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Devices, methods, and computer readable storage devices for providing offers based on aggregate need

  • US 9,697,550 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2013
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a first gateway associated with a first premises, the first gateway comprisinga first processor, anda first memory that stores first instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to perform first operations comprisingreceiving, from a unit comprising a sensor, data indicating a need for a product, wherein the unit provides the data indicating the need for the product in response to detecting, via the sensor, a reduction in an amount of the product based on detection, by the sensor, of a reduction in a weight of the product, andproviding, to a computing device, via a network, the data indicating the need for the product; and

    the computing device comprisinga second processor, anda second memory that stores second instructions that, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to perform second operations comprising;

    collecting, via the network, the data from the first gateway and data from a second gateway associated with a second premises, wherein the data collected from the second gateway indicates additional need for the product,aggregating the data collected from the first gateway and the data collected from the second gateway to determine an aggregate need for the product,receiving, from a first product provider, a threshold associated with a need for the product to be met before an offer associated with the product is provided by the first product provider,determining whether the aggregate need for the product meets the threshold,responsive to determining that the aggregate need for the product meets the threshold, sending, via the network, the offer associated with the product to each of the first gateway and the second gateway, wherein the offer associated with the product is provided by the first product provider, and wherein the offer associated with the product comprises an incentive to purchase the product, andin response to receiving an indication that a user associated with the first gateway has selected the offer associated with the product provided by the first product provider and dropped the offer over an icon provided by the computing device that corresponds to a second product provider, communicating the offer provided by the first product provider to the second product provider.

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