COUPON CLIPPER

• US 20090259535A1
• Filed: 04/11/2008
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chow, David
• Application Number:
  US12/101,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20090259535A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.260
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A coupon clipping interface and related methods and apparatus are provided. The coupon clipper'"'"'s features include displaying at least one online coupon, receiving selection of at least one selected coupon selected from the at least one online coupon, providing the at least one selected coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature associated with the at least one selected coupon, storing the at least one selected coupon as at least one clipped coupon in response to user selection of a clip coupon interface component associated with the at least one selected coupon, wherein the at least one clipped coupon is available for subsequent retrieval via a clipped coupons interface, and displaying a summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon. The coupon clipper'"'"'s features may also include displaying the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of an interface feature associated with the summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon, and providing the at least one clipped coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature.

Claims

1. Coupon clipping apparatus comprising:

coupon clipping interface logic operable to display at least one online coupon, and to receive selection of at least one selected coupon selected from the at least one online coupon;

coupon provider logic operable to provide the at least one selected coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature associated with the at least one selected coupon;

clipped coupon storage logic operable to store the at least one selected coupon as at least one clipped coupon in response to user selection of a clip coupon interface component associated with the at least one selected coupon, wherein the at least one clipped coupon is available for subsequent retrieval via a clipped coupons interface, and

the coupon clipping interface logic further operable to display a summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon provider logic is further operable to print a physical representation of the online coupon.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon provider logic is further operable to transmit a representation of the at least one selected coupon to an online vendor via a computer network.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

clipped coupon interface logic operable to display the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of an interface feature associated with the summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon; and

clipped coupon provider logic operable to provide the at least one clipped coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the clipped coupon interface logic is further operable to remove a selected coupon from the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of a remove interface feature.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the remove interface feature is associated with the at least one clipped coupon.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the clipped coupon provider logic is further operable to print a physical representation of the at least one clipped coupon.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the clipped coupon provider logic is further operable to transmit a representation of the at least one clipped coupon to an online vendor via a computer network.

9. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the clipped coupon interface logic is operable to display the at least one online coupon in response to selection of a return to coupons user interface feature.

10. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the at least one clipped coupon is associated with a user.

11. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein clipped coupon interface logic operable to display the at least one clipped coupon on a web page.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the user comprises a user logged into a web site that displays the web page.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon clipping interface logic is operable to display a selected number of coupons per page.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the coupon clipping interface is operable to change the number of coupons displayed per page in response to user selection of a coupons per page interface feature.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon clipping interface logic is operable to display at least one categorized coupon in response to user selection of a category user interface feature.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon clipping interface logic is operable to display at least one filtered coupon, wherein the at least one filtered coupon is selected from the at least one online coupon based upon a filter in response to selection of the filter.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon clipping interface logic is operable to display at least one new coupon in response to user selection of a view new coupons user interface feature.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon clipping interface logic is operable to display at least one expiring coupon in response to user selection of an expiring user interface feature.

19. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupon clipping interface logic is operable to display at least one advertisement, wherein the at least one advertisement is related to the at least one online coupon.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

search interface logic operable to search the at least one online coupon and display at least one matching online coupon in response to receiving a search string from a user, wherein the at least one matching coupon matches the search string.

21. A coupon clipper apparatus comprising:

clipping interface linking logic operable to provide a link to a clipped coupon interface page;

clipped coupon retrieval logic operable to retrieve at least one clipped coupon from a clipped coupon list in response to receiving selection of the coupon clipper link;

clipped coupon interface logic operable to cause display of a summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon, and to cause display of the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of an interface component associated with the summary representation; and

clipped coupon provider logic operable to provide the at least one clipped coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the clipped coupon interface logic is further operable to remove a selected coupon from the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of a remove interface feature.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the remove interface feature is associated with the at least one clipped coupon.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the clipped coupon provider logic is further operable to print a physical representation of the at least one clipped coupon.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the clipped coupon provider logic is further operable to transmit a representation of the at least one clipped coupon to an online vendor via a computer network.

26. A coupon clipping interface comprising:

a coupon clipping component operable to display at least one online coupon, and to receive selection of at least one selected coupon selected from the at least one online coupon;

a coupon provider component operable to provide the at least one selected coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature associated with the at least one selected coupon;

a clipped coupon storage component operable to store the at least one selected coupon as at least one clipped coupon in response to user selection of a clip coupon interface component associated with the at least one selected coupon, wherein the at least one clipped coupon is available for subsequent retrieval via a clipped coupons interface, and

the coupon clipping interface component further operable to display a summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon.

27. The interface of claim 26, further comprising:

a clipped coupon interface component operable to display the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of an interface feature associated with the summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon; and

a clipped coupon provider component operable to provide the at least one clipped coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature.

28. A computer-enabled method of coupon clipping, the method comprising:

displaying at least one online coupon, and to receive selection of at least one selected coupon selected from the at least one online coupon;

providing the at least one selected coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature associated with the at least one selected coupon;

storing the at least one selected coupon as at least one clipped coupon in response to user selection of a clip coupon interface component associated with the at least one selected coupon, wherein the at least one clipped coupon is available for subsequent retrieval via a clipped coupons interface component, and

displaying a summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising:

displaying the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of an interface feature associated with the summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon; and

providing the at least one clipped coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature.

30. A computer program product comprising program code for coupon clipping, the computer program product comprising program code for:

displaying at least one online coupon;

receiving selection of at least one selected coupon selected from the at least one online coupon;

providing the at least one selected coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature associated with the at least one selected coupon;

storing the at least one selected coupon as at least one clipped coupon in response to user selection of a clip coupon interface component associated with the at least one selected coupon, wherein the at least one clipped coupon is available for subsequent retrieval via a clipped coupons interface, and

displaying a summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon.

31. The computer program product of claim 30, further comprising program code for:

displaying the at least one clipped coupon in response to receiving selection of an interface feature associated with the summary representation of the at least one clipped coupon; and

providing the at least one clipped coupon for subsequent redemption in response to user selection of a redemption user interface feature.