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Providing an announcement about transactions of a target merchant to a consumer

  • US 8,442,867 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2011
  • Issued: 05/14/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • processing, via a computer processing system, a plurality of transactions between a plurality of merchants and a plurality of consumers, the plurality of transactions comprising a first transaction between a first consumer and a merchant, and further comprising a second transaction of a target merchant with a second consumer;

    receiving, via the computer processing system, a query from the first consumer, the query including a request for an announcement including information about the second transaction, the announcement to be delivered in response to a location of the target merchant being within a spatial zone delineated relative to a position of a portable consumer device of the first consumer;

    receiving transaction data for the second transaction;

    receiving a transmission including information usable to determine a position of the portable consumer device;

    determining the position of the portable consumer device using the information in the transmission;

    determining, via the computer processing system, whether the location of the target merchant is within the spatial zone;

    identifying the second transaction from among the plurality of transactions using data included in the query; and

    forming the announcement for delivery to the first consumer, the announcement including information based on the transaction data for the second transaction.

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