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Providing Single-Use Offers

  • US 20150134431A1
  • Filed: 11/03/2014
  • Published: 05/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An affiliate-network system configured to act as an intermediary between merchants issuing coupons or other offers and publishers promoting the offers to consumers, the affiliate-network system being configured to distribute and track usage of both on-line offers and in-store offers, the system comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    non-transitory tangible computer-readable memory storing instructions that when executed by one or more of the one or more processors effectuate operations comprising;

    obtaining an offer issued by a merchant, the offer being redeemable both on-line, at the merchant'"'"'s website, in-store, at a physical location of the merchant, or a combination thereof;

    obtaining a plurality of single-use offer codes associated with the offer, each of the plurality of single-use offer codes being redeemable for a single transaction;

    receiving, via a network, a request for a single-use offer code, the request comprising a phone number;

    sending to the phone number, via a text messaging service, a text message comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) to a select single-use offer code of the plurality single-use offer codes; and

    sending the select single-use offer code to a consumer user device in response to a user selection of the URI on the consumer user device.

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