METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-MERCHANT COUPONING

• US 20140032340A1
• Filed: 07/22/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Magadi, Diwakar, Sadhu, Prasad, Dundigalla, Srinivas, Somasundaram, Vignesh Rathinasamy
• Application Number:
  US13/947,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032340A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.73
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0224 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

Methods and systems for enabling multi-merchant coupon campaigns within an online publication system are described. In an example, a method can include generating an item listing, receiving information specifying a set of coupon criteria, detecting an event within a multi-merchant publication system, and present a coupon in response to detecting the event. The generating an item listing can be based on information received from a merchant-computer. If the set of coupon criteria is detected it can result in presenting a coupon for the item listing. The event can satisfy a particular coupon criteria from the set of coupon criteria.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, at a multi-merchant publication system, an item listing based on information received from a merchant-computer;

receiving, from the merchant-computer, information specifying a set of coupon criteria, which, if detected, are to result in presenting a coupon for the item listing;

detecting an event within the multi-merchant publication system satisfying a particular coupon criteria from the set of coupon criteria; and

presenting a coupon, associated with the item listing, in response to detecting the event.