MOBILE GROUP-BUYING METHOD, PLATFORM AND MACHINE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140188650A1
• Filed: 03/04/2014
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Sun, Liang, Deng, Huifang
• Application Number:
  US14/196,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20140188650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation

Abstract

A mobile group-buying method including: receiving, by a Location-Based Service (LBS) platform, a group-forming request initiated by a mobile user; and sending, by the LBS platform, a group-forming invitation to mobile users whose geographical locations meet a requirement, recording mobile users who accept the group-forming invitation, and launching a corresponding group-buying service in the case where the number of the recorded mobile users reaches a predetermined threshold. The method is capable of enhancing the accuracy of information pushing.

Claims

1. A mobile group-buying method, comprising:

receiving, by a Location-Based Service (LBS) platform, a group-forming request initiated by a mobile user; and

sending, by the LBS platform, a group-forming invitation to mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet a requirement, recording mobile users who accept the group-forming invitation, and launching a corresponding group-buying service in the case where the number of the recorded mobile users reaches a predetermined threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the receiving, by an LBS platform, a group-forming request initiated by a mobile user, the method further comprises:

registering and logging in on the LBS platform the mobile users and a merchant; and

receiving, by the LBS platform, a keyword input by the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request, and wherein launching the group-buying service is in response to determining that group-buying service matches the keyword and further comprises displaying the group-buying service to the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the group-forming request includes at least a merchant name and a group-buying content;

and/or

wherein the group-forming invitation includes at least the merchant name and the group-buying content.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet the requirement comprise mobile users whose respective geographical locations are less than a predetermined distance from a geographical location of the merchant.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein when recording mobile users who accept the invitation, the method further comprises:

recording mobile users who request initiatively to participate in the group-buying service,

wherein the mobile users who request initiatively to participate in the group-buying service are mobile users who accept the group-forming invitation sent by the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the group-forming request includes a valid period,

wherein the sending, by the LBS platform, a group-forming invitation to mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet the requirement and recording mobile users who accept the invitation comprises:

sending, by the LBS platform, the group-forming invitation to the mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet the requirement and who do not accept the invitation at each predetermined time during the valid period, and recording mobile users who accept the invitation, and

the recording mobile users who request initiatively to participate in the group-buying service comprises;

recording mobile users who request initiatively to participate in the group-buying service during the valid period.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the LBS platform, group-buying demand information set by the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request, retrieving periodically a group-buying service matching with the group-buying demand information and the geographical location of the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request, and sending the retrieved group-buying service to the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the LBS platform, information for an available group-buying service set by the merchant, retrieving periodically group-buying demand information matching with the information for the available group-buying service, and sending the retrieved group-buying demand information to the merchant.

9. A mobile group-buying platform which is a Location-Based Service (LBS) platform, comprising:

a transceiver module, configured to receive a group-forming request initiated by a mobile user and send a group-forming invitation to mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet a requirement; and

a group-buying module, configured to record mobile users who accept the invitation, and launch a corresponding group-buying service in the case where the number of the recorded mobile users reaches a predetermined threshold.

10. The platform according to claim 9, further comprising:

a logging-in/registering module, configured to support the mobile users and a merchant to register and login on the platform,

wherein the transceiver module is further configured to receive a keyword input by the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request; and

the group-buying module is further configured to retrieve the group-buying service based on matching the keyword to the group-buying service and and display the group-buying service to the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request.

11. The platform according to claim 9, wherein the group-forming request includes at least a merchant name and a group-buying content;

and/or

the group-forming invitation included at least the merchant name and a group-buying content.

12. The platform according to claim 11, wherein the mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet the requirement comprise mobile users whose respective geographical locations are less than a predetermined distance from a geographical location of the merchant.

13. The platform according to claim 11, wherein the group-buying module is further configured to record mobile users who request initiatively to participate in the group-buying service as well as record mobile users who accept the invitation, and the mobile users who request initiatively to participate in the group-buying service are mobile users who accept the group-forming invitation sent by the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request.

14. The platform according to claim 13, wherein in the group-forming request includes a valid period and wherein

the group-forming module is configured to send the group-forming invitation to the mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet the requirement and who do not accept the invitation at each predetermined time during the valid period, record mobile users who accept the invitation, and record mobile users who request initiatively to participate in the group-buying service during the valid period.

15. The platform according to claim 9, further comprising:

a subscription module, configured to receive group-buying demand information set by the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request, retrieve periodically a group-buying service matching with the group-buying demand information and the geographical location of the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request, and send the retrieved group-buying service to the mobile user who initiates the group-forming request.

16. The platform according to claim 15, wherein the subscription module is further configured to receive information for an available group-buying service set by the merchant, retrieve periodically the group-buying demand information matching with the information for an available group-buying service, and send the retrieved group-buying demand information to the merchant.

17. A method implemented at a LBS platform comprising:

retrieving by the LBS platform a group-buying service based on determining that the group-buying service matches a keyword received from a mobile user;

in response to receiving a group-forming request from the mobile user, sending, by the LBS platform, a group-forming invitation to a set of user mobile users whose respective geographical locations meet a requirement;

and launching the group-buying service when the size of a sub set of the set of mobile users accepting the group-forming invitation reaches a predetermined threshold within a predetermined time interval.