Dynamic discount device

• US 8,695,877 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2010
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Valentine Communications LLC
• Original Assignee: Ewinwin Incorporated
• Inventors: Mesaros, Gregory J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Assistant Examiner(s): TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA
• Application Number:
  US12/881,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20110004515A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,309 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/378, 235/380, 235/381, 235/383, 235/492, 235/379, 705/14, 705/14.1, 705/14.13, 705/26, 705/27, 705/14.25, 705/14.31, 705/14.49, 705/14.53, 705/14.58
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0213 Consumer transaction fees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0224 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes

Abstract

Systems and/or methods are disclosed for interacting with a multiple criteria buying and/or selling system to conduct business electronically. A dynamic discount card is disclosed according to an aspect of the present invention. The dynamic discount card comprises an information access component for receiving information and a presentation component for displaying information to a user via the dynamic discount card.

Claims

1. A mobile device that electronically facilitates business transactions, comprising:

a wireless transceiver that receives product data from a communications network as a function of location of the mobile device, wherein the product data relates to a good or service available at one or more discounted prices;

an input that receives criteria from a user of the mobile device with respect to a delivery time for the good or service, the delivery time expressed in a number of days or nights that the good or service are reserved for use;

a display that;

presents a prompt for the user to create an account,

presents a request for a method of payment for business transactions using the account, and

presents offers that meet the delivery time criteria of the user of the mobile device;

memory storing non-transitory computer readable instructions that are executed by a processor to;

sort the offers that meet the delivery time criteria of the user in response to a sorting request generated by the user at the input,

present the sorted offers on the display in accordance with the sorting request,

prompt the user to select at least one offer from the sorted offers, the at least one offer including terms and conditions associated with the at least one offer,

electronically facilitate a business transaction with a remote computing device to purchase the at least one offer using the method of payment associated with the user account upon acceptance of the terms and conditions, and

collect information about user interactions with the mobile device.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the information about user interactions with the mobile device includes one or more of location of the mobile device, criteria received from the user, and offers presented to the user.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the sorting request generated by the user is stored and associated with the user account.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the location is determined based upon global positioning satellite (GPS) data.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver may further transmit the product data to another mobile device whereby a user of the another mobile device is prompted to purchase the good or service.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the product data received by the transceiver from the communications network is also a function of past purchases and location information associated with the past purchases.

7. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the product data received by the transceiver is a still further function of contact information derived from the created account that includes demographic information and a past good or service shared with at least one other user.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the product data includes at least one of a product description, a picture, a product price, an advertisement, a reward, or a promotion.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the sorting request generated by the user includes a particular quality ranking.

10. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the method of payment is a credit card or debit card.

11. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the terms and conditions include a grant of permission to an entity collecting information from the use user of the mobile device.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the grant of permission also includes allowing the entity to sell the collected information to one or more other parties.

13. A method for employing a mobile device to electronically transact business over a communications network, the method comprising:

receiving product data relating to a good or service available at one or more discounted prices, the product data corresponding to a location of the mobile device;

receiving criteria from a user of the mobile device with respect to a delivery time for the good or service, the delivery time expressed in a number of days or nights that the good or service are reserved for use;

presenting a prompt for the user to create an account;

presenting a request for a method of payment for business transactions using the account;

presenting offers that meet the delivery time criteria of the user of the mobile device;

sorting the offers that meet the delivery time criteria of the user in response to a sorting request generated by the user;

presenting the sorted offers on a display of the mobile device in accordance with the sorting request;

prompting the user to select at least one offer from the sorted offers, the at least one offer including terms and conditions associated with the at least one offer;

electronically facilitating a business transaction with a remote computing device to purchase the at least one offer using the method of payment associated with the user account upon acceptance of terms and conditions; and

collecting information about user interactions with the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the number of days or nights is multiple days or nights.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the number of days or nights is one.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the number of days or nights is indicated as a beginning day or night and an ending day or night, and wherein the beginning day or night and the ending day or night are not the same day or night.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the offers that meet the delivery time criteria of the user of the mobile device are packaged with another offer also meeting the delivery time criteria.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the another offer is discounted.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying offers that are not available in accordance with the delivery time criteria;

and including a message indicating that those offers are not available during the delivery time criteria.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying a trend associated with the good or service.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the trend is price.

22. the method of claim 20, wherein the trend is demand.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the trend is based in part from information collected from third-parties purchasing the good or service.

24. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to:

receive product data relating to a good or service available at one or more discounted prices, the product data corresponding to a location of a mobile device;

receive criteria from a user of the mobile device with respect to a delivery time for the good or service, the delivery time expressed in a number of days or nights that the good or service are reserved for use;

present a prompt for the user to create an account;

present a request for a method of payment for business transactions using the account;

present offers that meet the delivery time criteria of the user of the mobile device;

sort the offers that meet the delivery time criteria of the user of the mobile device;

present the sorted offers on a display of the mobile device in accordance with the sorting request;

prompt the user to select at least one offer from the sorted offers, the at least one offer including terms and conditions associated with the at least one offer;

electronically facilitate a business transaction with a remote computing device to purchase the at least one offer using the method of payment associated with the user account upon acceptance of the terms and conditions; and

collect information about user interactions with the mobile device.