Pushing Coupon Values
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1. A method comprising:
- establishing a telephone call from a communication device, the telephone call being initiated in response to a user dialing an abbreviated dialing code;
obtaining user information from the established telephone call;
determining a coupon value associated with the abbreviated dialing code;
identifying a user account external to the communication device to credit the coupon value based on the user information obtained from the established telephone call; and
pushing the determined coupon value to the identified user account external to the communication device.
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Abstract
A system, method and a computer program product for pushing a coupon value to a user account are disclosed. A telephone call is established from a communication device with the telephone call being initiated in response to a user dialing an abbreviated dialing code. User information is obtained from the established telephone call. Also, a coupon value associated with the abbreviated dialing code is determined. A user account external to the communication device is identified based on the user information obtained from the established telephone call. The determined coupon value is pushed to the identified user account external to the communication device.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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establishing a telephone call from a communication device, the telephone call being initiated in response to a user dialing an abbreviated dialing code; obtaining user information from the established telephone call; determining a coupon value associated with the abbreviated dialing code; identifying a user account external to the communication device to credit the coupon value based on the user information obtained from the established telephone call; and pushing the determined coupon value to the identified user account external to the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a provisioning manager configured to receive a telephone call initiated in response to a user dialing an abbreviated dialing code on a communication device and identify a coupon value associated with the abbreviated dialing code; a user account manager communicatively coupled to the provisioning manager, the user account manager configured to maintain a plurality of user accounts external to the communication device; and a user account identifier communicatively coupled to the provisioning manager and the user account manager, the user account identifier configured to identify a user account from the plurality of user accounts to push the identified coupon value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product, embodied in a computer readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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establishing a telephone call from a communication device, the telephone call being initiated in response to a user dialing an abbreviated dialing code; obtaining user information from the established telephone call; determining a coupon value associated with the abbreviated dialing code; identifying a user account external to the communication device to credit the coupon value based on the user information obtained from the established telephone call; and pushing the determined coupon value to the identifying user account external to the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising:
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displaying an advertisement for a product or service with information representing a coupon associated with the advertised product or service; receiving information from a user, wherein the received information includes at least one of a phone number and an account number; and associating a value of the coupon with the received information comprising; crediting the received account number with the value of the coupon, or identifying an account associated with the received phone number and crediting the identified account with the value of the coupon. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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an input system to enable one or more retailers or manufacturers to provide information associated with a coupon; a campaign management system connected to the input system to generate the coupon by processing the information provided by the one or more retailers or manufacturers; a point-of-sale management system connected to the campaign management system to receive and manage the generated coupon; and a point-of-sale data repository connected to the point-of-sale management system to store the received and managed coupons. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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