LOCATION BASED COUPON DELIVERY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for presenting, to a user of a mobile device, coupons for products or services which are available at nearby stores, the system comprising:
- a catalog database;
a coupon database containing a set of coupon offers, wherein each coupon offer is associated with a set of applicable items from the catalog database, and is further associated with a geographic region; and
a coupon server adapted to receive location and item information from the mobile device via a network, and being further adapted to (a) search through the coupon database, (b) evaluate coupons in the database for geographic relevance, (c) select any coupons determined to be geographically relevant, and (d) return the selected coupons to the mobile device.
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Abstract
A system (101) is provided for presenting, to a user of a mobile device (111), coupons for products or services which are available at nearby stores. The system comprises (a) a catalog database (105); (b) a coupon database (107) containing a set of coupon offers, wherein each coupon offer is associated with a set of applicable items from the catalog database, and is further associated with a geographic region; and (c) a coupon server (103) adapted to receive location and item information from the mobile device via a network (109), and being further adapted to (i) search through the coupon database, (ii) evaluate coupons in the database for geographic relevance, (iii) select any coupons determined to be geographically relevant, and (iv) return the selected coupons to the mobile device.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for presenting, to a user of a mobile device, coupons for products or services which are available at nearby stores, the system comprising:
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a catalog database; a coupon database containing a set of coupon offers, wherein each coupon offer is associated with a set of applicable items from the catalog database, and is further associated with a geographic region; and a coupon server adapted to receive location and item information from the mobile device via a network, and being further adapted to (a) search through the coupon database, (b) evaluate coupons in the database for geographic relevance, (c) select any coupons determined to be geographically relevant, and (d) return the selected coupons to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for presenting, to a user of a mobile device, coupons for products or services which are available at nearby stores, the method comprising:
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receiving location information and item information from a mobile device via a network, wherein the location information relates to the location of the mobile device, and wherein the item information relates to an item of interest to a user of the mobile device; evaluating coupons in a coupon database for geographic relevance and user interest relevance, wherein the geographical relevance is determined from the location information, and wherein the user interest relevance is determined from the item information; and returning to the mobile device coupons meeting a predetermined geographic relevance and a predetermined user interest relevance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for presenting, to a user of a mobile device, coupons for relevant products or services, wherein relevancy is determined through a context aware combination of location and product selection.
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23. A method for presenting, to a user of a mobile device, coupons for relevant products or services, comprising:
determining the relevancy to the user of a coupon through a context aware combination of location and product selection.
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24. A system for presenting, to a user of a mobile device, coupons for products or services which are available at nearby stores, the system comprising:
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a network adapted to support communication between the mobile device and a server computer; a mobile device which is adapted to connect to the network, and which is further adapted to determine its location; a browser, resident on the mobile device, which is adapted to allow a user of the mobile device to browse a catalog over the network; a catalog database containing of a set of products or services organized as a tree, wherein each node in the tree contains an identifier; a coupon database containing a set of coupon offers, wherein each coupon offer is associated with a set of applicable items from the catalog database, and is further associated with a geographic region; and a coupon server adapted to receive location and item information from the mobile device via the network, and being further adapted to (a) search through the coupon database, (b) evaluate coupons in the database for geographic relevance, (c) select any coupons determined to be geographically relevant, and (d) return the selected coupons to the mobile device.
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