DISCOUNTS IN A MOBILE DEVICE
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Abstract
A buying group discount system includes a universal discount card to provide discounts, rewards and/or offers to consumers participating in a buying group. Consumer purchases are aggregated with transactions of the entire buying group. Rewards and discounts are released to the buying group when the aggregated purchases satisfied criteria specified in a reward policy established by sellers. Furthermore, mechanisms are provided to enable the universal discount card to be positioned to provide contextual flash offers or advertisements.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A system for location-based transactions, the system comprising:
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a first computing device, the first computing device comprising; a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to generate a buyer profile including information about products or services purchased by the buyer, and determine a location of the buyer, and a location-based service module executable by a processor to generate location-based data, wherein the location-based data corresponds to a search associated with the buyer, a first location of the buyer, and the buyer profile; and a wireless transceiver that; transmits the buyer profile to a central server, and receives information associated with one or more sellers in proximity to the location of the buyer; a second computing device, the second computing device comprising; a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to receive a buyer profile from the central server, and determine a second location of the buyer, a location-based service module executable by a processor to generate location-based data, wherein the location-based data corresponds to a search associated with the buyer, a second location of the buyer, and the buyer profile, and a wireless transceiver that receives buyer information associated with one or more sellers in proximity to the second location of the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for location-based transactions, the method comprising:
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executing instructions stored in memory of a first computing device, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor; generates a buyer profile including information about products or services purchased by the buyer, and determines a location of the buyer; and generating location-based data, wherein the location-based data corresponds to a search associated with the buyer, a first location of the buyer, and the buyer profile; and transmitting the buyer profile to a central server; receiving information associated with one or more sellers in proximity to the location of the buyer; executing instructions stored in memory of a second computing device, wherein the execution of the instructions by the processor; receives the buyer profile from the central server; and determines a second location of the buyer; generating location-based data, wherein the location-based data corresponds to a search associated with the buyer, a second location of the buyer, and the buyer profile; and receiving buyer information associated with one or more sellers in proximity to the second location of the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to perform a method for location-based transactions, the method comprising:
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generating a buyer profile on a first computing device including information about products or services purchased by the buyer, and determining a location of the buyer; and generating location-based data, wherein the location-based data corresponds to a search associated with the buyer, a first location of the buyer, and the buyer profile; and transmitting the buyer profile to a central server; receiving information associated with one or more sellers in proximity to the location of the buyer; receiving on a second computing device the buyer profile from the central server; determining a second location of the buyer; generating location-based data, wherein the location-based data corresponds to a search associated with the buyer, a second location of the buyer, and the buyer profile; and receiving buyer information associated with one or more sellers in proximity to the second location of the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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