PROVIDING OFFERS FOR PURCHASE BASED ON REAL-TIME USER DATA

• US 20160055536A1
• Filed: 08/21/2014
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: GUPTA, Gaurav, SHARMA, Manish, BLONG, Devin, FLORES, Kevin, CHAUDHARY, Tushar
• Application Number:
  US14/465,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20160055536A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices

Abstract

A device may obtain near real-time user data. The near real-time user data may be transmitted by an active application of a user device, and may include information identifying a current geographical location of a user of the user device and information identifying the user. The device may identify offers, for goods or services, relating to the near real-time user data. The device may transmit information regarding a particular offer, of the offers, to the active application to cause the active application to display the information regarding the particular offer. The information regarding the particular offer may be displayed via an interface, of the active application, being used by the user. The interface may provide financial information of the user for purchasing the offer.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

one or more processors to execute the instructions to;

receive near real-time user data,

the near real-time user data being received from an active application of a user device,

the near real-time user data including;

information identifying a current geographical location of a user of the user device, and

information identifying the user,

identify a plurality of offers, for goods or services, relating to the near real-time user data,

transmit information regarding a particular offer, of the plurality of offers, to the active application to cause the active application to display the information regarding the particular offer,

the information regarding the particular offer being displayed via an interface, of the active application, being used by the user.

2. The device of claim 1, where the near real-time user data further includes information requested by the active application, and

where, when identifying the plurality of offers, the one or more processors are to:

identify offers relating to the information requested by the active application.

3. The device of claim 1, where, when identifying the plurality of offers, the one or more processors are to:

identify information identifying particular geographical locations or particular geographical areas associated with the plurality of offers,

determine that the current geographical location is included in the particular geographical locations or the particular geographical areas, and

identify the plurality of offers based on determining that the current geographical location is included in the particular geographical locations or the particular geographical areas.

4. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

identify user information of the user based on the information identifying the user, and

identify the information regarding the particular offer based on the user information.

5. The device of claim 4, where the user information includes demographic information of the user, and

where, when identifying the information regarding the particular offer, the one or more processors are further to:

determine that the demographic information corresponds to information identifying types of users associated with the particular offer.

6. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

transmit the information regarding the particular offer to an inactive application to cause the inactive application to display the information regarding the particular offer when the inactive application becomes an active application.

7. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive an input indicating a desire to purchase the particular offer,

the input being transmitted by the active application,

obtain, based on receiving the input, financial information of the user,

provide the financial information to the active application for display to the user,

receive another input indicating a desire to use the financial information to purchase the particular offer,

the other input being transmitted by the active application, and

perform a purchase transaction to purchase the particular offer based on receiving the other input.

8. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to;

receive near real-time user data,

the near real-time user data being received from an active application of a user device,

the near real-time user data including;

information identifying a current geographical location of a user of the user device, and

information identifying a current date or time;

identify a plurality of offers relating to goods or services,

the plurality of offers being identified based on the near real-time user data; and

transmit information regarding a particular offer, of the plurality of offers, to the active application to cause the active application to display the information regarding the particular offer to the user,

the information regarding the particular offer being displayed via an interface, of the active application, being used by the user.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions to identify the plurality of offers include:

one or more instructions to cause a search to be performed, based on the information identifying the current geographical location and the information identifying the current date or time, to identify the plurality of offers.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the near real-time user data further includes at least one of searching information of the user, browsing information of the user, or purchasing information of the user, and

where the one or more instructions to identify the plurality of offers include:

one or more instructions to cause the search to be performed further based on the at least one of the searching information of the user, the browsing information of the user, or the purchasing information of the user.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the near real-time user data further includes information identifying the user, and

where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to identify user information of the user based on the information identifying the user; and

one or more instructions to identify the information regarding the particular offer based on the user information.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, where the user information includes demographic information of the user and information identifying a particular type of content, and

where the one or more instructions to identify the information regarding the particular offer include:

one or more instructions to determine that the demographic information and the information identifying the particular type of content correspond to information included in the information regarding the particular offer.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to transmit the information regarding the particular offer to an inactive application to cause the inactive application to display the information regarding the particular offer when the inactive application becomes an active application.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, where the near real-time user data further includes information requested by the active application, and

where the one or more instructions to identify the plurality of offers include:

one or more instructions to identify one or more offers relating to the information requested by the active application.

15. A method comprising:

obtaining, by one or more devices, near real-time user data,

the near real-time user data being obtained from an active application of a user device,

the near real-time user data including at least one of;

information identifying a current geographical location of a user of the user device, or

information identifying a current date or time;

identifying, by the one or more devices, a plurality of offers relating to goods or services,

the plurality of offers being identified based on the near real-time user data; and

transmitting, by the one or more devices, information regarding an offer, of the plurality of offers, to the active application to cause the active application to display the information regarding the offer to the user,

the information regarding the offer being displayed via an interface, of the active application, being used by the user.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting the information regarding the offer to an inactive application to cause the inactive application to display the information regarding the offer when the inactive application becomes an active application.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving an input indicating a desire to purchase the offer,

the input being received from the active application,

obtaining, based on receiving the input, financial information of the user; and

providing the financial information to the active application for display to the user,

the financial information identifying a particular method of payment.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving another input indicating a desire to use the particular method of payment to purchase the offer,

the other input being received from the active application; and

performing a purchase transaction to purchase the offer using the particular method of payment.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

identifying user information of the user based on information identifying the user,

the information identifying the user being included in the near real-time user data; and

identifying the information regarding the offer based on the user information.

20. The method of claim 15, where the near real-time user data further includes information requested by the active application, and

where identifying the plurality of offers includes:

identifying one or more offers relating to the information requested by the active application.