SUPPLY OF REQUESTED OFFER BASED ON POINT-OF-SERVICE TO OFFEREE DISTANCE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at an automated communication system, a first consumer device transmission including;
a request for inventory;
the location of a consumer device transmitting the first consumer device transmission; and
a return address;
forming, from a first database in communication with the automated communication system, a first set of matching merchants from a first plurality of merchants that have respective inventories matching the requested inventory;
forming, from a second database in communication with the automated communication system, a second set of matching merchants from a second plurality of merchants as a function of a first distance between the location of the consumer device and that of each said merchant in the second plurality thereof;
forming, from a third database in communication with the automated communication system, a third set of matching merchants that are both in the first set and the second set and offering an in-person offer for a good or service corresponding to the requested inventory, wherein the in-person offer is derived using a second distance;
andforming, at the automated communication system, a transmission addressed to the return address and including the third set of matching merchants, their respective locations, and their respective in-person offers.
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Abstract
An automated communication system supplies a requested offer for inventory to an offeree based on the distance between an offeror-merchant to the offeree. A consumer can request an in-person offer for inventory using a consumer device that transmits to a Requested Offer Supplier (ROS) the request, the location of the consumer device to a Requested Offer Supplier (ROS), and a return address. The ROS matches the consumer'"'"'s request for inventory to a set of merchants having the requested inventory, and that are willing to make an in-person offer for the requested inventory. The ROS transmits the in-person offer to the consumer with the consumer device. The customer may then travel to the offering merchant and enter into a transaction with the merchant for the requested inventory that applies the in-person offer to the transaction.
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37 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an automated communication system, a first consumer device transmission including; a request for inventory; the location of a consumer device transmitting the first consumer device transmission; and a return address; forming, from a first database in communication with the automated communication system, a first set of matching merchants from a first plurality of merchants that have respective inventories matching the requested inventory; forming, from a second database in communication with the automated communication system, a second set of matching merchants from a second plurality of merchants as a function of a first distance between the location of the consumer device and that of each said merchant in the second plurality thereof; forming, from a third database in communication with the automated communication system, a third set of matching merchants that are both in the first set and the second set and offering an in-person offer for a good or service corresponding to the requested inventory, wherein the in-person offer is derived using a second distance; and forming, at the automated communication system, a transmission addressed to the return address and including the third set of matching merchants, their respective locations, and their respective in-person offers. - 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, 26)
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27. An automated communication system comprising:
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means for receiving a first consumer device transmission including; a request for inventory; and the location of a consumer device transmitting the first consumer device transmission; means for forming, from a first database in communication, a first set of matching merchants from a first plurality of merchants that have respective inventories matching the requested inventory; means for forming, from a second database, a second set of matching merchants from a second plurality of merchants as a function of a first distance between the location of the consumer device and that of each said merchant in the second plurality thereof; means for forming, from a third database, a third set of matching merchants that are both in the first set and the second set and offering an in-person offer for a good or service corresponding to the requested inventory, wherein the in-person offer is derived using a second distance; and means for forming a second consumer device transmission addressed to the consumer device and including the third set of matching merchants, their respective geographic locations, and their respective in-person offers. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. The automated communication system comprising:
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a call handler to send and receive consumer device transmissions over a network; a server in communication with the call handler; and storage for; information of a plurality of merchants including; each merchant name; each merchant location;
ANDeach merchant inventory; code, executable by the server, to; receive a first said consumer device transmission including; a request for inventory; and the location of a consumer device transmitting the first consumer device transmission; form from the information, a first set of matching merchants from the plurality of merchants that have respective inventories matching the requested inventory; form, from the information, a second set of matching merchants from the plurality of merchants as a function of a first distance between the location of the consumer device and that of each said merchant in the plurality thereof; form a third set of matching merchants that are both in the first set and the second set and offering an in-person offer for a good or service corresponding to the requested inventory, wherein the in-person offer is derived using a second distance; and form a second consumer device transmission addressed to the consumer device and including the third set of matching merchants, their respective locations, and their respective in-person offers. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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