Coupon and internet search method and system with mapping engine
First Claim
1. A method for generating a search response including:
- receiving input from a user'"'"'s device identifying one or more search criteria;
determining search results corresponding to the user'"'"'s one or more search criteria;
selecting coupon information based on an association with the search results; and
transmitting a search response including search results and coupon information for simultaneous display at the user'"'"'s device.
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Abstract
The invention relates to coupon information (e.g., actual coupons, links to coupon, and information related to one or more coupons) that may be selectively displayed based on an association with search terms for an internet-based search. If a user, for instance, submits a search request to an internet-based search engine, the search engine may process the request and provide the search results, but, in addition, a coupon engine may perform a separate search to determine the availability of coupons relating to the search (e.g., based on one or more search terms, one or more of the search results, or other criteria). Available coupons (or coupon information) may then be displayed with, or separately from, the general internet search results.
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47 Claims
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1. A method for generating a search response including:
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receiving input from a user'"'"'s device identifying one or more search criteria; determining search results corresponding to the user'"'"'s one or more search criteria; selecting coupon information based on an association with the search results; and transmitting a search response including search results and coupon information for simultaneous display at the user'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for supplementing search results from a search engine with coupon information, including:
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receiving search results corresponding to a user'"'"'s one or more search criteria; selecting coupon information based on an association with the search results; and transmitting the selected coupon information to the search engine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for generating response based at least on a search request from a user'"'"'s computing device comprising:
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receiving a search request including one or more user specified search criteria; determining search results corresponding to the one or more user specified search criteria; determining one or more keyword-ads based on an association with the one or more search criteria; selecting coupon information based on an association with the determined keyword ads; and transmitting a search response including the determined search results, the one or more keyword ads, and the selected coupon information for simultaneous display at the user'"'"'s computing device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for generating a response based at least on a search requests from a user computing device including:
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receiving a search request including search criteria and one or more local search parameters; determining local search results based on local search parameters and search criteria; selecting coupon information based on an association with the local search results; and transmitting a search response including the local search results and the selected coupon information for simultaneous display at the user computing device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for generating a search response based at least on information received from a user'"'"'s device including:
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receiving a search request from the user'"'"'s device; identifying location information associated with the user'"'"'s device; determining search results corresponding to the search request; selecting coupon information based on an association with the search results and location information; generating a map view including location identifiers corresponding to the selected coupon information; and transmitting a search response including the determined search results, the selected coupon information and the generated map view for simultaneous display to the user'"'"'s device. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for generating response based at least on a search request from a user computing device comprising:
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storing user profile information; receiving a search request including one or more user specified search criterion; determining search results based the one or more search criterion; selecting coupon information based on an association with the determined search results and user profile information; and transmitting a search response including the determined search results and the selected coupon information for simultaneous display to the user'"'"'s computing device. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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