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Location based discovery of real-time merchant device activity

  • US 9,699,610 B1
  • Filed: 12/28/2015
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • one or more servers including;

    communication circuitry configured to communicate with consumer devices and merchant devices via a network, wherein the merchant devices are associated with a plurality of merchant locations; and

    processing circuitry configured to;

    receive, via the network, transaction data from the merchant devices;

    determine an activity level score for each of the plurality of merchant locations based on the transaction data;

    receive, via the network and from a consumer device, consumer device location data indicating a consumer device location of the consumer device;

    determine, at least in part by comparing the consumer device location and the plurality of merchant locations, one or more local merchant locations proximate to the consumer device location;

    generate a consumer interface including an ambient map display, wherein the ambient map display comprises one or more local merchant location indicators associated with the one or more local merchant locations, and wherein at least one of the one or more local merchant location indicators is visually enhanced based on the activity level score for the one or more local merchant locations;

    provide the consumer interface to the consumer device via the network; and

    display, within the consumer interface, a travel path extending from the consumer device location to a local merchant location associated with a local merchant location indicator, wherein the local merchant location indicator is visually enhanced based on the activity level score for the local merchant location.

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