DIFFERENTIAL DEALS IN A THEME GROUP
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1. A method comprising:
- communicating, via a computing device over a network, a deal to users of a group of users, the group formed in association with a corresponding topic;
enabling, via the computing device, each user of the group to selectively accept the deal;
confirming, via the computing device, the deal with a plurality of users of the group that accepted the deal; and
differentially assigning, via the computing device, discounts for the deal to the plurality of users based on at least one parameter of the deal such that at least two users of the plurality of users that accepted the deal have discounts for the deal that are different from each other.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for offering a deal to a group of users, and for determining differential discounts for the users of the group that participate in the deal. A deal is offered to users of a group of users formed in association with a corresponding topic. Each user of the group is enabled to selectively accept the deal. The deal is confirmed with a plurality of users of the group that accepted the deal. Discounts for the deal are differentially assigned to the plurality of users based on at least one parameter such that at least two users that accepted the deal have discounts that are different from each other.
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating, via a computing device over a network, a deal to users of a group of users, the group formed in association with a corresponding topic; enabling, via the computing device, each user of the group to selectively accept the deal; confirming, via the computing device, the deal with a plurality of users of the group that accepted the deal; and differentially assigning, via the computing device, discounts for the deal to the plurality of users based on at least one parameter of the deal such that at least two users of the plurality of users that accepted the deal have discounts for the deal that are different from each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A differential deal offering system comprising:
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a plurality of processors; a discount offering engine implemented by at least one of said plurality of processors that communicates a deal to users of a group of users formed in association with a corresponding topic, enables each user of the group to selectively accept the deal, and confirms the deal with a plurality of users of the group that accepted the deal; and a differential discount determiner implemented by at least one of said plurality of processors that differentially assigns discounts for the deal to the plurality of users based on at least one parameter of the deal such that at least two users of the plurality of users that accepted the deal have discounts for the deal that are different from each other. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions embodied in said computer readable storage medium for enabling a processor to offer deals, the computer program instructions comprising:
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first computer program instructions that cause the processor to communicate a deal to users of a group of users, the group formed in association with a corresponding topic; second computer program instructions that cause the processor to differentially assign discounts for the deal to a plurality of users of the group of users that accepted the deal based on at least one parameter of the deal such that at least two users of the plurality of users that accepted the deal have discounts for the deal that are different from each other. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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