COMPUTER SERVER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING WIRELESS ELECTRONIC ACTIONS BETWEEN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND MULTIPLE REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS

• US 20150350826A1
• Filed: 08/06/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cashstar Incorporated (Albertsons Cos., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cashstar Incorporated (Albertsons Cos., Inc.)
• Inventors: Stone, David D., Peeler, Phelps A.
• Application Number:
  US14/819,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350826A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/06 Private payment circuits, e.g. involving electronic currency used among participants of a common payment scheme
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/342 Cards defining paid or billed services or quantities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0233 Method of redeeming a frequent usage reward
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for facilitating wireless actions using a portable electronic device. A method of executing a software application on a portable electronic device includes: determining, via the portable electronic device, a location of the device; displaying, via the portable electronic device'"'"'s display, plural user-selectable options within a predetermined proximity of the device'"'"'s location; receiving, via a user input device, a selection corresponding to at least one of the user-selectable options; displaying, via the display device, an indication of server stored points accumulated by the user with the third-party computer system; displaying, via the display device, an exchange number for the server stored points for making a purchase associated with the selected option; and, responsive to a purchase request received via the user input device, authorizing deduction of the exchange value from the balance of the server stored points and providing confirmation of the purchase.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A host computer server system for regulating electronic-based actions by a portable electronic device over a wireless network with third-party computer systems, the host computer server system comprising:

one or more server computers including one or more processors;

one or more communication devices communicatively coupling the one or more server computers with the portable electronic device and a third-party computer server system over the wireless network; and

one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing processor-executable program components, the processor-executable program components comprising;

a location component configured to receive location data indicative of a location of the portable electronic device;

a proximity component configured to determine and transmit, to the portable electronic device over the wireless network, a list of user-selectable options corresponding to entities within a predetermined proximity of the location of the portable electronic device;

a selection component configured to receive, from the portable electronic device over the wireless network, an electronic indication of a selection of one of the user-selectable options corresponding to one of the entities;

an accumulation component configured to receive from the third-party computer server system an electronic indication of server-stored points accumulated by a user of the portable electronic device with a third-party entity associated with the third-party computer server system;

an exchange component configured to determine an exchange number of points for a subset of the accumulated server-stored points to complete an electronic-based wireless action with the selected one of the entities; and

an authorization component configured to authorize the electronic-based wireless action with the selected one of the entities for the exchange number of points of the accumulated server-stored points.