Network for Targeting Individual Operating a Microcomputer Regardless of His Location
First Claim
1. A method for supplying offers for goods or services, the method comprising:
- receiving a user identifier associated with an individual;
identifying a user profile associated with the user identifier from a plurality of profiles;
identifying at least one of the offers for goods or services available in a location near the individual based upon the user profile; and
automatically communicating the at least one of the offers for goods or services to a microcomputer associated with the individual.
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Abstract
A network targets an individual operating a microcomputer that is linked to an Internet to offer this individual goods or services appropriate to his needs that are available at a place within reach of the individual'"'"'s present location. The microcomputer is provided with a GPS receiver that indicates the present location of the individual, this location and the identity of the individual being transmitted from the microcomputer to a web site. At the web site, a computer associated with a data bank storing the profiles of a multitude of consumers is programmed to find out whether the identified individual is included in the data bank, and to determine from his profile whether there are available at a place reachable from his present location appropriate goods or services. If a match is found, an offer to supply such goods or services is conveyed from the web site to the microcomputer.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for supplying offers for goods or services, the method comprising:
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receiving a user identifier associated with an individual; identifying a user profile associated with the user identifier from a plurality of profiles; identifying at least one of the offers for goods or services available in a location near the individual based upon the user profile; and automatically communicating the at least one of the offers for goods or services to a microcomputer associated with the individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for supplying offers for goods or services, the method comprising:
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receiving a present location associated with an individual; identifying a user profile associated with the individual from a plurality of profiles; identifying at least one of the offers for a good or a service based upon the user profile available in a location near the present location; and automatically communicating the at least one of the offers to a microcomputer associated with the individual. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A server system for facilitating the communicating of offers for goods or services to a device, the server system comprising:
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a server; a first data bank of offers for goods and services from providers in communication with the server; and a second data bank of user profiles associated with individuals in communication with the server, the server system configured to; receive present location information and an identification identifying an individual associated with the device; select at least one of the offers for a good or a service from the first data bank of offers for goods and services from the providers based on the present location and based on a user profile in the second data bank of profiles associated with the individual; and automatically communicate the at least one of the offers to the device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A device for receiving offers for goods or services based on an identification of an individual associated with the device, comprising:
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a positioning receiver configured to determine a present location of the device, the device communicating the present location to a computer configured to identify at least one of the offers for a good or a service located near the present location, the at least one of the offers identified from a data storage unit storing a plurality of offers of good and services and a plurality of user profiles, the at least one of the offers based on the present location and the user profile associated with the identification of the individual, the at least one of the offers communicated to the device automatically; and a transceiver configured to receive the at least one of the offers. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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