Method in a selective call radio for presenting advertisement messages and coupons
First Claim
1. In a SCR (selective call radio) that communicates with a communications center, a method comprising the steps of:
- selecting an advertisement source from a plurality of advertisement sources;
selecting an information service from a plurality of information services;
receiving from the communications center advertisement information and a message originating from the information service;
presenting information to a user of the SCR representative of the message and advertisement information, and the information service and the advertisement source selected, wherein the method further comprises the steps of;
generating a game board for each of the plurality of advertisement sources, wherein each game board has one or more positions for accepting at least one sub-coupon;
attaching the sub-coupon to the one or more positions of the game board corresponding to the advertisement source selected wherein the sub-coupon indicates a position within the one or more positions of the game board; and
alerting the user of the SCR when all of the one or more positions of the game board have been occupied, thereby indicating that the user has a coupon that is redeemable at a designated merchant.
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Abstract
A SCR (122) capable of communicating with a communications center (102) includes a RF receiver (304), a presentation circuit (313), and a processor (308). The processor is adapted to select an advertisement source from a plurality of advertisement sources (502), select an information service from a plurality of information services (504), cause the RF receiver to receive from the communications center advertisement information and a message originating from the information service (506), and cause the presentation circuit to present information to a user of the SCR representative of the message and advertisement information, and the information service and the advertisement source selected (508-534).
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13 Claims
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1. In a SCR (selective call radio) that communicates with a communications center, a method comprising the steps of:
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selecting an advertisement source from a plurality of advertisement sources; selecting an information service from a plurality of information services; receiving from the communications center advertisement information and a message originating from the information service; presenting information to a user of the SCR representative of the message and advertisement information, and the information service and the advertisement source selected, wherein the method further comprises the steps of; generating a game board for each of the plurality of advertisement sources, wherein each game board has one or more positions for accepting at least one sub-coupon; attaching the sub-coupon to the one or more positions of the game board corresponding to the advertisement source selected wherein the sub-coupon indicates a position within the one or more positions of the game board; and alerting the user of the SCR when all of the one or more positions of the game board have been occupied, thereby indicating that the user has a coupon that is redeemable at a designated merchant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a SCR (selective call radio) that communicates with a communications center, a method comprising the steps of:
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selecting an advertisement source from a plurality of advertisement sources; selecting an information service from a plurality of information services; receiving from the communications center advertisement information and a message originating from the information service; and presenting information to a user of the SCR representative of the message and advertisement information, and the information service and the advertisement source selected, wherein the advertisement information includes an index pointing to a sub-coupon, and wherein the method further comprises the steps of; generating a game board for each of the plurality of advertisement sources, wherein each game board has one or more positions for accepting at least one sub-coupon; attaching the sub-coupon pointed to by the index to the one or more positions of the game board corresponding to the advertisement source selected, wherein the sub-coupon indicates a position within the one or more positions of the game board; and alerting the user of the SCR when all of the one or more positions of the game board have been occupied, thereby indicating that the user has a coupon that is redeemable at a designated merchant. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a SCR (selective call radio) that communicates with a communications center, a method comprising the steps of:
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selecting an advertisement source from a plurality of advertisement sources; selecting an information service from a plurality of information services; receiving from the communications center advertisement information and a message originating from the information service; and presenting information to a user of the SCR representative of the message and advertisement information, and the information service and the advertisement source selected, wherein the advertisement information includes a wild sub-coupon, the SCR having in its memory a game board corresponding to the advertisement source selected, the game board having one or more positions for accepting at least one sub-coupon, and the game board having at least one position not yet occupied by a corresponding sub-coupon, and wherein the method further comprises the step of activating an algorithm operating in the SCR in response to receiving the wild sub-coupon that randomly determines whether to occupy the at least one position not yet occupied by the corresponding sub-coupon.
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12. In a communications center, a method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message at a selective call radio (SCR) from an information service corresponding to one of a plurality of information services; selecting advertisement information from a selected one of a plurality of advertisement sources, wherein the advertisement information includes first and second indexes, whereby the first index points to an advertisement message stored in the SCR, and whereby the second index points to a sub-coupon stored in the SCR; and transmitting the message and the advertisement information to a designated SCR.
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13. A communications center, comprising:
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a RF transmitter; a processing system coupled to the RF transmitter, the processing system adapted to; receive a message from an information service corresponding to one of a plurality of information services; select advertisement information from a selected one of a plurality of advertisement sources, wherein the advertisement information includes first and second indexes, whereby the first index points to an advertisement message stored in a selective call radio (SCR), and whereby the second index points to a sub-coupon stored in the SCR; and cause the RF transmitter to transmit the message and the advertisement information to a designated SCR.
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