SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED OFFERS

• US 20110093349A1
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Extrafeet Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Extrafeet Incorporated
• Inventors: Drescher, Susan, Dean, Brian, Mathis, Lani, Ayers, Michael, Synstelien, Donald
• Application Number:
  US12/908,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20110093349A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.73
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method and computer program products for providing an offer in a specific location. The method is embodied in a computer program product for execution on an instruction processing system and includes a tangible storage medium readable by the instruction processing system and storing instructions for execution by the instruction processing system for performing the method. The method further includes determining at least one offer to be sent to a user device, sending the at least one offer to user device and receiving information regarding the completion of the at least one offer. The method further includes verifying the user completed a task associated with the at least one offer and providing a benefit to an owner of the user device.

Claims

1. A method of providing an offer in a specific location embodied in a computer program product for execution on an instruction processing system, comprising a tangible storage medium readable by the instruction processing system and storing instructions for execution by the instruction processing system for performing the method comprising:

determining at least one offer to be sent to a user device;

sending the at least one offer to user device;

receiving information regarding the completion of the at least one offer;

verifying the user completed a task associated with the at least one offer; and

providing a benefit to an owner of the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the task associated with the at least one offer is being within a vicinity of a specified location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the vicinity of the specified location is measured by a wireless position signal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the wireless position signal is generated by a second device at the specific location.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the vicinity of the specified location is determined by data input into the user device and transmitted to the instruction processing system.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the offer is created by an advertiser that is drawing the owner of the user device into their establishment.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising:

listing the offer with parameters that identifies the task to be completed by the owner of the user device along with the benefit to the owner of the user device for completing the task.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the parameters further include a number of times the offer can be completed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the parameters further include a payment for the number of times the offer can be completed.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the offer is embedded in a game application on the Web.

11. A computer program product for providing an offer in a specific location, the computer program product comprising:

a tangible storage medium readable by a computer system and storing instructions for execution by the computer system for performing a method comprising;

determining at least one offer to be sent to a user device;

sending the at least one offer to user device;

receiving information regarding the completion of the at least one offer;

verifying the user completed a task associated with the at least one offer; and

providing a benefit to an owner of the user device.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

associating the task with the at least one offer is being within a vicinity of a specified location.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising:

identifying a user device in the vicinity of the specified location by a wireless position signal.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

generating the wireless position signal by a second device at the specific location.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising:

determining if the user device is in the vicinity of the specified location by data input into the user device and transmitted to the instruction processing system.

16. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the offer is created by an advertiser that is tempting the owner of the user device into their establishment.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

listing the offer with parameters that identifies the task to be completed by the owner of the user device along with the benefit to the owner of the user device for completing the task.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the parameters further include a number of times the offer can be completed.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the parameters further include a payment for the number of times the offer can be completed.

20. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the offer is embedded in a game application on the Web.