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Mobile commerce framework

  • US 8,554,632 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2010
  • Issued: 10/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • one or more programmable processors; and

    at least one machine-readable medium tangibly encoding instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

    receiving, by a handheld mobile communication device, user identification information;

    determining, via the handheld mobile device, that a user has a membership in a shopping network based on the user identification information;

    determining, by the handheld mobile communication device, a location of the handheld mobile communication device;

    prompting, by the handheld mobile communication device, the user for a merchant type;

    displaying, by the handheld mobile communication device, the merchant offerings from one or more merchants based on the merchant type;

    receiving, by the handheld mobile communication device, a user input indicating interest in at least one of the merchant offerings displayed by the handheld mobile communication device;

    identifying a matched merchant of the plurality of merchants based on the user input and location, the identifying comprising querying, via the handheld mobile communication device, a database of merchant information; and

    based on the determining steps and the identifying step, displaying by the handheld mobile communication device a promotional offer offered by the matched merchant that instructs a user to visit a physical location of the matched merchant to receive a discount on the at least one of the merchant offerings from the matched merchant.

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