METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MATCHING, AGGREGATING, AND COMPARING PATRONAGE COMP OFFERS FOR USERS OF CASINOS

• US 20140295944A1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brandon Faircloth
• Original Assignee: Brandon Faircloth
• Inventors: Faircloth, Brandon
• Application Number:
  US14/209,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295944A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements

Abstract

A method, system, and computer readable code are provided in which comp offers are created and matched to patrons of casinos based on custom patron preferences. Comps are created by casinos, sent to a content management system, and aggregated based on patron preferences sent to the content management system via a location-capable wireless network.

The comps may be delivered in the form of a push notification that may be sent to a specific place at a specific time. Casinos may create a push notification and send the push notification to the content management system. In conjunction with a third party geocache system, content management system may deliver push notifications to location-capable wireless devices found in a geofenced area at a designated time.

Claims

1. A method for matching, aggregating, and distributing at least one comp offer comprising:

building at least one comp offer using a computing system;

sending at least one comp offer to a content management system via a network interface, wherein the content management system comprises a complex relational database, further wherein the complex relational database matches the at least one comp offer to a user;

providing information to a non-transitory computer usable storage medium in an electronic device regarding criteria of the user, wherein the criteria comprises at least one predetermined parameter and the non-transitory computer usable storage medium comprises a link to the complex relational database;

sending the information to the complex relational database via the link;

displaying to the user, via the non-transitory computer usable storage medium, elements in a virtual cache representative of at least one comp offer, wherein the nature of the displayed at least one comp offer is dependent on the at least one predetermined parameter;

receiving from the non-transitory computer usable storage medium via the network interface an indication that the user of the electronic device accepted one or more of the at least one comp offer;

generating at least one comp offer voucher pertaining to the one or more accepted comp offers using the content management system;

sending the at least one comp offer vouchers pertaining to the at least one accepted comp offers to the electronic device via the network interface;

and

allowing the user to remove the at least one comp offer voucher from the virtual cache and deposit the comp offer voucher in a storage medium of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the at least one comp offers is a push notification created by the computing system.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending the push notification, via a third party geofence system, to at least one electronic device located in a geofenced area.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the user may store at least one comp reward on the storage medium via the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the user is restricted from depositing more than one comp reward voucher in the storage medium of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the nature of the displayed comp reward is dependent on the current location of the location-capable wireless device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one predetermined parameters is the user'"'"'s interests and playing habits information provided to the non-transitory computer usable storage medium by the user.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one predetermined parameters is the user'"'"'s preferences and desired destination for a trip.

9. A system comprising:

a memory;

a display; and

a processor, wherein the processor is operably connected with the memory and the display, and the processor is configured to;

receive preference data for a user, wherein the preference data includes at least one preference pertaining to a comp offer;

dynamically correlate at least a portion of the preference data for a comp offer using a network interface that interfaces with a complex relational database, wherein the preference data is correlated with the comp offer using one or more algorithms;

and

display at least a portion of the dynamically correlated preference data and comp offer using the display, wherein the network interface is driven by a content management system.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the content management system is accessed using an administration account.

11. A computer program product comprised of a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code that builds more than one comp offer using a processor;

computer readable program code that sends the more than one comp reward to a content management system via the network interface;

computer readable program code that provides information to the content management system regarding criteria of a user, wherein the criteria comprises at least one predetermined parameter;

computer readable program code that displays to the user via the wireless device elements in a virtual cache representative of a comp offer, wherein the displayed comp reward is dependent on the at least one predetermined parameter;

computer readable program code that receives from the content management system via the network interface an indication that the user of a content management system application accepted the comp offer;

computer readable program code that builds a comp offer voucher pertaining to the accepted comp offer using the processor;

computer readable program code that sends the comp offer voucher pertaining to the accepted comp offer to the content management system via the network interface;

and

computer readable program code that allows the user to remove the comp offer voucher from the virtual cache and deposit the comp offer voucher in a storage medium of the location-capable wireless device.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 at least one comp offer may be stored on the storage medium of a location-capable wireless device via the network interface.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the user is restricted from depositing more than one comp offer voucher in the storage medium of a location-capable wireless device.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the displayed comp offer is dependent on the current location of the location-capable wireless device.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is the user'"'"'s interests and playing habits information provided to the content management system by the user.

16. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is the user'"'"'s preferences and desired destination for a trip.

17. A computer program product comprised of a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code that builds more than one comp offer using a processor;

computer readable program code that sends the more than one comp offer to a content management system via the network interface;

computer readable program code that confirms that the user is located in a specific geographical area, comprising receiving a message from a location-capable wireless device transmitted over a location-capable wireless network, wherein the message includes information as to a current location of the location-capable wireless device;

computer readable program code that displays to the user via the wireless device elements in a virtual cache representative of a comp offer, wherein the displayed comp offer is dependent on the current location of the location-capable wireless device;

computer readable program code that receives from the content management system via the network interface an indication that the user of a content management system application accepted the comp offer;

computer readable program code that builds a comp offer voucher pertaining to the accepted comp offer using the processor;

computer readable program code that sends the comp offer voucher pertaining to the accepted comp offer to the content management system via the network interface;

and

computer readable program code that allows the user to remove the comp offer voucher from the virtual cache and deposit the comp offer voucher in a storage medium of the location-capable wireless device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the comp offer may be in the form of a push notification.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the user may store at least one comp offer on the storage medium of the location-capable wireless device via the network interface.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the user is restricted from depositing more than one comp offer voucher in the storage medium of the location-capable wireless device.

21. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the displayed comp reward is dependent on at least one predetermined parameter, wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is the user'"'"'s interests and playing habits information provided to the content management system by the user.

22. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the at least one predetermined parameter is the user'"'"'s preferences and desired destination for a trip.