Electronic coupon filtering and delivery
First Claim
1. A method for delivering coupons to a portable device comprising:
- determining memory space available on the portable device for storing plural coupons, each coupon being associated with a merchant;
determining a set of coupons that each fit the available memory space;
ranking the set of coupons in order based on a scoring of the associated merchant; and
delivering a subset of the set of coupons to the portable device of a user, wherein the subset fits the available memory space based on the coupon ranking order.
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Abstract
A method of delivering coupons to a user/client at a portable device. The method includes determining memory space available on the device for storing coupons, each coupon being associated with a merchant. A set of coupons that each fit the available memory space is determined and ranked in order based on a scoring of the associated merchant. A subset of the set of coupons are delivered to the portable device; the subset fitting the available memory space based on the coupon ranking order, which in turn is based on the associated merchant'"'"'s scoring. The scoring is preferably based on filter criteria which may include demographic, location of device, and other information, and combinations thereof. Coupon ranking is alternatively based on data sources external to the portable device like merchant or retailer databases.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for delivering coupons to a portable device comprising:
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determining memory space available on the portable device for storing plural coupons, each coupon being associated with a merchant; determining a set of coupons that each fit the available memory space; ranking the set of coupons in order based on a scoring of the associated merchant; and delivering a subset of the set of coupons to the portable device of a user, wherein the subset fits the available memory space based on the coupon ranking order. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34)
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33. The method of claim 33, wherein the database is associated with at least one of the predetermined retailers.
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