SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DISCOUNTS

• US 20200134659A1
• Filed: 12/27/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matthew T. Dennehy, Stephen Edward Feldman
• Original Assignee: Matthew T. Dennehy, Stephen Edward Feldman
• Inventors: Dennehy, Matthew T., Feldman, Stephen E.
• Application Number:
  US16/729,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20200134659A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0234 Rebates after completed purchase
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/23 for mobile advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A system that includes at least one handheld device having a software application installed thereon. The software application programmed to: (i) fetch identifiers for wireless network zones in which the at least one handheld device is within; (ii) compare the identifiers for wireless network zones in which the at least one handheld device is within to stored identifiers for wireless network zones associated with the software application; and (iii) if a match is found, perform an instruction.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one handheld device having a software application installed thereon, the software application programmed to;

(i) fetch at least one identifier for wireless network zones in which the at least one handheld device is within;

(ii) compare the at least one identifier for wireless network zones in which the at least one handheld device is within to stored identifiers for wireless network zones associated will the software application; and

(iii) if a match is found, perform an instruction.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the instruction shifts the software application from an inactive mode to an active mode.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the fetch step is performed on a regulated time interval.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the regulated time interval is once a minute.