IN-STORE MERCHANDISE OFFER SYSTEM

• US 20140143055A1
• Filed: 10/22/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson, John R.
• Original Assignee: Johnson, John R.
• Inventors: Johnson, John R.
• Application Number:
  US14/060,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20140143055A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.55
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing in-store merchandise offers. An exemplary system is configured to: receive an offer request from a consumer that indicates the consumer'"'"'s interest in purchasing a product exhibited in an in-store merchandise showroom and determine product offers based on the request. The consumer is sent offers, where at least one of the offers is related to a merchant not associated with the merchandise showroom. The consumer is then provided an option to select at least one offer. Selecting an offer is equated to accepting one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer, and not selecting an offer is associating with denying one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer. After a selection is made the system receives the consumers offer selection.

Claims

1. An system for providing in-store merchandise offers, the apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a computer processing device; and

a module stored in the memory, executable by the computer processing device, and configured to;

receive an offer request from a consumer, wherein the offer request indicates the consumer'"'"'s interest in purchasing one or more products exhibited at a merchant in an in-store merchandise showroom;

determine one or more offers based at least in part on the offer request, wherein determining the one or more offers comprises identifying, in an offer database, one or more offers associated with at least one product indicated in the offer request;

send the consumer the one or more offers in response to the offer request, wherein at least one of the one or more offers is related to a merchant independent of the merchant in-store merchandise showroom;

provide the consumer an option to select at least one offer, wherein selecting the at least one offer is equated to accepting one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer; and

receive the consumer'"'"'s option selection.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the module is further configured to:

send the offer request to a merchant, wherein the offer request is sent in response to the consumer scanning a code associated with the one or more products or manually inputting information associated with the one or more products; and

send competitor information to the merchant, wherein the competitor information includes the competitor price for the one or more products, and wherein the competitor information is associated with at least one in-store or online merchant independent of the in-store merchandise showroom where the one or more products are exhibited.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein sending the consumer one or more offers comprises the module being further configured to:

receive a merchant offer, wherein the merchant offer is determined based at least partially on the competitor information, and wherein determining the merchant offer comprises determining a product price less than the product price indicated in the competitor information or determining a purchase incentive not indicated in the competitor information; and

send the merchant offer to the consumer, wherein the offer provides details for at least one of a product price or purchase incentive.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the module is further configured to:

individually display, on a mobile device associated with the consumer, the at least one offer such that the offer is accompanied by the option to select the offer.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein not selecting the at least one offer is associated with denying one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the consumer option selection indicates the consumer denied the one or more offers, and wherein the module is further configured to:

provide at least one merchant with information related to the denial of the one or more offers, wherein the at least one merchant includes the merchant; and

receive a second merchant offer, wherein the merchant determines the second merchant offer based at least partially on the information related to the denial of the one or more offers such that the second offer is subsequently sent to the consumer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein sending the consumer one or more offers further comprises retrieving the one or more offers from the offer database located in the memory.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the consumer specifies one or more user preferences for receiving offers, and wherein the user preferences are related to pricing, location, or product quality.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the module is further configured to initiate a transaction in response to receiving the consumer option selection.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the module is further configured to:

generate a transaction code based at least partially on the consumer option selection; and

send the transaction code to the consumer, wherein the transaction includes product and offer information, and wherein the transaction code is displayed on a mobile device associated with the consumer.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the offer request is received in response to the consumer providing a code associated with the one or more products, wherein providing the code comprises scanning, using a mobile device, a form of visual indicia associated with the one or more products or manually inputting information associated with the one or more products.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the in-store merchandise showroom is associated with one or more brick and mortar merchant locations such that the customer can physically interact with the one or more products of interest.

13. A computer-implemented method for providing in-store merchandise offers, the method comprising:

providing a computing system comprising a computer processing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium, where the computer readable medium comprises configured computer program instruction code, such that when said instruction code is operated by said computer processing device, said computer processing device performs the following operations;

receiving, using a computer processing device, an offer request from a consumer, wherein the offer request indicates the consumer'"'"'s interest in purchasing one or more products exhibited in an in-store merchandise showroom;

sending the consumer one or more offers based at least partially on the offer request, wherein at least one of the one or more offers is related to a merchant not associated with of the merchandise showroom;

providing, at a mobile device, the consumer an option to select at least one offer, wherein selecting the at least one offer is equated to accepting one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer, and where not selecting the at least one offer is associating with denying one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer; and

receiving the consumers option selection.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, the method further comprising:

sending the offer request to a merchant; and

sending competitor information to the merchant, wherein the competitor information includes the competitor price for the one or more products.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein sending the consumer one or more offers further comprises:

receiving a merchant offer, wherein the merchant offer is determined based at least partially on the competitor information; and

sending the merchant offer to the consumer.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, the method further comprising:

generating a transaction code based at least partially on the consumer option selection; and

sending the transaction code to the consumer, wherein the transaction includes product and offer information, and wherein the transaction code is displayed on a mobile device associated with the consumer.

17. A computer program product for providing in-store merchandise offers, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of codes for causing a computer to;

receive an offer request from a consumer, wherein the offer request indicates the consumer'"'"'s interest in purchasing one or more products exhibited in an in-store merchandise showroom;

send the consumer one or more offers based at least partially on the offer request, wherein at least one of the one or more offers is related to a merchant not associated with of the merchandise showroom;

provide the consumer an option to select at least one offer, wherein selecting the at least one offer is equated to accepting one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer, and where not selecting the at least one offer is associating with denying one or more terms and conditions associated with the offer; and

receive the consumers option selection.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising a set of codes for causing a computer to:

send the offer request to a merchant; and

send competitor information to the merchant, wherein the competitor information includes the competitor price for the one or more products.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising a set of codes for causing a computer to:

receive a merchant offer, wherein the merchant offer is determined based at least partially on the competitor information; and

send the merchant offer to the consumer.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising a set of codes for causing a computer to:

generate a transaction code based at least partially on the consumer option selection; and

send the transaction code to the consumer, wherein the transaction includes product and offer information, and wherein the transaction code is displayed on a mobile device associated with the consumer.