MOBILE WALLET SYSTEM

• US 20130325569A1
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays PLC)
• Original Assignee: Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays PLC)
• Inventors: HOLMES, Stewart, ZAHEER, Safwan
• Application Number:
  US13/647,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20130325569A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

A mobile wallet system providing contextual services to a consumer is described, comprising a mobile wallet on a mobile device associated with the consumer, a payment platform for processing payment transactions by the mobile wallet, a digital content service platform for providing digital content services to the mobile wallet, and an analytics platform for controlling the digital content services provided to the mobile wallet based on collected consumer data.

Claims

1. A mobile wallet system for providing contextual services to a consumer, comprising:

a mobile wallet on a mobile device associated with the consumer;

a payment platform for processing payment transactions by the mobile wallet;

a digital content service platform for providing digital content services to the mobile wallet; and

an analytics platform for controlling the digital content services provided to the mobile wallet based on collected consumer data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the digital content service platform comprises a digital coupons and offers platform for providing digital coupons and offers to provide to the mobile wallet.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the digital coupons and offers platform comprises a portal for retailers to provide digital coupons and offers to consumers, and for the consumer to request types of coupons and offers of interest.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the analytics platform determines the digital coupons and offers to provide to the consumer'"'"'s mobile device based at least on data received from the digital coupons and offers platform.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the digital content service platform comprises an advertisement filter platform for providing advertisements to the consumer'"'"'s mobile device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the ads filter platform determines the advertisements to provide to the consumer'"'"'s mobile device based on data received from the analytics platform.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the analytics platform is operable to receive data indicative of consumer-related activity and behaviour.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes a location and time of the activity and behaviour.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes data indicative of when the consumer is at or nearby a predefined location.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the collected consumer data includes location data received from the consumer who has checked-in a current location with the mobile wallet system or updated a current location and status on a social networking or gaming website.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the digital content service is a coupon, offer and/or advertisement for a merchant or retailer associated with the predefined location.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the analytics platform is operable to monitor and analyse behavioural patterns related to consumer visits to a particular retailer and/or browsing and searching activity using the mobile device, based on the collected consumer data.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes the number of times the consumer clicked, viewed, saved and/or acted on the call-to-action of an advertisement served in the mobile wallet.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes information from loyalty and rewards programs associated with the consumer

15. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes gift and/or pre-paid card related data.

16. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes coupon and offers related data indicative of when the consumer clicks, stores, saves and/or redeems coupons and/or offers.

17. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes information about consumer activities and behaviour on social networking or gaming websites or applications

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the consumer-related activity and behaviour data includes one or more advertisement-based performance metrics.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the analytics platform collects consumer-related activity and behaviour data from data sources via respective APIs.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that when executed cause a computer system to become configured as the mobile wallet system of claim 1.

20. A method of providing contextual services in a mobile wallet system, the method comprising:

collecting user information from a mobile wallet on a mobile device associated with the consumer;

storing the collected user information as consumer profile data for the consumer; and

providing digital content services to the consumer based on the consumer profile data.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

collecting coupon and offer related data associated with coupons and offers selected by the consumer;

collecting advertisement related data associated with advertisements selected by the consumer; and

storing the coupon and offer related data and advertisement related data with the collected user information as consumer profile data for the consumer.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that when executed perform the method of claim 20.

22. A method of providing coupons and offers functionality in a mobile wallet system, the method comprising:

providing a portal for storing digital coupons and offers, wherein retailers access the portal to provide a plurality of types of digital coupons and offers, and wherein consumers access the portal to request one or more types of digital coupons and offers;

providing an analytics platform for receiving consumer data from the portal, the consumer data representative of requests from said consumers, wherein the analytics platform is operable to determine relevant digital coupons and offers for a consumer based on the received consumer data.

23. A method of providing targeted advertisement functionality in a mobile wallet system, the method comprising:

providing an advertisement filter for receiving a plurality of digital advertisements from a plurality of mobile advertisement platform providers, transmitting digital advertisements to one or more consumer devices, and monitoring consumer behaviour related to said transmitted digital advertisements;

providing an analytics platform for receiving consumer data from the advertisement filter, the consumer data representative of consumer related behaviour related to digital advertisements, wherein the analytics platform is operable to determine relevant advertisements for a consumer based on the received consumer data.