Method and System for Reliable and Fast Mobile Marketing

• US 20110015983A1
• Filed: 07/19/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Pierre Bonnat
• Original Assignee: Pierre Bonnat
• Inventors: Bonnat, Pierre
• Application Number:
  US12/839,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20110015983A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0225 Avoiding frauds

Abstract

Aspects of a method and system for reliable and fast mobile marketing are provided. In this regard, a mobile marketing device may redeem at a point of sales, one or more coupons that are received by a user device. The mobile marketing device may verify the redeemed one or more coupons based on a generated secure unique code corresponding to each of the redeemed one or more coupons. The mobile marketing device may schedule payment associated with a monetary value of each of the redeemed one or more coupons to a retailer based on the verification of the redeemed one or more coupons with the generated secure unique code.

Claims

1. A method for mobile marketing, the method comprising:

in a mobile marketing device;

redeeming at a point of sales, one or more coupons that are received by a user device;

verifying said redeemed one or more coupons based on a generated secure unique code corresponding to each of said redeemed one or more coupons; and

scheduling payment associated with a monetary value of each of said redeemed one or more coupons based on said verification.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising generating one or more of said secure unique codes for each of said coupons received from a manufacturer by said mobile marketing device.

3. The method according to claim 2, comprising storing one or more of:

said received coupons from said manufacturer, said generated one or more secure unique codes corresponding to each of said received coupons from said manufacturer, and/or a user'"'"'s credentials.

4. The method according to claim 3, comprising verifying said stored said user'"'"'s credentials prior to communicating said one or more coupons from said mobile marketing device to said user device.

5. The method according to claim 4, comprising communicating said one or more coupons to said user device via a mobile application based on said verification of said stored said user'"'"'s credentials.

6. The method according to claim 3, comprising communicating said stored said generated one or more secure unique codes corresponding to each of said coupons received from said manufacturer to a retailer associated with said point of sales.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said retailer is operable to associate said redeemed one or more coupons with a corresponding one of said communicated said stored said generated one or more secure unique codes.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising managing delivery of said one or more coupons to said user device based on one or more of:

a number of said one or more coupons redeemed, an expiration date of said one or more coupons, and/or a number of said generated one or more secure unique codes entered at said user device.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for mobile marketing, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

in a mobile marketing device;

redeeming at a point of sales, one or more coupons that are received by a user device;

verifying said redeemed one or more coupons based on a generated secure unique code corresponding to each of said redeemed one or more coupons; and

scheduling payment associated with a monetary value of each of said redeemed one or more coupons based on said verification.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage according to claim 9, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for generating one or more of said secure unique codes for each of said coupons received from a manufacturer by said mobile marketing device.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for storing one or more of:

said received coupons from said manufacturer, said generated one or more secure unique codes corresponding to each of said received coupons from said manufacturer, and/or a user'"'"'s credentials.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage according to claim 11, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for verifying said stored said user'"'"'s credentials prior to communicating said one or more coupons from said mobile marketing device to said user device.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage according to claim 12, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for communicating said one or more coupons to said user device via a mobile application based on said verification of said stored said user'"'"'s credentials.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage according to claim 11, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for communicating said stored said generated one or more secure unique codes corresponding to each of said coupons received from said manufacturer to a retailer associated with said point of sales.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage according to claim 14, wherein said retailer is operable to associate said redeemed one or more coupons with a corresponding one of said communicated said stored said generated one or more secure unique codes.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage according to claim 9, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for managing delivery of said one or more coupons to said user device based on one or more of:

a number of said one or more coupons redeemed, an expiration date of said one or more coupons, and/or a number of said generated one or more secure unique codes entered at said user device.

17. A system for mobile marketing, the system comprising:

one or more processors and/or circuits for use in a mobile marketing device, said one or more processors and/or circuits being operable to;

redeem at a point of sales, one or more coupons that are received by a user device;

verify said redeemed one or more coupons based on a generated secure unique code corresponding to each of said redeemed one or more coupons; and

schedule payment associated with a monetary value of each of said redeemed one or more coupons based on said verification.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein said one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to generate one or more of said secure unique code for each of said coupons received from a manufacturer by said mobile marketing device.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein said one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to store one or more of:

said received coupons from said manufacturer, said generated one or more secure unique codes corresponding to each of said received coupons from said manufacturer, and/or a user'"'"'s credentials.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to verify said stored said user'"'"'s credentials prior to communicating said one or more coupons from said mobile marketing device to said user device.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein said one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to communicate said one or more coupons to said user device via a mobile application based on said verification of said stored said user'"'"'s credentials.

22. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to communicate said stored said generated one or more secure unique codes corresponding to each of said coupons received from said manufacturer to a retailer associated with said point of sales.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein said retailer is operable to associate said redeemed one or more coupons with a corresponding one of said communicated said stored said generated one or more secure unique codes.

24. The system according to claim 17, wherein said one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to manage delivery of said one or more coupons to said user device based on one or more of:

a number of said one or more coupons redeemed, an expiration date of said one or more coupons, and/or a number of said generated one or more secure unique codes entered at said user device.