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Method and system for electronic delivery of incentive information based on user proximity

  • US 8,554,611 B2
  • Filed: 09/10/2004
  • Issued: 10/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for generating incentive information for a user based on at least user profile information for said user and user location information for said user, said system comprising:

  • at least one database storing information regarding available incentives and redemption location information for said available incentives; and

    at least one server operatively connected to said at least one database, said at least one server configured to;

    receive user profile information from a device associated with a user identification of said user;

    receive, in response to a query requesting a distance that said user would be willing to travel to take advantage of an available incentive, a user proximity preference value from said device;

    store, in said at least one database, said user proximity preference value in association with said user profile information;

    select, from said available incentives and said user profile information, a group of user targeted incentives;

    transmit to a device associated with said user identification, for display on said device, said group of user targeted incentives;

    store, in said at least one database, a user print record specifying at least a subset of said group of user targeted incentives printed in association with said user identification;

    receive a mobile device location transmitted from a mobile device associated with said user identification;

    determine, from (1) said user print record, (2) said mobile device location, (3) said user proximity preference value, and (4) a redemption location, a proximate redemption facility, wherein said proximate redemption facility;

    (1) is located a distance from said mobile device location, wherein said distance from said mobile device location is not greater than said user proximity preference value, and (2) has a processor to redeem incentives which are a subset of said user print record;

    generate a notification message comprising identification of said proximate redemption facility; and

    transmit said notification message to said mobile device.

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