TIME-SENSITIVE AND LOCATION-BASED COMMERCIAL OFFER SYSTEM
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1. A method of providing a commercial offer of a vendor comprising:
- establishing, with a processor, a location trend of a user representing a plurality of estimated recurring periods of time when the user will be located within an anticipated location;
determining a commercial offer that coincides with the location trend; and
providing the commercial offer to the user based on the location trend,wherein goods or services associated with the commercial offer can be obtained only during the estimated recurring periods of time.
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Abstract
A method, system, apparatus and computer program to notify a user of a commercial offer that is time-sensitive and time-specific. The user can be notified of commercial offers associated with locations near the user'"'"'s current or predicted location. The commercial offers are time-specific, for example, a commercial offer for breakfast that can only be used during morning hours. As such, the commercial offers can be provided to consumers that are commonly located in the area of the vendor offering the commercial offer at the time of day in which the commercial offer is most relevant.
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1. A method of providing a commercial offer of a vendor comprising:
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establishing, with a processor, a location trend of a user representing a plurality of estimated recurring periods of time when the user will be located within an anticipated location; determining a commercial offer that coincides with the location trend; and providing the commercial offer to the user based on the location trend, wherein goods or services associated with the commercial offer can be obtained only during the estimated recurring periods of time. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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