FALL-BACK TO SAVED LOCATION WHERE USER LOCATION IS UNKNOWN

• US 20140244393A1
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rimmer, Graeme, Skeet, Jonathan Leslie
• Application Number:
  US13/781,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.58
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location

Abstract

Presentation of a saved offer with a redemption location closest to a user'"'"'s location. The user reviews and selects an offer, creating an offer instance. The user'"'"'s current location at the time the offer instance is created is identified. The user'"'"'s current location and the offer instance are saved by a user device. The user accesses the offer instance using an application resident on the user device. If the device cannot identify the user'"'"'s current location or the application is not integrated with the device'"'"'s location system, the user'"'"'s last known location is identified by retrieving the location saved with the offer instance. Alternatively, the user device will determine the most recent saved location, or most relevant last known location. The user'"'"'s last known location is retrieved and the nearest redemption locations are displayed with the offer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for presenting saved offers, comprising:

receiving, by a user computing device, a selection of an offer, wherein the selection of the offer is related to a display of the offer on the user computing device;

determining, by the user computing device, a first location of the user computing device;

associating, by the user computing device, the selected offer with the first location of the user computing device;

receiving, by the user computing device, a request to access the selected offer;

determining, by the user computing device, whether a second location of the user computing device is available, the second location of the user computing device being a location of the user computing device at a time associated with receiving the request to access the selected offer;

in response to determining that the second location of the user computing device is unavailable at the time of receiving the request to access the selected offer, reading, by the user computing device, the first location of the user computing device;

determining, by the user computing device, one or more merchants in proximity to the read first location of the user computing device; and

presenting, by the user computing device, the selected offer and the one or more merchants in proximity to the read first location of the user computing device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the user computing device, whether an offer application executing on the user computing device is integrated with a location system application executing on the user computing device, wherein the location system determines whether the second location of the user computing device is available if the offer application executing on the user computing device is integrated with the location system application executing on the user computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the offer is a prepaid offer, a coupon, or a loyalty reward.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user computing device is a mobile phone.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user computing device is a personal computer, mobile device, or a television.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein associating the selected offer and the first location of the user computing device comprises:

saving, by a central management system, the selected offer and the first location of the user computing device; and

replicating, by the central management system, the selected offer and the first location of the user computing device to the user computing device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first location of the user computing device is a location of the user computing device at the time associated with receiving the selection of the offer.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first location of the user computing device comprises a last known location of the user computing device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first location of the user computing device comprises a most relevant, last known location of the user computing device.

10. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied therein that when executed by a computer perform a method for presenting saved offers, the computer-readable program instructions comprising;

computer-readable program instructions for receiving, by a user computing device, a selection of an offer, wherein the selection of the offer is related to a display of the offer on the user computing device;

computer-readable program instructions for receiving, by the user computing device, a request to access the selected offer;

computer-readable program instructions for determining, by the user computing device, that a second location of the user computing device is unavailable, the second location of the user computing device being a location of the user computing device at a time associated with receiving the request to access the selected offer;

computer-readable program instructions for reading, by the user computing device, a first location of the user computing device, the first location of the user computing device associated with the selected offer;

computer-readable program instructions for determining, by the user computing device, one or more merchants in proximity to the read first location of the user computing device; and

computer-readable program instructions for presenting, by the user computing device, the selected offer and the one or more merchants in proximity to the read first location of the user computing device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer-readable program instructions for determining, by the user computing device, whether an offer application executing on the user computing device is integrated with a location system application executing on the user computing device, wherein the location system determines whether the second location of the user computing device is available if the offer application executing on the user computing device is integrated with the location system application executing on the user computing device.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the offer is a prepaid offer, a coupon, or a loyalty reward.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the user computing device is a mobile phone.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the user computing device is a personal computer, mobile device, or a television.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein associating the selected offer and the first location of the user computing device comprises:

computer-readable program instructions for saving, by a central management system, the selected offer and the first location of the user computing device; and

computer-readable program instructions for replicating, by the central management system, the selected offer and the first location of the user computing device to the user computing device.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first location of the user computing device is a location of the user computing device at the time associated with receiving the selection of the offer.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first location of the user computing device comprises a last known location of the user computing device.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first location of the user computing device comprises a most relevant, last known location of the user computing device.

19. A system for presenting saved offers, the system comprising:

a storage medium; and

a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored in the storage medium, the computer-executable instructions comprising;

instructions for receiving a selection of an offer presented, wherein the selection of the offer is related to a display of the offer on a user computing device;

instructions for determining a first location of the user computing device obtained at a time associated with receiving the selection of the offer;

instructions for associating the selected offer with the first location of the user computing device;

instructions for receiving a request to access the selected offer;

instructions for reading the first location of the user computing device associated with the selected offer;

instructions for presenting the selected offer and one or more merchants in proximity to the read first location of the user computing device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the offer is a prepaid offer, a coupon, or a loyalty reward.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising instructions for determining that a second location of the user computing device is unavailable, the second location of the user computing device being a location of the user computing device at a time of receiving the request to access the selected offer.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein associating the selected offer and the first location of the user computing device comprises:

instructions for saving the selected offer selected and the first location of the user computing device; and

instructions for replicating the selected offer selected and the first location of the user computing device to the user computing device.

23. The system of claim 19, further comprising instructions for determining whether an offer application executing on the user computing device is integrated with a location system application executing on the user computing device, wherein the location system determines whether the second location of the user computing device is available if the offer application executing on the user computing device is integrated with the location system application executing on the user computing device.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the first location of the user computing device is a location of the user computing device at the time associated with receiving the selection of the offer.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the first location of the user computing device comprises a last known location of the user computing device.

26. The system of claim 19, wherein the first location of the user computing device comprises a most relevant, last known location of the user computing device.