Method and system for delivering electronic coupons to wireless mobile terminals
First Claim
1. A system for distributing electronic coupons, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless mobile terminals;
a customer profile database for storing a plurality of customer profiles corresponding to the wireless mobile terminals; and
a server, operatively coupled to the customer profile database and communicating with the wireless mobile terminals over a network, for selectively transferring one or more electronic coupons to at least one of the wireless mobile terminals based on a comparison between the customer profiles and seller filtering criteria.
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Abstract
A system for distributing electronic coupons includes plural wireless mobile terminals, such as cellular phones or personal digital assistants (PDAs), a customer profile database, and a server capable of accessing the customer profile database and communicating with the wireless mobile terminals over a wireless network. The database stores customer profiles for each of the wireless mobile terminals. The profiles include customer data, such as customer preferences and the current location of each wireless terminal. The server selectively transfers one or more electronic coupons to at least one of the wireless mobile terminals based on a comparison between the customer profiles and seller filtering criteria. A seller interface permits sellers to enter the seller filtering criteria. The filtering criteria can include the physical location of the seller so that coupons are sent only to those wireless terminals at or near the seller'"'"'s location.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for distributing electronic coupons, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless mobile terminals;
a customer profile database for storing a plurality of customer profiles corresponding to the wireless mobile terminals; and
a server, operatively coupled to the customer profile database and communicating with the wireless mobile terminals over a network, for selectively transferring one or more electronic coupons to at least one of the wireless mobile terminals based on a comparison between the customer profiles and seller filtering criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for distributing electronic coupons to wireless mobile terminals, comprising:
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storing a plurality of customer profiles corresponding to a plurality of wireless mobile terminals;
selecting at least one of the wireless mobile terminals based on a comparison between the customer profiles and seller filtering criteria; and
transferring over a wireless network one or more electronic coupons to the at least one wireless mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A wireless mobile terminal, comprising:
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a display;
a memory;
a network interface for communicating with a server over a packet network;
a processor, operatively coupled to the display, the memory and the network interface; and
an application stored in the memory and executable on the processor, for transferring the current location of the wireless mobile terminal to the server and for receiving and displaying on the display an electronic coupon selectively sent by the server based on the current location of the wireless mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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