SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED DISCOUNT RETAILING
First Claim
1. A method of offering discounted goods or services over a discount platform in which a merchant is allowed to provide a discount offer to a potential customer when said potential customer indicates a location near where said merchant is providing the goods or services, said offer being valid for a limited offer time, and being redeemable for a limited redemption time, comprising a network server, a microprocessor, a memory and computer software, said computer software being located in said memory and run by said microprocessor, said computer software comprising a location based discount offer algorithm, wherein said location based discount offer algorithm comprises the steps of:
- (a) establishing a relationship with a merchant, said relationship including receiving information from said merchant pertaining to goods or services provided by said merchant;
(b) allowing said merchant to determine a discount offer price for a particular good or service to be provided by said merchant, said discount offer price being a reduction in amount from a standard offer price for said particular good or service;
(c) allowing said merchant to determine a limited number of discount offers to be provided by said merchant;
(d) allowing said merchant to determine said limited offer time for said discount offer price to be valid;
(e) allowing said merchant to determine said limited redemption time for said potential customer to redeem said discount offer price;
(f) providing at least one access code to said merchant, said at least one access code correlating to each of said limited number of discount offers provided by said merchant;
(g) determining when said potential customer is located near the location where said merchant can provide the particular good or service;
(h) presenting to said potential customer located near the location that said merchant can provide the particular good or service, said discounted offer price, said limited offer time and said limited redemption time.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that provide offers for goods or services based on the locations of potential customers and the geographic locations of the merchant. The offers may be limited in quantity and acceptance and redemption of the offers may be limited in time. A unique identifier may be associated with each accepted offer. A merchant may have at least some control over the creation and rendering of one or more offers for the merchant'"'"'s goods and services.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of offering discounted goods or services over a discount platform in which a merchant is allowed to provide a discount offer to a potential customer when said potential customer indicates a location near where said merchant is providing the goods or services, said offer being valid for a limited offer time, and being redeemable for a limited redemption time, comprising a network server, a microprocessor, a memory and computer software, said computer software being located in said memory and run by said microprocessor, said computer software comprising a location based discount offer algorithm, wherein said location based discount offer algorithm comprises the steps of:
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(a) establishing a relationship with a merchant, said relationship including receiving information from said merchant pertaining to goods or services provided by said merchant; (b) allowing said merchant to determine a discount offer price for a particular good or service to be provided by said merchant, said discount offer price being a reduction in amount from a standard offer price for said particular good or service; (c) allowing said merchant to determine a limited number of discount offers to be provided by said merchant; (d) allowing said merchant to determine said limited offer time for said discount offer price to be valid; (e) allowing said merchant to determine said limited redemption time for said potential customer to redeem said discount offer price; (f) providing at least one access code to said merchant, said at least one access code correlating to each of said limited number of discount offers provided by said merchant; (g) determining when said potential customer is located near the location where said merchant can provide the particular good or service; (h) presenting to said potential customer located near the location that said merchant can provide the particular good or service, said discounted offer price, said limited offer time and said limited redemption time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A discount offering system for allowing a merchant to provide a discount offer to a potential customer when said potential customer indicates a request and a location near where said merchant is providing the goods or services, comprising:
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a network server, said network server configured to store and operate a discount offer application for presenting a discount offer for a particular good or service to a potential customer located within the vicinity of where said particular good or service will be redeemed during a limited redemption time; a merchant terminal, said merchant terminal being configured to access said discount offer application and being located remotely from said network server, said merchant terminal allowed to access said discount offer application, such that a merchant can enter a discount offer information into said merchant terminal pertaining to said discount offer for said particular good or service; said network server further configured to receive the discount offer information from said merchant terminal and to present said discount offer information to potential customers that will be near the vicinity of the merchant providing the particular good or service during the limited redemption time, said discount offer being presented for a limited offer time and if accepted during said limited offer time, said discount offer must be redeemed by said potential customer during said limited redemption time; said network server further being capable of receiving from a potential customer an acceptance of and payment for said discount offer for a particular good or service, said network server further being capable of providing an acknowledgement of said payment and an at least one access code for said transaction. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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