Scheduling Appointments With Deal Offers
First Claim
1. A method of scheduling an appointment, comprising:
- presenting one or more deal offers;
receiving an indication of a selected deal offer being selected from the one or more deal offers, wherein the selected deal offer is associated with a merchant;
determining whether the selected deal offer is associated with scheduling functionality;
in response to determining the selected deal offer is associated with the scheduling functionality, accessing merchant availability information associated with the merchant;
receiving a scheduling request comprising scheduling details;
scheduling an appointment based on the scheduling request;
updating the merchant availability information based on the scheduling details;
receiving a deal identifier associated with the selected deal offer, wherein the deal identifier is associated with a discount in connection with the appointment; and
associating, by a processor of a networked machine, the appointment with the deal identifier to enable the discount to be applied to the appointment.
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Abstract
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for scheduling services and other types of appointments in conjunction with purchasing and/or redeeming deal offers. Merchants may customize a scheduling system to provide scheduling capabilities and deal redemption capabilities to consumers interested in scheduling appointments. A consumer may use the scheduling system to select dates and times, merchant locations, and/or staff members, among other things, when scheduling appointments, and provide deal and/or other payment related information to the merchant. Merchants may use the scheduling system and consumer date received therefrom to track resources across numerous locations, keep apprised of their staffs'"'"' availability, receive/generate analytics data related to the affect deals have on their business, and gain a better understanding of their customers. The scheduling system may be integrated into the merchant'"'"'s website and/or linked to deals offered by a third party promotional system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of scheduling an appointment, comprising:
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presenting one or more deal offers; receiving an indication of a selected deal offer being selected from the one or more deal offers, wherein the selected deal offer is associated with a merchant; determining whether the selected deal offer is associated with scheduling functionality; in response to determining the selected deal offer is associated with the scheduling functionality, accessing merchant availability information associated with the merchant; receiving a scheduling request comprising scheduling details; scheduling an appointment based on the scheduling request; updating the merchant availability information based on the scheduling details; receiving a deal identifier associated with the selected deal offer, wherein the deal identifier is associated with a discount in connection with the appointment; and associating, by a processor of a networked machine, the appointment with the deal identifier to enable the discount to be applied to the appointment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for tracking analytics data, comprising:
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monitoring sales data; monitoring scheduling data; generating, by a processor of a networked machine, analytics data based on at least one of the sales data and the scheduling data; and causing display of information conveying the analytics data to a merchant. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A system comprising:
circuitry configured to; present one or more deal offers; receive an indication of a selected deal offer being selected from the one or more deal offers, wherein the selected deal offer is associated with a merchant; determine whether the selected deal offer is associated with scheduling functionality; in response to determining the selected deal offer is associated with the scheduling functionality, access merchant availability information associated with the merchant; receive a scheduling request comprising scheduling details; schedule an appointment based on the scheduling request; update the merchant availability information based on the scheduling details; receive a deal identifier associated with the selected deal offer, wherein the deal identifier is associated with a discount in connection with the appointment; and associate, by a processor of a networked machine, the appointment with the deal identifier to enable the discount to be applied to the appointment. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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