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Location based mobile user selected time, location, and number limited automatic location based reserve and redeem discounts on products or services with automatic security and feedback features

  • US 9,324,091 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2013
  • Issued: 04/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing location based, mobile device, user selected time, location, and number limited automatic location based reserve and redeem discounts using electronic coupon cards for products or services with profile picture, tag, motion enabled watermark, or visual, 2D tag, or URL code security, the method comprising:

  • (a) electronically communicating via a network comprising a wireless network positioning data of the mobile device to non-transitory media on a computer based server at a periodic interval;

    (b) automatically and electronically generating via a processor in the mobile device, in response to electronic communications data from the server, present location profile data associated with a present geographic location of the mobile device;

    (c) automatically and electronically generating via a processor in the mobile device or the server, in response to electronic communications data from the server, user profile data associated with the user of the mobile device,wherein the user profile data comprises a picture of the user and profile information of the user that is used by the server to determine, using a subroutine, types of products or services of potential interest to the user;

    (d) simultaneously and electronically generating via a processor in the mobile device, a set of data of adjacent location profiles of nearby businesses provided by the server as being geographically near to the present geographic location of the mobile device;

    (e) electronically refreshing, in the mobile device and the server, present location profile data and the set of adjacent location profiles at periodic intervals;

    (f) electronically generating, in the mobile device and the server, an electronic or graphical representation of a limited number of reservations in a reservation pool for each coupon card for discounts on the products or services of potential interest to the user or other users,wherein each discount provided by a coupon card is reservable by multiple users of mobile devices, and is reservable by the user of the mobile device, by tapping the display of the coupon card displayed on the one of the multiple users'"'"' or the user'"'"'s mobile device;

    wherein the discounts on the coupons provided to users, from nearby businesses provided by the server as being geographically near to the present geographic location of the mobile device, wherein the coupons are provided to multiple users in a preset, limited number of reservable coupons;

    wherein the coupon cards displayed to the user of the mobile device have a display of a reserve button for the user to push on the touch screen of the mobile device to reserve the coupon for a preset period or periods of time,wherein the user can select only one coupon reservation at a time, wherein any non-selected or additional coupon reservation will be returned to the reservation pool upon selection of the reservation of one of the coupon cards and coupon;

    wherein said time is date stamped or displayed on the display of the users'"'"' mobile device as created/begun and limit/expiration times,wherein the limit/expiration time determines by which time the product or service has to;

    (i) be purchased by the user;

    (ii) shared with friends or posted to social media;

    or (iii) the user has to arrive at a business in a vicinity of the present geographic location of the mobile device;

    in order for the user to receive the discount on the coupon for the product or service;

    wherein the coupons cards are for discounts on at least 3 products or services;

    wherein the coupon cards are displayed in the form of coupon cards on a touch screen display of the mobile device for the user to view and select from by touching the screen of the display of the mobile device one or more selected coupons,wherein the coupons providing a discount on the desired products or services are sold by the business in a vicinity of the present geographic location of the mobile device;

    (g) electronically reserving on the mobile device the coupon through a mobile application or routine on the mobile device when the user views and selects the coupon for a product or service associated with the coupon;

    (h) electronically reserving the product or service at the business in the vicinity of the present geographic location of the mobile device;

    wherein the mobile device displays the time limit for purchasing the product or service, which selected coupon is then associated with a user profile having a picture of the user;

    wherein the reservation for the coupon expires if the user does not arrive at a preset distance from the business and purchase the product or service, before the limit/expiration time;

    (i) locking certain coupons when they have been reserved by a user;

    (j) electronically notifying the user when the user is within a preset distance of the location of the business selling the product or service corresponding to the coupon selected by the user;

    (k) electronically redeeming on the mobile device or a computer system of the business the coupon through an electronic payment system provided either on the mobile device or by the business, when the user purchases the product or service associated with the coupon providing the associated discount in price for the product or service when the user purchases the product or service within the time limit which was displayed on the device when the user selected the coupon;

    (l) validating the discount provided by the coupon for the user of the coupon by use of the user'"'"'s profile picture, tag, motion enabled watermark, or visual, 2D tag, or URL code security verification by the business selling the product or service; and

    (m) providing to one or more of said users at least one of an aggregate savings calculator for the user and other users selected by the user and a leaderboard that tracks other of said users and displays the quantitative use of the method as the number of coupons reserved or redeemed by the user and by other users in the same vicinity of reserved or redeemed coupons.

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