SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC INK COUPONS AND LOYALTY CARDS

• US 20150379549A1
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Hwang, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/319,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20150379549A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09C 1/00 Apparatus or methods whereby a given sequence of signs, e.g. an intelligible text, is transformed into an unintelligible sequence of signs by transposing the signs or groups of signs or by replacing them by others according to a predetermined system cryptographic typewriters G09C3/00

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for electronic ink coupon and rewards card displays. An electronic ink device having an electronic ink display may be provided in the form of a keychain, a card, or other wearable device that is adapted to display store coupon and/or rewards card information for scanning at checkout. Coupons and store loyalty or rewards cards can be loaded onto a user'"'"'s mobile device and pushed to the electronic ink device either before shopping at a particular store or while at the particular store. Coupons or rewards cards may be selectable with the electronic ink device and/or may be pushed to the electronic ink device in response to beacon communications at the store that notifies the user'"'"'s mobile device or the electronic ink device of the store at which the device is located.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an electronic ink device comprising;

an electronic ink display; and

one or more hardware processors in communication with the electronic ink display and configured to;

receive one or more coupons;

store the one or more coupons with one or more hardware memories; and

display, with the electronic ink display, a selected one of the one or more coupons.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a mobile device of a user, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to receive the one or more coupons from the mobile device of the user.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to receive the one or more coupons from the mobile device of the user when the mobile device is at a merchant associated with the one or more coupons.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic ink device comprises a keychain having the electronic ink display.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic ink device comprises a wearable device having the electronic ink display.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device comprises a watch.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to receive the one or more coupons when a mobile device of the user is in proximity to a wireless beacon and in communication with the wireless beacon using one of near field communication, radio communication, infrared communication, Bluetooth communication, cellular communication, global positioning system communication, and Bluetooth low energy communication.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, with an electronic ink device of a user, one or more coupons;

storing, with the electronic ink device, the one or more coupons; and

displaying, with an electronic ink display of the electronic ink device, a selected one of the one or more coupons.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving a user selection of the selected one of the one or more coupons from the user.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing, with the electronic ink display, the one or more coupons for selection by the user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the one or more coupons from a mobile device of the user.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving, with the mobile device, the one or more coupons.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving with the mobile device comprises capturing an image of each of the one or more coupons using a camera of the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining that the electronic ink device is within a proximity of the mobile device; and

providing the one or more coupons from mobile device to the electronic ink device based on the determining.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, with the mobile device from a beacon at a merchant, store information; and

providing the one or more coupons to the electronic ink device responsive to the receiving of the store information.

16. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, with the electronic ink device from a beacon at a merchant, store information; and

wherein the displaying comprises displaying the selected one of the one or more coupons responsive to the receiving.

17. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, with a mobile device and from the user, an indication that at least some of the one or more coupons are a group of coupons; and

providing the group to the electronic ink device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving, with the electronic ink device, a selection of the group of coupons from the user.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, in response to execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

receiving one or more store coupons and/or store loyalty cards for a store from an external device;

storing the one or more store coupons and/or store loyalty cards; and

displaying, with an electronic ink display, a selected one of the one or more store coupons and/or store loyalty cards.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the one or more store coupons and/or store loyalty cards from the external device when the external device is in communication with a beacon at the store.