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Method and apparatus for managing location-based transactions

  • US 9,129,333 B2
  • Filed: 06/22/2010
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising facilitating access to at least one interface to allow access to at least one service, the service configured to at least perform the following:

  • determining by an apparatus to associate transaction information with a geographic location, the transaction information relating to at least one offering that is provided by one or more merchants of the geographic location and that is selected based on one or more offering conditions related at least to the geographic location and paid by the first user for one or more other selected users;

    determining by the apparatus to make a notification related to the transaction information accessible to respective devices of the one or more other selected users based, at least in part, on the at least one offering, the one or more offering conditions, and relative locations of the respective devices with respect to the geographic location; and

    causing, at least in part by the apparatus, a variation of a visual presentation intensity of the notification on a user interface at the respective devices of the one or more other selected users, based on the relative locations of the respective devices as detected by global positioning system receivers built in the respective devices,wherein content of the notification varies based, at least in part, on a length of time passed since the transaction information is associated with the geographic location.

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