SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC COUPONS
First Claim
1. A system for providing at least one electronic coupon to a user of a mobile device for goods or services,wherein said electronic coupon is transmitted by an electronic coupon server to said mobile device depending on the current position of said mobile device and locations of point of sales (POS) of registered suppliers offering said goods and services,wherein the current position of the mobile device is detected by an application executed by a computation unit of said mobile device.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and a method for providing at least one electronic coupon (EC) to a user of a mobile device for goods or services, wherein said electronic coupon (EC) is transmitted by an electronic coupon server to said mobile device depending on a current position of said mobile device and locations of point of sale (POS) of registered suppliers offering said goods and services, wherein the current position of the mobile device is detected by an application executed by a computation unit of the mobile device. Moreover the measurement of the coupon redemptions based on a heuristic comprising the redemption of the user at the point of sale (POS) and transmitted context factors such as but not limited to distance from the mobile device to the POS, opening hours, etc.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for providing at least one electronic coupon to a user of a mobile device for goods or services,
wherein said electronic coupon is transmitted by an electronic coupon server to said mobile device depending on the current position of said mobile device and locations of point of sales (POS) of registered suppliers offering said goods and services, wherein the current position of the mobile device is detected by an application executed by a computation unit of said mobile device.
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9. A mobile device of a user comprising
an interface for receiving at least one electronic coupon for goods or services from an electronic coupon server depending on a current position of said mobile device detected by a detection unit of said mobile device and depending on locations of point of sales of registered suppliers offering the goods and services.
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14. A method for distributing and clearing of electronic coupons for goods and services provided by an electronic coupon distributor comprising the steps of:
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transmitting to a mobile device of a user at least one electronic coupon depending on a detected current position of the mobile device and locations of point of sales of registered suppliers offering goods and services; transmitting a redeeming code to the mobile device of the user for redeeming the respective electronic coupon a the respective point of sale of the registered supplier and transmitting a clearing code for performing a clearing of the redeemed electronic coupon by the electronic coupon distributor or by a clearing house of the electronic coupon distributor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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