METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE BASED ON CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS

• US 20090132362A1
• Filed: 11/21/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Michelle Fisher
• Original Assignee: Mobile Candy Dish, Inc.
• Inventors: Guha, Rathin, FISHER, Michelle
• Application Number:
  US11/944,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20090132362A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.470
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0248 Avoiding fraud
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and system for sending an artifact to a mobile communication device of a user. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a request from an application to send an artifact to a mobile communication device of a user; retrieving personal information from a user profile of the user; retrieving a transaction history of the user, the transaction history including a history of transactions made by the user through the mobile communication device; selecting an artifact to send to the mobile communication device based on the user profile and the transaction history of the user; and sending the selected artifact to the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method for sending an artifact to a mobile communication device of a user, the method comprising:

receiving a request from an application to send an artifact to a mobile communication device of a user;

retrieving personal information from a user profile of the user;

retrieving a transaction history of the user, the transaction history including a history of transactions made by the user through the mobile communication device;

selecting an artifact to send to the mobile communication device based on the user profile and the transaction history of the user; and

sending the selected artifact to the mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected artifact comprises one or more of an advertisement, receipt, ticket, coupon, media, or content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is an application running on the mobile communication device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the application comprises a payment transaction application that permits a user to perform one or more of the following services including bill payment, fund transfers, or purchases through the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the application to send an artifact is generated automatically through a point-of-sale device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the application to send an artifact is generated based on user input received through the mobile communication device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction history of the user is updated with each transaction performed by the user on the mobile communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the selected artifact to the mobile communication device comprises sending a uniform resource locator (URL) to the mobile communication device that links to the artifact.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device is a cellular phone or a wireless personal digital assistant (PDA).

10. A communication system comprising:

a management server configured to,

receive a request from an application to send an artifact to a mobile communication device of a user;

retrieve personal information from a user profile of the user;

retrieve a transaction history of the user, the transaction history including a history of transactions made by the user through the mobile communication device;

select an artifact to send to the mobile communication device based on the user profile and the transaction history of the user; and

send the selected artifact to the mobile communication device.

11. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the selected artifact comprises one or more of an advertisement, receipt, ticket, coupon, media, or content.

12. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the application is an application running on the mobile communication device.

13. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the application comprises a payment transaction application that permits a user to perform one or more of the following services including bill payment, fund transfers, or purchases through the mobile communication device.

14. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the request from the application to send an artifact is generated automatically through a point-of-sale device.

15. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the request from the application to send an artifact is generated based on user input received through the mobile communication device.

16. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the transaction history of the user is updated with each transaction performed by the user on the mobile communication device.

17. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the management server is configured to send the selected artifact to the mobile communication device by sending a uniform resource locator (URL) to the mobile communication device that links to the artifact.

18. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the mobile communication device is a cellular phone or a wireless personal digital assistant (PDA).