Intelligent, non-intrusive, adaptive wireless discount coupon delivery system over GPRS
First Claim
1. A wireless coupon delivery system over wireless technology, comprising:
- a mobile station terminal connected to a wireless network;
a base station having a base station identification and connected to a mobile switching center and service node;
a mobile switching center and a service node, connected to the wireless network, wherein the service node has a database that contains base station identifications and cell locations to determine a location of a subscriber;
a coupon generating server (“
CGS”
), connected to the wireless network, that uses location information to find stores in a desired geographic area;
an offer generating server (“
OGS”
), connected to the wireless network and to at least one of a store pricings database, that negotiates offers and generates personalized and traceable offer numbers;
a store listings database, connected to the wireless network, that comprises a list of business entities; and
at least one of a store pricings database connected to the OGS.
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Abstract
An intelligent, non-intrusive, adaptive wireless discount coupon delivery system over General Packet Radio Service (“GPRS”) bearer service. The system generates and delivers electronic coupons to subscribers'"'"' GPRS mobile stations from business entities in the subscribers'"'"' vicinity. The system bases its delivery on the subscribers'"'"' profiles stored in their mobile phones, which may include their cellular location and their shopping histories. The main components of the system include: a GPRS mobile station, a base station, a mobile-switching center (“MSC”), a serving GPRS service node (“SGSN”), a coupon generating server (“CGS”), an offer generating server (“OGS”), and store pricing databases. The system increases the facility and trustworthiness of wireless coupon delivery by isolating subscriber profile information from stores'"'"' pricing databases.
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30 Claims
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1. A wireless coupon delivery system over wireless technology, comprising:
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a mobile station terminal connected to a wireless network;
a base station having a base station identification and connected to a mobile switching center and service node;
a mobile switching center and a service node, connected to the wireless network, wherein the service node has a database that contains base station identifications and cell locations to determine a location of a subscriber;
a coupon generating server (“
CGS”
), connected to the wireless network, that uses location information to find stores in a desired geographic area;
an offer generating server (“
OGS”
), connected to the wireless network and to at least one of a store pricings database, that negotiates offers and generates personalized and traceable offer numbers;
a store listings database, connected to the wireless network, that comprises a list of business entities; and
at least one of a store pricings database connected to the OGS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of delivering wireless discount coupons over wireless technology comprising:
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creating and storing a subscriber profile in a mobile station terminal;
connecting the mobile station to a wireless network;
sending a request for “
coupon service”
to a service node;
determining a location of a subscriber;
transmitting the subscriber profile and the location information to a coupon generating server;
using the subscriber profile and the location information to query a store listings database and locate stores in a desired geographical area;
negotiating an offer between an offer generating server and store pricing databases;
generating a unique, personalized, and traceable offer number;
contacting the store pricing databases to update records;
sending the offer number and a description to the coupon generating server;
updating the offer generating server database and communicating with the coupon generating server and the store pricing databases to delete the offer number if time has expired. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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17. The method of claim 17, wherein the wireless technology is a General Packet Radio Service (“
- GPRS”
). - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- GPRS”
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24. A wireless coupon delivery system comprising a readable medium and a computer-readable program code stored on the computer readable medium having instructions to:
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create and store a subscriber profile;
determine a subscriber location;
query store listings and extract listings of stores that best match the subscriber profile;
negotiate an offer;
generate an offer number based on the subscriber profile;
update pricing records; and
convert the offer number into a bar code image; and
compare the offer number with a stored number. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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