GEOSPATIALLY CONSTRAINED GASTRONOMIC BIDDING
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining, through at least one central server, which includes a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and which is associated with a gastronomic bidding service provider, that a bidding platform provided by the gastronomic bidding service provider has a number of requests for gastronomical offers within at least one of a residential location zip code and a daytime location zip code associated with a user thereof;
permitting the user to access the number of requests for gastronomical offers within the at least one of the residential location zip code and the daytime location zip code thereof;
denying the user access to a request for a gastronomical offer within a zip code outside a geospatially constrained region around the at least one of the residential location zip code and the daytime location zip code thereof;
permitting the user to create a series of standing bid amounts spread across a spectrum of time such that the standing bid amounts are submitted periodically to a set of retail establishments based on at least one of a gastronomical item, a business name, a cuisine type, the residential location zip code and the daytime location zip code, the standing bid amounts being associated with at least one request for gastronomical offers; and
crediting an account associated with the gastronomic bidding service provider on the at least one central server with an amount between a bid price of the gastronomical item and a particular payout price thereof when the bid price is at least a particular accept price corresponding to the particular payout price.
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Abstract
A method includes determining, through one or more central server(s), that a bidding platform provided by a gastronomic bidding service provider has a number of requests for gastronomical offers within a residential location zip code and/or a daytime location zip code associated with a user thereof. The method also includes permitting the user to access the number of requests for gastronomical offers within the residential location zip code and/or the daytime location zip code, and denying the user access to a request within a zip code outside a geospatially constrained region around the residential location zip code and/or the daytime location zip code thereof. Further, the method includes permitting the user to create a series of standing bid amounts spread across a spectrum of time and crediting an account associated with the gastronomic bidding service provider on the one or more central server(s) with an appropriate amount.
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6 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, through at least one central server, which includes a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and which is associated with a gastronomic bidding service provider, that a bidding platform provided by the gastronomic bidding service provider has a number of requests for gastronomical offers within at least one of a residential location zip code and a daytime location zip code associated with a user thereof; permitting the user to access the number of requests for gastronomical offers within the at least one of the residential location zip code and the daytime location zip code thereof; denying the user access to a request for a gastronomical offer within a zip code outside a geospatially constrained region around the at least one of the residential location zip code and the daytime location zip code thereof; permitting the user to create a series of standing bid amounts spread across a spectrum of time such that the standing bid amounts are submitted periodically to a set of retail establishments based on at least one of a gastronomical item, a business name, a cuisine type, the residential location zip code and the daytime location zip code, the standing bid amounts being associated with at least one request for gastronomical offers; and crediting an account associated with the gastronomic bidding service provider on the at least one central server with an amount between a bid price of the gastronomical item and a particular payout price thereof when the bid price is at least a particular accept price corresponding to the particular payout price. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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