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Centralized Discount Searching

  • US 20080228565A1
  • Filed: 03/13/2007
  • Published: 09/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for providing one or more coupons to a user, wherein the system comprises:

  • a host computer system;

    a computer readable medium associated with the host computer system, wherein the computer readable medium comprises instructions executable by the host computer system to;

    receive a characteristic information set from each of a plurality of businesses, wherein each characteristic information set includes at least one characteristic of a business;

    receive a coupon set from each of the plurality of businesses, wherein each coupon set includes at least one coupon for at least one product or service;

    receive a search request from a user interface, wherein the search request includes at least one characteristic or at least one identifier, and wherein the identifier represents a product or a service;

    select a first coupon from a first coupon set based at least in part on a comparison of at least some portion of the search request and at least some portion of the characteristic information sets or some portion of the coupon sets; and

    transmit the first coupon.

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