Electronic capture and communication of promotions using a wireless device
First Claim
1. A method for communicating promotions, comprising:
- activating an application on a wireless device;
transmitting a store identification to a promotion processing unit using the application, the store identification identifying one of a plurality of stores;
receiving and storing on the wireless device, in response to the transmitting, from the promotion processing unit, targeted promotions of goods and services, unique to a user of the wireless device, from a common chain of stores to which the one of a plurality of stores belong;
applying, in response to the transmitting, by the promotion processing unit, the targeted promotions to a point of sale in the one of a plurality of stores to be applied when the user of the wireless device checks out;
receiving and storing, on the wireless device, on-demand promotions of merchandises available in the one of the plurality of stores, the on-demand promotions include at least one of promotions specific to a duration or specific to a store location or a combination thereof, occurring in the one of the plurality of stores; and
transmitting, from the wireless device, the on-demand promotions to the processing promotion unit, at least a portion of the on-demand promotions to be applied to the point of sale in the one of the plurality of stores.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to electronically capture and communicate promotions using a cellular device are discussed. An application on a wireless device is activated and a store'"'"'s identification is sent from the wireless device to a promotion processing unit where targeted promotions are sent from the promotion processing unit to the wireless device and a point of sale in a store corresponding to the store ID in response to receiving the store identification. A user using the wireless device can further capture on-demand promotions and transmit them to the promotion processing unit where the promotion processing unit will associate the user'"'"'s identification with the on-demand promotions and send the on-demand promotion to the point of sale so the targeted promotions and at least a portion of the on-demand promotions can be redeemed at the point of sale in the store. Other embodiments are described in the disclosure.
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87 Claims
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1. A method for communicating promotions, comprising:
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activating an application on a wireless device; transmitting a store identification to a promotion processing unit using the application, the store identification identifying one of a plurality of stores; receiving and storing on the wireless device, in response to the transmitting, from the promotion processing unit, targeted promotions of goods and services, unique to a user of the wireless device, from a common chain of stores to which the one of a plurality of stores belong; applying, in response to the transmitting, by the promotion processing unit, the targeted promotions to a point of sale in the one of a plurality of stores to be applied when the user of the wireless device checks out; receiving and storing, on the wireless device, on-demand promotions of merchandises available in the one of the plurality of stores, the on-demand promotions include at least one of promotions specific to a duration or specific to a store location or a combination thereof, occurring in the one of the plurality of stores; and transmitting, from the wireless device, the on-demand promotions to the processing promotion unit, at least a portion of the on-demand promotions to be applied to the point of sale in the one of the plurality of stores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for communicating promotions, comprising:
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storing, on a promotion processing unit, on-demand promotions and targeted promotions redeemed at a plurality of different stores by a user; analyzing, on the promotion processing unit, purchasing patterns based on the on-demand promotions and the targeted promotions redeemed by the user; generating, on the promotion processing unit, in conjunction with at least one associated database servers, groups of new targeted promotions based the purchasing patterns of the user, each group of new targeted promotions to be unique to the user and to each of the plurality of different stores; receiving, on the promotion processing unit, a store identification corresponding to one of the plurality of different store, from a wireless device belonging to the user; and transmitting, a group of new targeted promotions, specific to the one of the plurality of different stores, from the promotion processing unit to the wireless device and to a point of sale in the one of the plurality of different stores so the group of new targeted promotions is redeemable by the user at checkout. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system to capture and distribute promotions, comprising:
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a plurality of stores where goods and services are sold; a wireless device configured to receive targeted promotions from a promotion processing unit, to receive inputs from a user, the user inputs include at least one of store identification, user identification, on-demand promotions, or a combination thereof, and to transmit the user inputs to a processing unit, wherein the targeted promotions are specific to the user, based on past purchasing patterns of the user, and unique to each store identification transmitted from the wireless device; the on-demand promotions are specific to goods and services available in the plurality of stores; the promotion processing unit configured to, transmit the targeted promotions, onto the wireless device and to a point of sale in one of the plurality of stores to which the store identification is associated, in response to receiving the store identification from the wireless device; transmit the on-demand promotions to the point of sale in the one of the plurality of stores to which the store identification is associated; and store and associate the user identification, the store identification, the targeted promotions, and the on-demand promotions. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A system to capture and distribute promotions, comprising:
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a plurality of stores where goods and services are sold; a wireless device configured to receive targeted offers from a promotion processing unit, to receive inputs from a user, the user inputs include at least one of store identification, user identification or on-demand promotions or a combination thereof, and to transmit the user inputs to a processing unit, wherein, the targeted promotions are specific to the user, based on past purchasing patterns of the user, and unique to each store identification transmitted from the wireless device; the on-demand promotions are not valid in the plurality of stores; a point of sale in each of the plurality of stores coupled to the promotion processing unit; and the promotion processing unit configured to, transmit the targeted promotions onto the wireless device, and to a point of sale corresponding to one of the plurality of stores to which the store identification associates where the targeted promotion are redeemed, in response to receiving the store identification from the wireless device, redeem and fulfill the on-demand offers received from the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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61. The system of 56 wherein the on-demand promotions are sent individually to the promotion processing unit as each of the on-demand promotions is received on the user'"'"'s wireless device.
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74. A method for communicating promotions, comprising:
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activating an application on a wireless device belonging to a user, the wireless device configured to receive user inputs including at least one of user identification, on-demand promotions, store identification or a combination thereof; receiving and storing on the wireless device on-demand promotions the user entered from products or services in one of a plurality of stores, the on-demand promotions are not redeemable in the one of the plurality of stores; transmitting the on-demand promotions from the wireless device to a promotion processing unit, the promotion processing unit connected to at least one vendor database server; associating and storing, on the promotion processing unit, the on-demand promotions with a user identification; redeeming the on-demand promotions for the user by the promotion processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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