PROMOTING OFFERS THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORK INFLUENCERS
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to present an offer for a good or service, the method comprising:
- identifying the location of both a user and a plurality of merchants associated with offers for one or more goods or services;
selecting a plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants;
identifying a profile of the user, wherein the profile is based upon recorded information about the user, wherein the information is based upon at least one stored preference and a past purchase;
presenting an offer to the user based on the profile of the user from the plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants, wherein the offer presentation includes;
a map for a particular geographic area and identifies the location of a merchant for the offer,a retail list price of the good or service associated with the offer, anda time of expiration of the offer, and wherein a price paid for the good or service is discounted from the retail list price; and
sharing the offer with one or more members of a social network, wherein at least one interaction between the one or more members of the social network is recorded, wherein a recording tracks a connection between the one or members of the social network with respect to the offer.
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Abstract
Mechanisms are provided to facilitate buying and selling products utilizing social pricing. Sellers initiate sale of a product with volume discounts for a limited time. In other words, the more people that buy a product, the lower the price for the group. Buyers have a real incentive to become prosumers that not only purchase a product but also promote purchase by others. A social pricing system brokers interaction between sellers and buyer groups, and provisions mechanisms to aid promotion of products by consumers utilizing social networks and other online activities.
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29 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to present an offer for a good or service, the method comprising:
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identifying the location of both a user and a plurality of merchants associated with offers for one or more goods or services; selecting a plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants; identifying a profile of the user, wherein the profile is based upon recorded information about the user, wherein the information is based upon at least one stored preference and a past purchase; presenting an offer to the user based on the profile of the user from the plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants, wherein the offer presentation includes; a map for a particular geographic area and identifies the location of a merchant for the offer, a retail list price of the good or service associated with the offer, and a time of expiration of the offer, and wherein a price paid for the good or service is discounted from the retail list price; and sharing the offer with one or more members of a social network, wherein at least one interaction between the one or more members of the social network is recorded, wherein a recording tracks a connection between the one or members of the social network with respect to the offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for presenting an offer for a good or service, the method comprising:
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor; identifies the location of both a user and a plurality of merchants associated with offers for one or more goods or services, the instructions executed by a processor; selects a plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants; identifies a profile of the buyer, wherein the profile is based upon at least one preference by the buyer and a past purchase; presents an offer to the user based on the profile of the user from the plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants, and wherein the presentation of the offer includes; a map for a particular geographic area and identifies the location of a merchant for the offer, a retail list price of the good or service associated with the offer, and a time of expiration of the offer, and wherein a price paid for the good or service is discounted from the retail list price; and shares the offer with one or more members of a social network, wherein at least one interaction between the one or more members of the social network are recorded, and wherein the recording tracks a connection between the one or members of the social network with respect to the offer. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to present an offer for a good or service, the method comprising:
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identifying the location of both a user and a plurality of merchants associated with offers for one or more goods or services; selecting a plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants; identifying a classification of the buyer, wherein the classification is based upon at least a preference of a category by the buyer; presenting an offer to the user based on the classification of the user from the plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants, wherein the offer presentation includes; a map for a particular geographic area and identifies the location of a merchant for the offer, a retail list price of the good or service associated with the offer, and a time of expiration of the offer, and wherein a price paid for the good or service is discounted from the retail list price; and sharing the offer with one or more members of a social network, wherein; at least one interaction between the one or more members of the social network are recorded, the recording tracks a connection between the one or members of the social network with respect to the offer, the recorded interaction is presented in the context of a table, chart, graph, tree, map, or color coded display, the presentation of the recorded interaction correlates to a purchase of the good or service, and the interaction further correlates to influence of members in the social network with regard to the purchase of the good or service.
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