METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMITTING LIVE COUPONS

• US 20140304075A1
• Filed: 04/09/2013
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brian William Miller, David Chase Dillingham, Samuel Matthew Schottenstein
• Original Assignee: Brian William Miller, David Chase Dillingham, Samuel Matthew Schottenstein
• Inventors: Dillingham, David Chase, Miller, Brian William, Schottenstein, Samuel Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/859,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.58
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for presenting live coupons to a consumer. In embodiments, a method includes receiving profile information associated with a consumer, receiving a live coupon associated with the item sold by the retail store, determining that the consumer is at the location of the item associated with the live coupon by comparing the location of the item with the location of the consumer, and transmitting the live coupon to the consumer responsive to the determination that the consumer is at the location of the item.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a processing device, profile information associated with a consumer, the profile information including information associated with an item sold by a retail store and location information based on a location of the consumer within the retail store;

receiving, at the processing device, a live coupon associated with the item sold by the retail store, the live coupon including a price of the item, a location of the item within the retail store, and an expiration period of the live coupon;

determining, at the processing device, that the consumer is at the location of the item associated with the live coupon by comparing the location of the item with the location of the consumer;

transmitting, at the processing device, the live coupon responsive to the determination that the consumer is at the location of the item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location of the item is an aisle of the retail store.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the item is a perishable item carried by the retail store and the expiration period of the live coupon is associated with a time period that the item will perish.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, at the processing device, a substitute item for the item, the substitute item being at least one of a substitute item for the item or a complimentary item for the item,

receiving, at the processing device, a second live coupon associated with the substitute item sold by the retail store, the live coupon including a price of the substitute item, a location of the substitute item, and an expiration period of the second live coupon;

determining, at the processing device, that the consumer is at the location of the substitute item by comparing the location of the substitute item with the location of the consumer;

transmitting, at the processing device, the second live coupon responsive to the determination that the consumer is at the location of the substitute item.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the live coupon is associated with the item sold by a specific retail store, the specific retail store being an individual retail store.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing, at the processing device, the profile information of the consumer with the live coupon information, the profile information of the consumer including a category of products the consumer desires to purchase and the live coupon information including a category of products associated with the item; and

determining, at the processing device, to transmit the live coupon responsive to the comparison of the profile information with the live coupon information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the processing device, map information associated with the retail store, the map information being a layout of the retail store including identifiers of aisles and locations of items within the aisles.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting, at the processing device, the map including the location of the item associated with the live coupon superimposed on the map.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the processing device, information from an associate of the retail store to dynamically adjust the live coupon, wherein the associate of the retail store is physically located at the retail store.

10. A system for presenting live coupons to consumers, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules including,

a consumer profile module configured to receive profile information associated with a consumer, the profile information including information associated with an item sold by a retail store and location information based on a location of the consumer within the retail store;

a retail store module configured to receive a live coupon associated with the item sold by the retail store, the live coupon including a price of the item, a location of the item within the retail store, and an expiration period of the live coupon;

a live coupon module configured to determine that the consumer is at the location of the item associated with the live coupon by comparing the location of the item with the location of the consumer, the live coupon module being further configured to transmit the live coupon responsive to the determination that the consumer is at the location of the item.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the location of the item is an aisle of the retail store.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the item is a perishable item carried by the retail store and the expiration period of the live coupon is associated with a time period that the item will perish.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the live coupon module is further configured to:

determine a substitute item for the item, the substitute item being at least one of a substitute item for the item or a complimentary item for the item;

receive a second live coupon associated with the substitute item sold by the retail store, the live coupon including a price of the substitute item, a location of the substitute item, and an expiration period of the second live coupon;

determine that the consumer is at the location of the substitute item by comparing the location of the substitute item with the location of the consumer; and

transmit the second live coupon responsive to the determination that the consumer is at the location of the substitute item.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the live coupon is associated with the item sold by a specific retail store, the specific retail store being an individual retail store.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the live coupon module is further configured to compare the profile information of the consumer with the live coupon information, the profile information of the consumer including a category of products the consumer desires to purchase and the live coupon information including a category of products associated with the item;

and

determine to transmit the live coupon responsive to the comparison of the profile information with the live coupon information.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the retail store module is further configured to:

receiving map information associated with the retail store, the map information being a layout of the retail store including identifiers of aisles and locations of items within the aisles.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the live coupon module is further configured to transmit the map information including the location of the item associated with the live coupon superimposed on the map.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the retail store module is further configured to receive information from an associate of the retail store to dynamically adjust the live coupon, the associate of the retail store being physically located at the retail store.

19. A system for presenting live coupons to consumers, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules including,

a location module configured to determine a location of a consumer within a retail store;

a shopping list module configured to generate a shopping list for the consumer in response to consumer interactions with a graphical user interface, the shopping list including at least one item;

a consumer coupon module configured to receive a live coupon associated with the item carried by the retail store responsive to the location of the consumer within the retail store and the location of item within the retail store, the location of the item and the location of the consumer being an aisle of the retail store, and the live coupon including an expiration period, wherein the item is a perishable item and the expiration period being associated with when the item will perish.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the consumer coupon module is further configured to present live coupons for items that are substitute and complementary items to the item to the consumer.