SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND PRESENTING OFFERS THROUGH VIRTUAL CHANNELS

• US 20130124295A1
• Filed: 11/14/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MIKZ AB
• Original Assignee: Danir Marketing AB
• Inventors: BJORK, Christer
• Application Number:
  US13/295,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124295A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

A sales offer organizing system comprising a content provider, a user terminal, and a server. The server is configured to receive a registration for at least one channel from said content provider, receive a subscription to said at least one channel from a user of said user terminal, receive a campaign associated with said channel from said content provider, said campaign comprising organization criteria, determine if said user is to be a recipient for the content based on the organization criteria, and if said user is a subscriber to said channel, and if so, send the campaign to said user terminal

Claims

1. A sales offer organizing system comprising a content provider a user terminal, and a server wherein said server is configured to:

receive a registration for at least one channel from said content provider;

receive a subscription to said at least one channel from a user of said user terminal;

receive a campaign associated with said channel from said content provider, said campaign comprising organization criteria;

determine whether said user is to be a recipient for the content based on the organization criteria and whether said user is a subscriber to said channel; and

if so,

send the campaign to said user terminal.

2. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 1, wherein said organization criteria comprises an article and/or a prize, a time period and geographic data, and wherein said controller is configured to receive a location for a user terminal and base the determination of the recipient on whether said location corresponds to said geographic data.

3. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 1, wherein said organization criteria further comprises a target group.

4. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 1, wherein said user terminal is configured to receive a first campaign and a second campaign and to present said first campaign and said second campaign in an order based on said organization criteria.

5. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 4, wherein said user terminal is configured to;

determine a location of said user terminal; and

present said first campaign and said second campaign in an order based on a distance from said location to said geographic data said organization criteria.

6. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 4, wherein said user terminal is configured to;

receive an indication of a first number of subscribers to a channel associated with said first campaign;

receive an indication of a second number of subscribers to a channel associated with said second campaign; and

present said first campaign and said second campaign in an order based on the first and second number of subscribers.

7. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 4, wherein said user terminal is configured to;

receive an indication of a first number of users that has been noted to select said first campaign;

receive an indication of a second number of users that has been noted to select said second campaign; and

present said first campaign and said second campaign in an order based on the first and second number of users selecting a campaign.

8. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 4, wherein said user terminal is configured to;

receive an indication of a first number of users that has been noted to make a purchase through said first campaign;

receive an indication of a second number of users that has been noted to make a purchase through said second campaign; and

present said first campaign and said second campaign in an order based on the first and second number of users selecting a campaign.

9. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 4, wherein said user terminal is configured to:

determine a current time of said user terminal;

determine a first time distance for said first campaign based on said current time and said time period of said organization criteria of said first campaign;

determine a second time distance for said first campaign based on said current time and said time period of said organization criteria of said second campaign; and

present said first campaign and said second campaign in an order based on a said first and second time distances.

10. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 4, wherein said user terminal is configured to:

receive an invitation to subscribe to a specified channel;

receive an acceptance of said invitation; and

, in response thereto,

send a subscription to said server for said specified channel.

11. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 10, wherein said server is configured to:

receive an invitation for said user to subscribe to a specified channel from a second user terminal;

in response thereto, send said invitation to said user terminal of said user; and

receive a subscription request for said specified channel from said user terminal.

12. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 10, wherein said user terminal is configured to capture an image of a code, interpret said code and according to the code send a request to said server for a channel subscription and/or a campaign as specified by the code.

13. The sales offer organizing system according to claim 1, wherein said server is configured to receive a location for said user terminal and in response thereto provide said user terminal with a listing of campaigns

associated with channels that the user of the user terminal is indicated to be a subscriber of and which have a geographic data that corresponds to the location of the user terminal.

14. A method for use in a sales offer organizing system comprising a content provider, a user terminal and a server, said method comprising:

receiving a registration for at least one channel from said content provider;

receiving a subscription to said at least one channel from a user of said user terminal;

receiving a campaign associated with said channel from said content provider, said campaign comprising organization criteria;

determining whether said user is to be a recipient for the content based on the organization criteria and whether said user is a subscriber to said channel; and

if so,

sending the campaign to said user terminal.

15. A computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed on a processor, performs the method according to claim 14.

16. A server for use sales offer organizing system comprising a content provider and a user terminal, wherein said server comprises a controller and a memory, wherein said controller is configured to:

receive a registration for at least one channel from said content provider;

receive a subscription to said at least one channel from a user of said user terminal;

receive a campaign associated with said channel from said content provider, said campaign comprising organization criteria;

determine whether said user is to be a recipient for the content based on the organization criteria and whether said user is a subscriber to said channel; and

if so,

send the campaign to said user terminal.

17. A user terminal for use in a sales offer organizing system comprising a content provider and a server wherein said user terminal comprises a controller and a memory, wherein said controller is configured to:

send a subscription request for at least one channel;

receive a campaign associated with said channel from said server , said campaign comprising organization criteria;

present said campaign in an order based on said organization criteria;

receive a selection of said campaign, and in response thereto activate a function associated with said campaign.