SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED MOBILE APPLICATION OFFERS

• US 20140058815A1
• Filed: 10/29/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Original Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Tiku, Sripriya, Wolf, David, Hiremath, Mallikarj, McConaghy, Jennifer, Moore, Robin, Richards, Daniel, Skibo, Elizabeth, Tsernovsky, Irene
• Application Number:
  US14/065,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20140058815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0215 Including financial accounts

Abstract

The systems and methods of the disclosure allow a user to take advantage of offers via a mobile application. In response to a purchase associated with the offer is made, the transaction information may be processed by the system, such that, the credit and debit associated with the purchase are transmitted to the transaction account and the merchant. The transaction information may be further processed to determine whether the particular transaction is eligible for a reward. Where the transaction is eligible for a reward, the credit and debit associated with reward are transmitted to the transaction account and the sponsoring entity. The offers may be based on the location of the mobile device and/or location of the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computer based system for providing location based offers, a dynamically changing location of an account affiliate associated with a transaction account, wherein the dynamically changing location is determined based on a location associated with a computing device associated with the transaction account;

providing, by the computer based system and via a mobile application, a first notification instruction for a first offer for the account affiliate based upon the location, wherein the first offer is from a merchant registered to provide offers; and

associating, by the computer based system, the first offer with the transaction account.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first offer is concurrently offered by a third party social media application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first offer is accepted via the mobile application without accepting the first offer via the third party social media application

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the third party social media application publishes a notification in response to the acceptance via the mobile application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the account affiliate is at least one of an account holder, an account owner, a supplemental account holder, a beneficiary of an account and a rewards account holder.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising crediting, by the computer based system, the transaction account held by the account affiliate based upon the associating.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

comparing, by the computer based system, a transaction with a criterion governing the first offer; and

determining, by the computer based system, a reward based upon the transaction complying the criterion governing the first offer.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the location of the account affiliate is provided by the computing device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the computing device is a smart phone.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising applying, by the computer based system, the reward to the transaction account.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the reward is a rebate amount, and wherein the rebate amount is applied to the financial account.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the rebate amount is granted based on a spend level associated with a particular product.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein a notification indicating the first offer criterion being met is transmitted via the mobile application.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the notification is transmitted prior to the crediting.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile application is provided by a transaction account issuer.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first offer is a coupon-less offer.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the first offer is presented in rank order among a plurality of offers via the mobile application.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enrolling, by the computer based system, the transaction account in response to receiving a request associated with the transaction account to enroll the transaction account in a location based offer program via the mobile application; and

receiving, by the computer based, device data associated with the computing device, wherein the computing device is associated with the transaction account and is configured to provide location information to the computer based system.

19. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computer based system for providing location based offers, causes the computer based system to perform a method comprising:

determining, by the computer based system, a dynamically changing location of an account affiliate associated with a transaction account, wherein the dynamically changing location is determined based on a location associated with a computing device associated with the transaction account;

providing, by the computer based system and via a mobile application, a first notification instruction for a first offer for the account affiliate based upon the location, wherein the first offer is from a merchant registered to provide offers; and

associating, by the computer based system, the first offer with the transaction account.

20. A system comprising:

a network interface communicating with a memory;

the memory communicating with a processor for providing location based offers; and

the processor, when executing a computer program, performs operations comprising;

determining, by the processor, a dynamically changing location of an account affiliate associated with a transaction account, wherein the dynamically changing location is determined based on a location associated with a computing device associated with the transaction account;

providing, by the processor and via a mobile application, a first notification instruction for a first offer for the account affiliate based upon the location, wherein the first offer is from a merchant registered to provide offers; and

associating, by the processor, the first offer with the transaction account.