MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDEEMING AND REPORTING COUPONS

• US 20090036103A1
• Filed: 07/30/2007
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: First Data Corporation (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: First Data Corporation (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Skowronek, Daniel, Toomer, Christopher L., Byerley, Douglas, Cawthorne, John, Dewan, Sunil, Arthur, Steven E.
• Application Number:
  US11/830,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20090036103A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/32 using wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3263 characterised by activation or deactivation of payment capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/42 for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards

Abstract

Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for utilizing mobile electronic devices to redeem and report use of various marketing offers such as coupons. According to one embodiment, redeeming and reporting a marketing offer can comprise transmitting information related to the marketing offer from a mobile wallet of the mobile device to a target device. A redemption message can be received at the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the target device. The redemption message can indicate acceptance of the marketing offer. At least a portion of the redemption message can be sent from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to a service provider system providing communication services to the mobile device. Sending the redemption message from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to the service provider system can be performed via a wireless communications network such as a cellular network.

Claims

1. A method of redeeming and reporting a marketing offer from a mobile wallet application of a mobile device, the method comprising:

transmitting information related to the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to a target device;

receiving at the mobile wallet of the mobile device a redemption message from the target device, the redemption message indicating acceptance of the marketing offer; and

sending at least a portion of the redemption message from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to a service provider system, the service provider system providing communication services to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to transmitting the information related to the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to the target device, receiving a selection of the marketing offer from a plurality of marketing offers in the mobile wallet of the mobile device, wherein transmitting the information related to the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to the target device comprises transmitting information related to the selected marketing offer.

3. The method of claim 1, transmitting the information related to the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to the target device is performed via a Near-Field Communication between the mobile device and the target device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the redemption message from the mobile wallet of the mobile device to the service provider system is performed via a wireless communications network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the wireless communications network comprises a cellular network.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving at the mobile wallet of the mobile device a delete message from the service provider system and related to the marketing offer.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, in response to receiving the delete message, deleting the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the target device comprises a point-of-sale device.

8. A method of redeeming a marketing offer, the method comprising:

receiving at a target device information related to a marketing offer from a mobile wallet application of a mobile device;

receiving at the target device an indication of acceptance of the marketing offer; and

in response to receiving at the target device the indication of acceptance of the marketing offer, transmitting a redemption message from the target device to the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising, prior to receiving at the target device the indication of acceptance of the marketing offer, presenting via the target device at least a portion of the information related to the marketing offer.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving at the target device the information related to the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device is performed via a Near-Field Communication between the target device and the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the redemption message from the target device to the mobile device is performed via a Near-Field Communication between the target device and the mobile device.

13. A method of managing one or more marketing offers, the method comprising:

receiving at a service provider system a redemption message related to a selected marketing offer of the one or more marketing offers from a mobile wallet of a mobile device;

generating by the service provider system a delete message related to redemption of the selected marketing offer; and

sending the delete message from the service provider system to the mobile wallet of the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving at the service provider system the redemption message related to the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device comprises receiving the redemption message via a wireless communications network.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the wireless communications network comprises a cellular network.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

maintaining a set of information related to the one or more marketing offers, the information including a status of each of the one or more marketing offers; and

updating the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers to indicate redemption of the selected marketing offer in response to receiving the redemption message.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein maintaining the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers and updating the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers is performed by the service provider system.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein maintaining the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers and updating the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers is performed by a system originating the selected marketing offer.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising providing the redemption message from the service provider system to the system originating the selected marketing offer.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving at the service provider system an instruction to delete the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the system originating the selected marketing offer.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein generating the delete message and sending the delete message from the service provider system to the mobile wallet of the mobile device are performed in response to receiving the instruction to delete the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the system originating the selected marketing offer.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein maintaining the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers and updating the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers is performed by an acquirer system.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing the redemption message from the service provider system to the acquirer system.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising receiving at the service provider system an instruction to delete the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the acquirer system.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein generating the delete message and sending the delete message from the service provider system to the mobile wallet of the mobile device are performed in response to receiving the instruction to delete the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the acquirer system.

26. The method of claim 13, wherein sending the delete message to the mobile wallet of the mobile device comprises sending the delete message via a wireless communications network.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the wireless communications network comprises a cellular network.

28. A system comprising:

a wireless communications network;

a service provider system communicatively coupled with the wireless communications network;

a target device including a Near-Field Communications module;

a mobile device communicatively coupled with the wireless communications network and including a Near-Field Communications module, the mobile device adapted to execute a mobile wallet application, the mobile wallet application maintaining at least one marketing offer, wherein the mobile wallet application is further adapted to transmit information related to the marketing offer to the target device via the Near-Field Communications module of the mobile device, receive a redemption message from the target device via the Near-Field Communications module of the mobile device, the redemption message indicating acceptance of the marketing offer, and send at least a portion of the redemption message to the service provider system via the wireless communications network.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the mobile wallet application of the mobile device, prior to transmitting the information related to the marketing offer to the target device, is adapted to receive a selection of the marketing offer from a plurality of marketing offers and transmit the information related to the selected marketing offer to the target device.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the target device is adapted to receive the information related to the marketing offer from the mobile wallet application of the mobile device via the Near-Field Communications module of the target device, receive an indication of acceptance of the marketing offer, and in response to receiving the indication of acceptance of the marketing offer, transmit the redemption message to the mobile device via the Near-Field Communications module of the target device.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the target device is further adapted to, prior to receiving the indication of acceptance of the marketing offer, present at least a portion of the information related to the marketing offer.

32. The system of claim 29, wherein the service provider system is adapted to receive the redemption message related to the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device via the wireless communications network, generate a delete message related to redemption of the selected marketing offer, and send the delete message to the mobile wallet of the mobile device via the wireless communications network.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the service provider system is further adapted to maintain a set of information related to one or more marketing offers, the information including a status of each of the one or more marketing offers, and update the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers to indicate redemption of the selected marketing offer in response to receiving the redemption message.

34. The system of claim 32, further comprising an originator system communicatively coupled with the service provider system and adapted to maintain a set of information related to the one or more marketing offers, the information including a status of each of the one or more marketing offers.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the service provider system is further adapted to provide the redemption message to the originating system.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the originator system is further adapted to update the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers to indicate redemption of the selected marketing offer based on the redemption message from the service provider system.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the service provider system is adapted to receive an instruction to delete the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the originator system.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the service provider system generates the delete message and sends the delete message to the mobile wallet of the mobile device in response to receiving the instruction to delete the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the originator system.

39. The system of claim 32, further comprising an acquirer system communicatively coupled with the service provider system and adapted to maintain a set of information related to the one or more marketing offers, the information including a status of each of the one or more marketing offers.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein the service provider system is further adapted to provide the redemption message to the acquirer system.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the acquirer system is further adapted to update the set of information related to the one or more marketing offers to indicate redemption of the selected marketing offer based on the redemption message from the service provider system.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the service provider system is adapted to receive an instruction to delete the marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the acquirer system.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the service provider system generates the delete message and sends the delete message to the mobile wallet of the mobile device in response to receiving the instruction to delete the selected marketing offer from the mobile wallet of the mobile device from the acquirer system.

44. The system of claim 28, wherein the wireless communications network comprises a cellular network.

45. The system of claim 28, wherein the target device comprises a point-of-sale device.