METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING MERCHANT-CUSTOMER RETAIL EVENTS
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1. A method for facilitating a merchant-customer retail event, the method comprising:
- receiving instructions from a customer-user to subscribe to a merchant campaign, wherein the merchant campaign comprises one or more goods or services each associated with one or more terms of an offer for the goods or services, including an offer price, a duration for accepting the offer, an offer location zone, a redemption location, and a duration for redeeming an accepted offer;
receiving location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location;
transmitting the offer to the customer-user when the received location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone while the customer-user is subscribed to the merchant campaign;
receiving acceptance of the offer by the customer-user;
transmitting, upon satisfaction of a predetermined contingency by the consumer-user, a unique identifier for redemption when the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone;
receiving the unique identifier from the user at the redemption location; and
determining if the received unique identifier is valid and received within the duration for redeeming the accepted offer for fulfillment of the offer.
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Abstract
Method and system is disclosed for facilitating merchant-customer retail events. The retailing system provides a service that simplifies the processes whereby consumers interact electronically with merchants, to pay for purchases, to receive relevant offers, and/or track receipts. A method for allowing a consumer to complete a payment transaction with a merchant is described. The method includes providing a redemption code to the user when the user is physically present within a preset area or distance to the merchant. In this way fraud and transaction quantity may be controlled.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating a merchant-customer retail event, the method comprising:
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receiving instructions from a customer-user to subscribe to a merchant campaign, wherein the merchant campaign comprises one or more goods or services each associated with one or more terms of an offer for the goods or services, including an offer price, a duration for accepting the offer, an offer location zone, a redemption location, and a duration for redeeming an accepted offer; receiving location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location; transmitting the offer to the customer-user when the received location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone while the customer-user is subscribed to the merchant campaign; receiving acceptance of the offer by the customer-user; transmitting, upon satisfaction of a predetermined contingency by the consumer-user, a unique identifier for redemption when the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone; receiving the unique identifier from the user at the redemption location; and determining if the received unique identifier is valid and received within the duration for redeeming the accepted offer for fulfillment of the offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable device comprising processor-executable instructions configured to perform actions comprising:
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receiving instructions from a customer-user to subscribe to a merchant campaign, wherein the merchant campaign comprises one or more goods or services each associated with one or more terms of an offer for the goods or services, including an offer price, a duration for accepting the offer, an offer location zone, a redemption location, and a duration for redeeming an accepted offer; receiving location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location; transmitting the offer to the customer-user when the received location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone while the customer-user is subscribed to the merchant campaign; receiving acceptance of the offer by the customer-user; transmitting, upon satisfaction of a predetermined contingency by the consumer-user, a unique identifier for redemption when the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone; receiving the unique identifier from the user at the redemption location; and determining if the received unique identifier is valid and received within the duration for redeeming the accepted offer for fulfillment of the offer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for facilitating a merchant-customer retail event, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to; define a system-wide immediate-vicinity zone, wherein the immediate-vicinity zone may be associated with a merchant-user'"'"'s physical location; receive instructions from a customer-user to subscribe to a merchant campaign, wherein the merchant campaign comprises one or more goods or services each associated with one or more terms of an offer for the goods or services, including an offer price, a duration for accepting the offer, an offer location zone, a redemption location, and a duration for redeeming an accepted offer; receive location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location; transmit the offer to the customer-user when the received location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone while the customer-user is subscribed to the merchant campaign; transmit the offer to the customer-user when the received location-based information indicative of the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the immediate-vicinity zone associated with the merchant-user'"'"'s physical location, irrespective of whether the customer-user is subscribed to the merchant campaign; receive acceptance of the offer by the customer-user; transmit, upon satisfaction of a predetermined contingency by the consumer-user, a unique identifier for redemption when the customer-user'"'"'s physical location is within the offer location zone; receive the unique identifier from the user at the redemption location; and determine if the received unique identifier is valid and received within the duration for redeeming the accepted offer for fulfillment of the offer.
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