SEARCHABLE COUPON VALUES

• US 20110078009A1
• Filed: 05/24/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SITO Mobile R&D IP, LLC
• Original Assignee: SITO Mobile R&D IP, LLC
• Inventors: Macaluso, Anthony G.
• Application Number:
  US12/786,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20110078009A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.25
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• 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 30/0224 based on user history

Abstract

A system, method, and a computer program product for pushing a coupon value to a user account are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a computer system, a request to perform a search using a search term. The method includes processing, at the computer system, the received search term to determine whether the search term matches at least one of predetermined keywords, each keyword associated with at least one coupon. The method includes displaying, at the computer system, at least one of a search result or a coupon based on a result of the processing.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computer system, a request to perform a search using a search term;

processing, at the computer system, the received search term to determine whether the search term matches at least one of predetermined keywords, each keyword associated with at least one coupon; and

displaying, at the computer system, at least one of a search result or a coupon based on a result of the processing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the coupon comprises displaying information that includes at least one of a value of the coupon, instructions on redeeming the coupon or expiration date of the coupon.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying comprises:

when determining, at the computer system, that the search term matches at least one of the predetermined keywords, displaying the corresponding coupon associated with the matched at least one keyword.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, at the computer system, data comprising user selection of the displayed coupon; and

validating the coupon at the computer system based on the received data.

5. The method of claim 4, comprising:

identifying user information based on the received data;

determining a coupon value associated with the selected coupon;

identifying a user account to credit the coupon value based on the user information obtained; and

pushing the determined coupon value to the identified user account.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the data comprises:

receiving a request to answer a telephone call based on an abbreviated dialing code.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the abbreviated dialing code comprises a combination of numbers and symbols.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the abbreviated dialing code comprises a combination of numbers and symbols including at least one of a # symbol and a * symbol.

9. A system comprising:

at least one server device operating at least one Website to interface with a user to receive a request to perform a search using a search term; and

an advertisement management system to;

receive the request from the at least one server device,

process the received search term to determine whether the search term matches at least one of predetermined keywords, each keyword associated with at least one coupon, and generate at least one of a search result or a coupon based on a result of processing the received search term,

wherein the at least one server device is further configured to receive the generated at least one of a search result or a coupon value from the advertisement management system and display the received at least one of a search result or a coupon on the at least one Website.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server device is further configured to display the coupon on the at least on Website including information associated with the coupon comprising at least one of a value of the coupon, instructions on redeeming the coupon or expiration date of the coupon.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server device is configured to display the coupon on the at least one Website comprising:

when the advertisement management system determines that the search term matches at least one of the predetermined keywords, the at least one server device is configured to display the corresponding coupon associated with the matched at least one keyword.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

a provisioning manager configured to receive a telephone call initiated in response to a user dialing an abbreviated dialing code on a communication device and identify a coupon value associated with the abbreviated dialing code, wherein the abbreviated dialing code is displayed with the displayed coupon;

a user account manager communicatively coupled to the provisioning manager, the user account manager configured to maintain a plurality of user accounts external to the communication device; and

a user account identifier communicatively coupled to the provisioning manager and the user account manager, the user account identifier configured to identify a user account from the plurality of user accounts to push the identified coupon value.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user account identifier is further configured to:

identify the user account based on a user selection of the displayed coupon.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising a coupon validation system to:

receive data comprising user selection of the displayed coupon; and

validate the coupon based on the received data.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the abbreviated dialing code comprises a combination of numbers and symbols.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the abbreviated dialing code comprises a combination of numbers and symbols including at least one of a # symbol and a * symbol.

17. A system comprising:

an advertiser interface system configured to receive coupon business rules associated with coupons;

a user interface system configured to receive a request to perform a search using a search term;

a campaign management system in communication with the advertiser interface system to generate or modify one or more of the coupons based on the received coupon business rules;

an advertisement management system in communication with the user interface system and the campaign management system to process the received request comprising;

process the received search term to determine whether the search term matches at least one of predetermined keywords, each keyword associated with at least one of the coupons, and

display at least one of a search result or at least one of the coupons based on a result of the processing;

a point-of-sale management system in communication with the campaign management system to receive and manage the generated or modified one or more coupons; and

a point-of-sale data repository in communication with the point-of-sale management system to store the received and managed one or more coupons.

18. A system as in claim 17, wherein the advertising management system is configured to perform operations comprising:

when determining that the search term matches at least one of the predetermined keywords, display the corresponding one or more coupons associated with the matched at least one keyword in a webpage or a print medium.

19. A system as in claim 17, further comprising a validation system in communication with the point-of-sale data repository, wherein the validation system is configured to validate the generated coupon.

20. A system as in claim 17, further comprising a checkout computing system in communication with the point-of-sale data repository, wherein the checkout computing system is configured to receive a request to redeem at least one of the coupons.