Systems and Methods to Provide Offers on Mobile Devices
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- storing, in a computing device, a code representing a value;
providing at least one of the code and a reference to the value from the computing device for transmission with an offer to a mobile phone at a phone number; and
in response to a communication from the mobile phone to the computing device, applying by the computing device the value for benefit of a user of the phone number.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to propagate and redeem offers via mobile communications. In one aspect, a system includes an interchange and a data storage facility storing a value in association with a first phone number. The interchange includes a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of different controllers of mobile communications. The converters are configured to communicate with the common format processor in a common format and with the controllers in different formats. The common format processor is to re-associate the value with a second phone number and to use one converter of the converters to communicate a reference of the value to a telephonic apparatus at the second phone number, in response to a request from a telephonic apparatus at the first phone number, when the request includes the second phone number and a reference to the value.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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storing, in a computing device, a code representing a value; providing at least one of the code and a reference to the value from the computing device for transmission with an offer to a mobile phone at a phone number; and in response to a communication from the mobile phone to the computing device, applying by the computing device the value for benefit of a user of the phone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, the instructions causing a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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storing a code representing a value; providing at least one of the code and a reference to the value from the computer for transmission with an offer to a mobile phone at a phone number; and in response to a communication from the mobile phone to the computing device, applying the value for benefit of a user of the phone number.
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20. A system, comprising:
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a data storage facility to store a value in association with a first phone number; an interchange coupled with the data storage facility, the interchange including a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers, the converters configured to communicate with the controllers in different formats, the converters to communicate with the common format processor in a common format, the common format processor to re-associate the value with a second phone number and to use one converter of the converters to communicate a reference of the value to a telephonic apparatus at the second phone number, in response to a request from a telephonic apparatus at the first phone number, the request including the second phone number and a reference to the value.
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