USER-MANAGED COUPONS IN A GEO-SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- automatically applying a location meta-data to a coupon when a user provides the coupon to a geo-spatial environment based on a geographic marker of the user;
storing the coupon in a library of coupons;
searching the library of coupons based on the location meta-data based on the user request; and
flagging certain coupons in the library of coupons as being expired based on a user response.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system of user-managed coupons in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically applying a location meta-data to a coupon when a user provides the coupon to a geospatial environment based on a geographic marker of the user, storing the coupon in a library of coupons, searching the library of coupons based on the location meta-data based on a user request and flagging certain coupons in the library of coupons as being expired based on a user response. The method may further include providing an incentive to the user who provides the coupon to the geo-spatial environment in exchange of providing the coupon and/or in exchange of sharing a content meta-data that tags and identifies a source, duration, a value, and/or a description of the coupon.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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automatically applying a location meta-data to a coupon when a user provides the coupon to a geo-spatial environment based on a geographic marker of the user; storing the coupon in a library of coupons; searching the library of coupons based on the location meta-data based on the user request; and flagging certain coupons in the library of coupons as being expired based on a user response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a geo-spatial environment having a plurality of business profiles and a plurality of residential profiles each marked above a view of a neighborhood; a set of markers indicating particular ones of the business profiles which have coupons in the geo-spatial environment as being available for redemption; and a central logic block to manage at least one of recognition, rewards, and promotion of user-generated coupons in the geo-spatial environment between interested ones of users each having at least one of residential profiles and business profiles and each indicating a physical location of the users. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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capturing a location information of each user of a social network through an identification of a location of each user in a map; providing an incentive to the users of the social network to scan and upload coupons to the social network; automatically tagging the uploaded coupons based on the location information of each user; and enabling debits and credits between users who participate in a user generated coupon exchange between parties in the social network by providing credits and debits between business and residential users of the social network based on validity and redemption of the coupons in the social network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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