COUPON OFFER PERSONALIZATION
First Claim
1. A method for coupon offer personalization, the method comprising:
- receiving information related to a location;
receiving information related to a search criterion for coupon offers relative to the location;
outputting a plurality of coupon offers for selection based on the location and the search criterion within a predetermined range of the location;
evaluating a selection history of a plurality of coupon offers selected by a user from the plurality of output coupon offers, the coupon offers selected by the user being designated selected coupon offers;
determining if the selected coupon offers are a predetermined distance apart;
determining if a number of the selected coupon offers exceeds a predetermined threshold;
if the selected coupon offers are the predetermined distance apart and if the number of the selected coupon offers exceeds the predetermined threshold, designating a location of the selected coupon offers as a location of interest to the user; and
determining, by a processor, additional coupon offers in proximity to the location of interest to the user.
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Abstract
A method for coupon offer personalization includes receiving information related to a location and a search criterion for coupon offers, and outputting coupon offers for selection based on the location and the search criterion. The method includes evaluating a selection history of coupon offers selected by a user from the output coupon offers. The method further includes determining if the selected coupon offers are a predetermined distance apart, and determining if a number of the selected coupon offers exceeds a predetermined threshold. If the selected coupon offers are the predetermined distance apart and if the number of the selected coupon offers exceeds the predetermined threshold, the method includes designating a location of the selected coupon offers as a location of interest to the user. The method further includes determining additional coupon offers in proximity to the location of interest to the user.
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Citations
15 Claims
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1. A method for coupon offer personalization, the method comprising:
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receiving information related to a location; receiving information related to a search criterion for coupon offers relative to the location; outputting a plurality of coupon offers for selection based on the location and the search criterion within a predetermined range of the location; evaluating a selection history of a plurality of coupon offers selected by a user from the plurality of output coupon offers, the coupon offers selected by the user being designated selected coupon offers; determining if the selected coupon offers are a predetermined distance apart; determining if a number of the selected coupon offers exceeds a predetermined threshold; if the selected coupon offers are the predetermined distance apart and if the number of the selected coupon offers exceeds the predetermined threshold, designating a location of the selected coupon offers as a location of interest to the user; and determining, by a processor, additional coupon offers in proximity to the location of interest to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A coupon offer personalization apparatus comprising:
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a memory storing machine readable instructions to; receive information related to a location; receive information related to a search criterion for coupon offers relative to the location; output a plurality of coupon offers for selection based on the location and the search criterion within a predetermined range of the location; evaluate a selection history of a plurality of coupon offers selected by a user from the plurality of output coupon offers, the coupon offers selected by the user being designated selected coupon offers; determine if the selected coupon offers are related to a category; determine if a number of the selected coupon offers related to the category exceeds a predetermined threshold related to the category; if the number of the selected coupon offers exceeds the predetermined threshold related to the category, designate a location of the selected coupon offers as a location of interest to the user; and determine additional coupon offers in proximity to the location of interest to the user; and a processor to implement the machine readable instructions.
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions for coupon offer personalization, the machine readable instructions when executed cause a computer system to:
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receive information related to a location; receive information related to a search criterion for coupon offers relative to the location; output a plurality of coupon offers for selection based on the location and the search criterion within a predetermined range of the location; evaluate a selection history of a plurality of coupon offers selected by a user from the plurality of output coupon offers, the coupon offers selected by the user being designated selected coupon offers; determine if the selected coupon offers are related to a user action; determine if a number of the selected coupon offers related to the user action exceeds a predetermined threshold related to the user action; if the number of the selected coupon offers exceeds the predetermined threshold related to the user action, designate a location of the selected coupon offers as a location of interest to the user; and determine, by a processor, additional coupon offers in proximity to the location of interest to the user.
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