SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION AND TIME SPECIFIC MOBILE COMMERCE

• US 20140324616A1
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Locance, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Past Eleven, LLC
• Inventors: Proietti, Mario, Moring, John Thomas, Proietti, Emma
• Granted Patent: US 9,830,625 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Method for location and time specific commerce includes receiving an event request from a user using a mobile device; verifying an account of the user; obtaining a location of the user; obtaining a date and time of the request; retrieving merchandising information from one or more databases, according to the location of the user and said date and time of the request; and transmitting said merchandising information to the user.

Claims

1. A method for location and time specific commerce comprising:

receiving an event request from a user;

verifying an account of the user;

obtaining a location of the user;

obtaining a date and time of the request;

retrieving merchandising information from one or more databases, according to the location of the user and said date and time of the request; and

transmitting said merchandising information to the user, wherein the method is performed by one or more processors.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more selected items from the user based on the transmitted merchandising information; and

processing the received selected one or more selected items.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein processing the received one or more selected items comprises:

verifying the account of the user for available funds or credit;

finalizing a purchase request for the selected one or more selected items.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

validating the location, time and date against an authorization database for the user'"'"'s account and enabling access to said merchandising information, when the location, time and date are validated.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving merchandising information is further based on a plurality of access rules stored in a database.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of access rules include one or more of how long after the event the merchandising information remain accessible for purchase, whether certain merchandising information is only be available if the user'"'"'s location is verified to be within a premium section of a venue for the event, and if the user has arrived at the event before a specified time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving an event request comprises receiving a scanned Quick Response (QR) code posted at the event from the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the event request is generated automatically from an application executing on a user'"'"'s mobile phone upon the user arrival at the location within the date and time.

9. A method for location and time specific commerce comprising:

receiving an event request from a user;

verifying an account of the user;

obtaining a location for the user, and a date and time for the request;

determining exclusive merchandise available for said location, date and time;

identifying a merchandising owner/licensee for said exclusive merchandise available for said location, time and date;

retrieving said exclusive merchandising information from one or more databases, according to said location of the user and said date and time of the request;

transmitting said merchandising information to the user; and

enabling purchase of the exclusive merchandise by the use, wherein the method is performed by one or more processors.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving one or more selected items from the user based on the transmitted merchandising information; and

processing the received selected one or more selected items.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing said exclusive merchandising information for a purchase by the use at a later time.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

validating the location, time and date against an authorization database for the user'"'"'s account and enabling access to said exclusive merchandising information, when the location, time and date are validated.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising following validation of the location, time and date, transmitting additional information related to other exclusive merchandises.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the event request is generated automatically from an application executing on a user'"'"'s mobile phone upon the user arrival at the location within the date and time.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the event request is generated by one or more of the following:

sending a text message by the use indicating the user'"'"'s arrival at the location, sending an email by the user, selecting a button within an application by the user, placing a phone call by the use, coming into proximity of a specified Bluetooth beacon or Wi-Fi access point, and scanning a Quick Response (QR) code posted at the event.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein processing the received one or more selected items comprises:

verifying the account of the user for available funds or credit;

finalizing a purchase request for the selected one or more selected items.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein retrieving said exclusive merchandising information is further based on a plurality of access rules stored in a database.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of access rules include one or more of how long after the event the merchandising information remain accessible for purchase, whether certain merchandising information is only available if the user'"'"'s location is verified to be within a premium section of a venue for the event, and if the user has arrived at the event before a specified time.