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

• Current Assignee: Jason Matthew Randell, Matthew Duane Swezey
• Original Assignee: Jason Matthew Randell, Matthew Duane Swezey
• Inventors: Swezey, Matthew Duane, Randell, Jason Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haile, Benyam
• Application Number:
  US14/103,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20150161643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0457 the tickets being sent electronically
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0224 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0225 Avoiding frauds
• 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 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/105 Financial transactions and auctions, e.g. bidding
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Methods, systems, software, computer readable non-transitory media, applications, devices, and the like for providing location based, mobile, user selected, time, location, and number limited or unlimited electronic coupon card selection of automatic location based reserve and redeem discounts on products or services with a profile picture, tag, motion enabled watermark, or other visual, 2D or mechanism for security purposes.

Claims

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.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically attaching present location data in the present location profile when the server selects coupon cards based on location to be displayed on the mobile device that are nearby the location of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the coupons do not display and offer travel, hotel, motel, or vehicle rental reservations.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the set of adjacent profiles include business listings.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising applying a triangulation algorithm to generate a compass view in the mobile device that represents each adjacent profile as being in front of, behind, to the left of, and to the right of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating the positioning data using a positioning algorithm, wherein the positioning algorithm is at least one of a global positioning algorithm and a radio or mobile phone network positioning algorithm.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the coupons do not display and offer bidding for online auctions.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the coupons do not display and offer rebates on products or services.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the coupons do not display and offer online products or services.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the coupons do not display and offer products or services that are not sold in the vicinity of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating directions between the mobile device and an adjacent business location offering one or more of said coupons without requiring a user of the mobile device to enter a starting address by applying a directions algorithm based on the positioning data of the mobile device as the starting address and a destination address identified in a particular adjacent profile associated with the adjacent business location.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising viewing the present location profile and the set of adjacent location profiles of the mobile device in at least one of a satellite mode, a three-dimensional mode, and a flat-text mode.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the user of the mobile device views the present location profile and the set of adjacent location profiles of the mobile device in a satellite mode, a three-dimensional mode, and a flat2D map or text mode.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

creating a temporary message through the mobile device that is coordinated based on the positioning information of the mobile device to a geo-spatial network location and which resides in the geo-spatial network only for a threshold amount of time prior to being purged from the geo-spatial network; and

generating a marker visible around profiles of adjacent businesses and residences in the geo-spatial network that represents the temporary message.

15. A method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises electronically sending via web or email coupons or discounts to said user based on one or more of the user'"'"'s redemption history, demographics and taste.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to perform the method of claim 1.

17. A system 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 verification, the system comprising:

a computer based network server and at least one mobile device operating through a mobile communications infrastructure, in which user profiles of network users of the network are editable by any network user; and

mobile device used by network users that to generate a location profiles of the users and location and product and service profiles of businesses that the server can associate, including a threshold radius away from the mobile device location and the business locations and product and services by attaching location data of the mobile device acquired through a positioning module of the mobile device through the network;

the server or mobile device comprising an advertising coupon card module (advertising module) to capture or generate coupons from businesses and residents surrounding the mobile device and to share them with a user of the mobile device an electronic 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; and

at least one processor in the mobile device or server that;

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

(b) automatically and electronically generates, 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;

(c) simultaneously and electronically generates 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;

(d) electronically refreshes present location profile data and the set of adjacent location profiles at periodic intervals;

(e) electronically generating 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 be purchased by the user and the user has to arrive at a business in a vicinity of the present geographic location of the mobile device, 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;

(f) electronically reserving 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;

(g) 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, or purchase the product or service, before the limit/expiration time;

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

(i) 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;

(j) 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;

(k) 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

(l) 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.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising an advertising coupon card module (advertising module) to capture advertisements, messages, and coupons from businesses surrounding the mobile device and to share them with a user of the mobile device via said coupon cards.