless network using a dynamically-assigned IP address;
the user selecting one or more of the targeted electronic coupons and transmitting this selection over the wireless network;
requesting the usere to input a code associated with the mobile communication device; and
transmitting information necessary to clear the user-selected electronic coupons to the mobile communication device associated with the inputted code.
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Abstract
A wireless network and a process for delivering electronic coupons over the wireless network. Targeted coupons based on profile information submitted by a wireless network user may be transmitted to and then selected by the user. Information enabling a store to clear the coupons at checkout may be sent over the wireless network to a user'"'"'s PDA or cell phone, for example.
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1. A process for delivering electronic coupons to a user of a wireless fidelity network, comprising the steps of:
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registering the user on the wireless fidelity network, the user providing profile information to the wireless fidelity network during the registration process;
the user logging in to the wireless fidelity network using a mobile communication device, enabling the wireless fidelity network to associate the user with the profile information, and also enabling the network to locate the user using a MAC address of an access point associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communication device;
using at least a portion of the profile information and the location of the user to identify targeted electronic coupons for the user, and transmitting one or more of the targeted electronic coupons to the user over the wireless network using a dynamically-assigned IP address;
the user selecting one or more of the targeted electronic coupons and transmitting this selection over the wireless network;
requesting the usere to input a code associated with the mobile communication device; and
transmitting information necessary to clear the user-selected electronic coupons to the mobile communication device associated with the inputted code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17)
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11. A wireless fidelity network enabling the delivery of targeted electronic coupons, comprising:
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one or more servers associated with the wireless fidelity network in communication with user-accessible computers enabling user registration, wherein users provide profile information to the computers during the registration process;
following user log-in to the wireless fidelity network, the wireless network associating a logged-in user with profile information for that user;
transmitting the MAC address of the access point associated with the logged-in user to the one or more servers, enabling the wireless network to locate the user within the wireless network;
the one or more servers using at least a portion of the profile information and the location of the MAC address of the associated access point to identify targeted electronic coupons to be transmitted to an associated user'"'"'s computer, and transmitting one or more of the targeted electronic coupons to the computer of the associated user over the wireless network, enabling the user of the computer to select one or more of the targeted electronic coupons and to transmit this selection to the one or more servers over the wireless network; and
the one or more servers of the wireless network requesting the user to input a mobile telephone number and then, upon receipt of the mobile telephone number, transmitting information necessary to clear the user-selected electronic coupons to a mobile telephone associated with the mobile telephone number input by the user. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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14. A process for delivering electronic coupons to a user of a wireless fidelity network, comprising the steps of:
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registering the user on the wireless fidelity network, the user providing profile information to the wireless fidelity network during the registration process;
the user logging in to the wireless fidelity network using a mobile communication device, enabling the wireless fidelity network to associate the user with the profile information, and also enabling the network to locate the user using a MAC address of an access point associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communication device;
using at least a portion of the profile information and the location of the user to identify targeted electronic coupons for the user, and transmitting one or more of the targeted electronic coupons to the user over the wireless network using a dynamically-assigned IP address; and
the user selecting one or more of the targeted electronic coupons and transmitting this selection over the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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