Bidding and gift registry system and method for mobile device

• US 10,134,085 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2007
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David A. Hurowitz, Gregory F. Welteroth
• Original Assignee: David A. Hurowitz, Gregory F. Welteroth
• Inventors: Hurowitz, David A., Welteroth, Gregory F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stamber, Eric W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Torrico-Lopez, Alan
• Application Number:
  US11/622,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20080172307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,331 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A bidding system for a mobile device includes a database module for selecting a target audience including a plurality of registered customers to deliver content, a streaming module connected to the database module for serving content to the plurality of registered customers, and a priority module connected to the streaming module for implementing a content delivery schedule. The database module assists a user in identifying a product or service to offer to the plurality of registered customers, assists the user in matching the product or service to the selected plurality of registered customers, and assists the user in designating an auction parameter applicable to the product or service offered. The streaming module delivers an auction notification to a registered customer via the mobile device. The registered customer enables the delivery of a content program including auction data to the mobile device according to a schedule implemented by the priority module.

Claims

1. A method for implementing an incentive system using a mobile device, comprising:

obtaining, by a processor, registration information from a customer and storing the registration information in a memory, wherein the registration information comprises attribute data, the attribute data comprising a desired delivery schedule as to when the customer desires to receive content-based incentives, personal attributes relating to customer preferences, and a geographic location of the customer, wherein obtaining the geographic location comprises;

communicating with a global positioning system satellite to ascertain a geographic location of the mobile device based on utilizing the satellite to determine the position of the mobile device in three dimensional space;

based on the matching of the content-based incentives to the attribute data, notifying the customer of an available first content-based incentive via the mobile device, wherein the first content-based incentive comprises a scheduling parameter as to when the content-based incentive is to be delivered and a desired geographic location of target customers;

recording lack of acceptance by the customer of the first content-based incentive as transaction data in the memory;

calculating a second content-based incentive to offer the customer, wherein the second content-based incentive comprises a scheduling parameter as to when the content-based incentive is to be delivered and a desired geographic location of target customers, the calculating step including;

utilizing at least one of the registration information or the transaction data to identify an offer;

identifying and selecting, by a processor, a first customer population wherein the customer is in the first customer population, wherein the first population has an enhanced propensity for accepting the offer when compared to an overall population based on the transaction data and sharing of similar attributes among the first customer population; and

based on identifying the first population, matching the first customer population to the second content-based incentive, wherein the second content- based incentive is related to the offer;

notifying the first customer population that the second content-based incentive is available via the mobile device;

recording acceptance by the customer of the second content-based incentive as transaction data in the memory;

communicating with a global positioning system satellite to ascertain a geographic location of the mobile device, based on utilizing the satellite to determine the position of the mobile device in three dimensional space;

dynamically assembling, by the processor, based on the attribute data of the customer, the second content-based incentive, and the geographic location, and serving the second content-based incentive to the mobile device by utilizing an Internet connection, wherein the second content-based incentive includes a redemption mechanism for selection by the customer utilizing an interface of the mobile device;

obtaining, by the processor, a customer input from the mobile devices indicating a selection of the redemption mechanism;

responsive to obtaining the selection of the redemption mechanism, transmitting, wirelessly, by the processor, credentials to collect the second content-based incentive to an authorizing authority for the second content-based incentive, wherein the authorizing authority redeems the second content-based incentive upon receipt of the credentials;

concurrent with the transmitting to the authorizing authority, storing, by the processor, transaction data related to the redeeming the second content-based incentive in one or more database modules;

generating, by the processor, based on the transaction data and usage patterns of the customer, a predictive model, to indicate a probability of the customer accepting a future content-based incentive, a response profile of the customer, and a cost model indicating a price to provide the future content-based incentive based on the predictive model and the response profile;

serving additional matched content-based incentives to the customer on the mobile device based on similarities of the additional content-based incentives to the accepted second content-based incentive and dissimilarities to the unaccepted first-content based incentive in the recorded transaction data;

regularly receiving updated location information from the mobile device;

recalculating the additional content-based incentives to offer the customer based on matching a desired geographic location of each content-based incentive to the location information and a desired delivery time of each content-based incentive to the current time; and

notifying the customer of the additional content-based incentives, wherein the notifying comprises transmitting streaming content to the mobile device, over a network comprising an alert to the customer that the additional content-based incentives are queued for delivery to the mobile device, for viewing in a graphical user interface on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the enhanced propensity is further based on acceptance of prior content-based incentives by the first customer population.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the attributes include product interests.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the attributes include intent to purchase specific categories of goods.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the attributes include intent to purchase specific categories of services.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the attributes include past purchase behavior.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

whereupon if the customer affirmatively responds to first content data of the content-based incentive, sending the redemption mechanism embedded in second content data to the customer, the redemption mechanism enabling the customer to engage in a redemption activity using the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the redemption mechanism includes tickets, coupons, or redeemable incentives.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending redemption information to the mobile device for redeeming the content-based incentive on the mobile device, the redemption information configured to be converted into a graphical barcode image by the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device selected from the group consisting of:

a laptop computer, personal desktop assistant (PDA), and cellular phone device.