| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 705140570 | Based on store location | 74 |
| 20100153216 | DETERMINING ADVERTISING CONVERSION - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for determining advertising conversion metrics. In some implementations, a method includes receiving spatial information associated with a user in connection with an advertisement presented through a wireless device | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110040624 | Systems for communicating current and future activity information among mobile Internet users and methods therefor - A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity information pertaining to the future event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The current activity pertains to an activity occurring at a current time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The future activity pertains to an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the current or future activity information to a backend database coupled to the Internet, the backend database being remote from the mobile Internet device. The method further includes rendering the current or future activity information accessible to at least one recipient via the Internet. The recipient represents a subset of the users coupled to the Internet and having access privilege to information pertaining to the current or future event involving the user. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110173072 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING ON A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for transmitting, accessing, and/or managing promotions transmitted to mobile electronic devices. A user can input preferences for stores and brands that they wish to receive promotions from. Also, a list of stores and brands having promotions can be stored on a promotions system. User location data can be cross-referenced with the user preferences and store and stores carrying brands to determine what, if any, promotions are to be transmitted to a user. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110191184 | MOBILE LOCATION INTEGRATED MERCHANT OFFER PROGRAM AND CUSTOMER SHOPPING - Embodiments of the invention include a merchant offer program application, which is downloaded onto a customer computer, and that works in connection with the customer's accounts at an institution. The merchant offer program application monitors the websites that the customer views, as well as the content the customer is viewing on those websites, such as the products offered for sale through the website or other information on the website. The merchant offer program provides additional information to the customer, such as special offers that are available for the product being viewed, the identity of other merchants that offer the product or a competing product, advertisements or offers regarding other ancillary products typically sold along with the product being considered, etc. The information sent to the customer can be based not only on the website product being viewed, but on the customer's past purchase behavior, account balances, interests, etc. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110302033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT TO WIRELESS NETWORK SERVICE USER - Provided are a system and method for providing a wireless network service to a user terminal free of charge, by providing a doorway page for exposing an advertisement on the user terminal provided with the wireless network service through an access point. Accordingly, the user terminal may be provided with the wireless network service free of charge, other than the cost of viewing the advertisement exposed on the doorway page. An advertiser and a proprietor may expose the advertisement at the cost of providing the free wireless network service. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120221412 | NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USER INFORMATION DELIVERY - A network apparatus useful for providing directions and other information to a user of a client device in wireless communication therewith. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes one or more wireless interfaces and a network interface for communication with a server. User speech inputs in the form of digitized representations are received by the apparatus and used by the server as the basis for retrieving information including graphical representations of location or entities that the user wishes to find. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120232992 | System and Method for Generating and Distributing Coupons - A method of generating and distributing promotional offers by businesses, or on behalf of businesses to consumers, through a network, which includes collecting consumer coupon parameters regarding coupons which the consumer would be interested in and business coupon parameters regarding the terms of coupons, and matching businesses to interested consumers, and transmitting coupons to interested consumers. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120246003 | Advertisement Service - An advertisement service allows advertisers to obtain a right to provide an advertisement to a mobile device that is located within or nearby a particular geographic region. For instance, the advertisement service may map one or more entities (e.g., retailers, schools, museums, etc.) to a geographic region at which these entities are located. The advertisement service provides an offer to one or more advertisers to provide an advertisement to a mobile device located within or nearby one of these geographic regions. Based on responses received to the offer, the advertisement service provides information to the mobile device for display of an advertisement. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120278171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON STREET ADDRESS - A system and method is provided that, in at least one aspect, associates a search term with a building that occupies more than one street address by selecting the term based on all of the listings located at all of the street addresses occupied by the building. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120303455 | Systems and Methods to Deliver Digital Location-Based Content to a Visitor at a Physical Business Location - In general, the invention relates to methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location information. A network includes a server programmed with a database of location information, a database of user information, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The system determines the businesses visited by the user. Managers of physical business locations provide content relating to their physical business locations the system. The content is caused to be transmitted to the mobile devices on behalf of the managers when it is reported that the mobile device is located at the physical business location. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310737 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND ADVERTISEMENT PROVIDING SYSTEM - A visit-pattern-aware mobile advertising system is provided for urban commercial complexes. In order to provide highly relevant advertisements to mobile users, next visit place is predicted through a probabilistic reasoning technique based on the collected visit place history, and an advertisement to be provided is selected based on the predicted next visit place. Since the advertisement is selectively provided according to the next visit place predicted based on a visit place history of an advertisement receiver, it is possible to increase an advertisement effect. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310738 | PROMOTING OFFERS THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORK INFLUENCERS - Mechanisms are provided to facilitate buying and selling products utilizing social pricing. Sellers initiate sale of a product with volume discounts for a limited time. In other words, the more people that buy a product, the lower the price for the group. Buyers have a real incentive to become prosumers that not only purchase a product but also promote purchase by others. A social pricing system brokers interaction between sellers and buyer groups, and provisions mechanisms to aid promotion of products by consumers utilizing social networks and other online activities. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120323687 | Mobile Messaging and Data Tracking Platform - The invention provides methods, systems, and modules for sending messages to message-recipients based on targeting parameters and optional location data. Examplary embodiments of the invention are configured to operate in a geographic area defined by a collective such as a shopping mall comprising a plurality of tenants, wherein the message-senders include the tenants and a representative of the collective. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323688 | PROMOTING OFFERS THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORK INFLUENCERS - Mechanisms are provided to facilitate buying and selling products utilizing social pricing. Sellers initiate sale of a product with volume discounts for a limited time. In other words, the more people that buy a product, the lower the price for the group. Buyers have a real incentive to become prosumers that not only purchase a product but also promote purchase by others. A social pricing system brokers interaction between sellers and buyer groups, and provisions mechanisms to aid promotion of products by consumers utilizing social networks and other online activities. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130006771 | INFER LOCATION FROM PUBLISHER'S PAGE AND MATCH WITH ADVERTISERS - An apparatus and method for inferring a geographic locus for a publisher document in order to obtain advertisements that are relevant to the inferred geographic locus. Landing pages are analyzed by determining whether the page encodes a street address and extract the street address or for information that is indicative of a geographic locus and thereby determine the geographic locus of the page. The ad server can infer a geographic locus for the publisher document based on information indicating a geographic location encoded in the publisher document, and select ads based on corresponding landing pages having inferred geographic locus that match the inferred geographic locus for the publisher document. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130024284 | Apparatus and Methods for Providing Route-Based Advertising and Vendor-Reported Business Information over a Network - A method of providing advertising to a user over a network includes receiving from the user a query identifying a contemplated route, accessing a computer database of self-reported business information from vendors, each vendor having an identified geographic location, wherein the self-reported business information has been previously supplied by the vendors through a vendor interface and stored in the database, providing to the user, over the network, information from the database concerning the business information of a set of vendors extracted from the database on the basis of geographic proximity to the route identified by the user, providing to the user, over the network in response to the query, advertising from the set of vendors based, at least in part, on data retrieved from the database, and pricing the advertising based, at least in part, on distance of each vendor's geographic location from the contemplated route. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130041752 | Shopping Apparatus and Methods - Methods and apparatus related to enabling a shopper to utilize a mobile electronic device to enhance the shopping experience. A shopper may utilize the mobile electronic device to check-in at a retail location. A pecuniary reward or offer may be provided to the shopper and the shopper may be notified of such reward or offer via the mobile electronic device. A mobile electronic device may be utilized to compile an electronic shopping list and/or send an electronic shopping list. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130080253 | ERROR-SPECIFIC ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems, methods and computer program products for providing an error-specific advertisement at a client computer. According to one embodiment, a method, implemented in a computer system, of providing an error-specific advertisement at a client computer is provided. The method may include determining that an error has occurred, identifying an advertisement for a product or a service relating to resolution of the error and/or generating an error message. The error message may include the advertisement and information regarding the error. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080254 | Electric Vehicle Charging Station with Connectivity to Mobile Devices to Provide Local Information - A solar canopy is provided where the solar canopy includes at least one photovoltaic cell to provide power. The power is used as a renewable power source for a station that comprises at least one wireless enabled processor. The wireless enabled processor detects and establishes a communication link with a mobile, wireless enabled, processor in a transmission range. Data is transmitted from the processor to the mobile wireless enabled device over the communication link where the data relates to information associated with local establishments, such as, for example, stores, restaurants, governmental agencies, or the like. The solar canopy also may be provided with the ability to couple to a battery, which may be a vehicle battery such as an electric car or electric scooter. The solar canopy would provide electrical energy either directly to the battery or through a power conditioner and, optionally, a storage facility. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130085857 | CONVENIENCE-RELATED AND OTHER METRICS IN ADVERTISING - Techniques are provided, for use in electronic or online advertising, that can be viewed as going beyond geographic proximity, including determination and use of convenience-based metrics in advertisement targeting, pricing, selection and packaging. For example, based on information including an actual or anticipated consumer location and a store location, one or more possible or likely consumer travel routes may be determined. Based at least in part on this, metrics, such as convenience-based metrics, can be determined and used in aspects of electronic or online advertising, such as consumer travel distance, travel time, or number or travel proximity of alternative stores. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130103500 | ONLINE PROMOTIONAL TOOL - An Internet-based marketing service. Embodiments link local businesses with local consumers while at the same time supporting local causes by promoting patronage of local businesses and/or purchase of manufacturer's products. Searchable landing pages containing detailed listing data and geographically-based social networking links can be included. Search results can be returned in several different, searchable forms. Other features may include an interactive map with participating cities and businesses, multiple mailing group signups in a single page, and a secure access code feature enabling purchase tracking. Cause marketing services provides hyperlocal coupons linked to charitable giving, as well as the related data from such coupon use. The cause marketing service enables manufacturers to donate once specific purchase targets are reached, with the proof of purchase electronically encoded on the coupon and recorded by the marketing service. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130124321 | ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, STORE TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An advertisement delivery system of the present invention includes a store terminal, a management device connected to the store terminal via a communication network, and a mobile terminal connected to the management device via the communication network. The store terminal transmits a delivery instruction to the management device in response to an operation giving an instruction to deliver advertisement data. When the delivery instruction transmitted from the store terminal is received, the management device push-delivers the advertisement data of the store that has given the delivery instruction to the mobile terminal. Then, when the advertisement data of the store push-delivered from the management device is received, the mobile terminal judges whether or not the distance from the store to its current position is within a predetermined range, and outputs the advertisement data on a condition that the distance is within the predetermined range. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130159108 | MAP-BASED MENU INFORMATION NETWORK - A method for creating and managing a restaurant menu can be disclosed. The method can include establishing a restaurant menu; adding one or more menu items to the menu; associating menu item description information with the one or more menu items; and associating menu item location information with the one or more menu items. The menu can be searchable and at least one of the item description information or item location information can be used to display the results of menu searches on a map-based interface. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130204704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING ON A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for transmitting, accessing, and/or managing promotions transmitted to mobile electronic devices. The system and method can analyze data affiliated with a user, a mobile electronic device, the changing of the mobile electronic device's alert, and the usage of the changed mobile electronic device's alert. Analyzing data such as, for example, affiliated with the changing of the mobile electronic device's alert and/or the usage of the changed mobile electronic device's alert the system and method can determine which promotions are transmitted to and/or received by the mobile electronic device. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130226702 | CUSTOMER PURCHASE ENCOURAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A customer purchase encouragement system including a transaction media reader located in a first retail store, a message database, which stores messages suitable for customers, and a Purchase Triggered Message Selection Module (PTMSM), which receives Purchase Triggered Location Data (PTLD), including the location of the first retail store at which a customer is making a purchase using the transaction media reader, and is operative to select at least one message from the message database and to provide a Proximity-based Selected Message Output (PSMO) enabling presentation of a second-store-purchase encouragement-message to the customer. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130268364 | Method and System for Facilitating a Transaction Between an Individual and a Small Advertiser Through a Target-Oriented Marketing Campaign - A method of facilitating a transaction between an individual and a small advertiser through a target-oriented marketing campaign comprises: causing a display of a target-oriented marketing message on a client device to a viewer at the client device, the message including one or more keywords characterizing a product or service offered by a small advertiser located within a predefined distance from the client device; receiving a response from the viewer to purchase the product or service, wherein the response is generated in response to the viewer's selection of a unique campaign attribute in the target-oriented marketing message; and in response to the viewer's response: generating a unique transaction identifier in accordance with a predefined protocol specified by the small advertiser; providing the unique transaction identifier to the viewer; and applying a predefined service charge to an account associated with the small advertiser. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130290102 | Method of serving dynamic advertisement that changes as user approaches a business geo-location - A method is provided for displaying dynamic advertisement based on the distance of a client to the physical business location. The method uses geo-location and user identifier to determine the appropriate ad content of an advertisement to present to the user. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130297420 | PROXMIMITY-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED INCENTIVES - A method and system for generating customized incentives involving electronic distribution of coupons to remote personal computers based on proximity of the computer to a retail center are disclosed. A repository, such as an online service provider or a web site on the Internet, stores packages of incentive data for downloading automatically or on demand to a user's computer. A plurality of data fields is used to associate a user's location with a specific incentive. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130325612 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERFACING E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS WITH BRICK AND MORTAR PRESENCES - A method of integrating a retailer's E-Commerce and Point of Sale presences is described. A database of shopper profiles is populated by a first server. The shopper profiles correspond to a plurality of shoppers. Each shopper profile corresponds to one or more shoppers accessing the retailer's E-Commerce presence over a first network. A geolocation of a first mobile device having an application that is associated with the retailer is identified. The mobile device is associated with a first shopper from the plurality of shoppers. A second server determines that the first shopper is geographically proximate to a brick and mortar presence associated with the retailer based on the identified geolocation. A promotion for the first customer redeemable while the first customer is at the retailer's brick and mortar presence is selected. A third server transmits the selected promotion to the mobile device of the first customer over a second network. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130332279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR DYNAMIC POINTS OF INTEREST - An approach is provided for advertising up-to-date information for dynamic points of interest. A point-of-interest platform causes, at least in part, an activation or a deactivation of at least one point-of-interest record. The point-of-interest platform then determines whether to cause, at least in part, a generation of the at least one point-of-interest record based, at least in part, on the activation or the deactivation. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140006159 | Providing an Altered Shopping Experience in Retail Environments | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006160 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED ADVERTISING | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDSET OPERATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140067539 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TAXONOMY-DRIVEN MARKETING CAMPAIGN CREATION FROM A REPOSITORY - Methods and systems for establishing a web presence, a mobile-optimized web presence, a marketing campaign and a mobile-optimized marketing campaign. Various embodiments of the methods and systems disclosed herein may permit independently generating mobile-optimized and desktop versions of one or more web presences, landing pages and marketing campaigns based on business information and taxonomies. Computer systems implementing methods of establishing mobile-optimized web presences and marketing campaigns are also disclosed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140164118 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STATISTICAL DYNAMIC GEOFENCING - Systems and methods for statistical dynamic geofencing are discussed. For example, a method for statistical dynamic geofencing can include operations such as receiving a location-based campaign request, analyzing demographic data, determining a geofence parameter, generating a geofence, and distributing location-aware advertisements. The location-based campaign request can include a list of points of interest (POIs) and a target demographic parameter. The demographic data can include data from geographic areas surrounding at least a portion of the POIs as well as data related to the target demographic parameter. The geofence can be generated based at least in part on the geofence parameter, where the geofence parameter directly affects either the size or shape of the geofence. The location-aware advertisements are distributed to a plurality of mobile devices determined to be within the geofence. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140180818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAMING CUSTOMIZED COMMERCIAL RADIO-STYLE BROADCASTS TO BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS - A system and method for delivering customized audio streams to business establishments are described. Business establishment are provided with live, commercial radio-style programmed audio streams, with interstitial elements produced and custom tailored to support the branding, atmospheric, energetic, and promotional needs of each business, while generating revenue from outside advertisers and sponsors. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188613 | PROVIDING PROMOTIONAL CONTENT - Systems and methods for providing promotional content are disclosed. A product or service inquiry is received at a portal computer system of one of a number of providers that are affiliated for cross-channel sales. A location is determined where a communication product or service will be provided for a customer, in relation to the inquiry. A subset of the affiliated providers that offer a communication product or service corresponding to the inquiry for the determined location is identified. For each respective provider among the subset of affiliated providers, promotional content for a respective communication product or service corresponding to the inquiry for the determined location and information indicating the respective provider are obtained from a computer system of the respective provider. The obtained promotional content is transmitted from the portal computer system for presentation to the customer. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140207574 | MAP-BASED ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing a map-based advertising system. In one example embodiment, a method is provided that includes causing a graphical geographic representation of a bounded area to be displayed, receiving advertising content comprising at least one location, and determining whether the location lies within the bounded area. The method further includes causing at least a portion of the advertising content to be displayed and causing a representation of the at least one location to be displayed within the graphical geographic representation of the bounded area in an instance in which the location lies within the bounded area. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140222568 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION TO MOBILE DEVICES - A method and system are provided for presenting highly targeted advertisements to the user of a mobile device running an application which incorporates a Mobile Agent designed according to the disclosure. The Mobile Agent communicates with an advertising server that analyzes information received from the Mobile Agent, and selects advertisements for transmission to the Mobile Agent and presentation to the user. The disclosure uses the intended audiences of the available advertisements, the nature of the application, and the user's history of responses to previous advertisements to select advertisements that are likely to be considered useful by the user. The disclosure further uses information about the mobile device's position and its direction and speed of motion, and the locations of places of business associated with the available advertisements, to select advertisements for places of business that are proximate to the user's position, predicted destination, or predicted route. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236723 | BUSINESS REVIEWS CLAIMING IN A GEO-SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT - A method, system and apparatus of business reviews claiming in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile to include an associated specific geographic location of the user, at least a portion of the specific geographic locations associated with a business, associating a first user with a first user profile having a specific geographic location associated with a business at the specific geographic location, enabling the first user to claim the first user profile (e.g., may include verifying an email address, a business license, and/or a utility bill), and generating for the first user a promotion-related activity associated with the business at the specific geographic location after the first user claims ownership of the first user profile. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140278998 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PRODUCT-RELATED IMAGE TO A USER WHILE SHOPPING - One variation of a method for displaying a product-related image to a user while shopping includes: loading an image to a social networking system; receiving a tag including identification of an item visible in a region of the image; based on the tag, correlating the item with a product; posting the image to a social feed within the social networking system, the social feed including a set of photos related to the product; receiving a scan from a user, the scan generated through a mobile computing device carried by the user; correlating the scan with the product; and displaying the image within a social networking interface accessible through a display of the mobile computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278999 | USING A FEDERATED NETWORK OF RETAILERS TO PROVIDE OFFERS TO GROUPS OF CUSTOMERS WITHIN A MERCHANT LOCATION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing offers to one or more customers associated with a federated network of retailers. Embodiments determine that one or more customers associated with the federated network of retailers are in proximity to a retailer physical location associated with a retailer that is a member of the federated network of retailers; and present an offer to one or more of the federated network customers in proximity to the retailer. In some embodiments, determining comprises recognizing a mobile device is associated with a customer of at least one retailer that is a member of the federated network of retailers. Some embodiments determine that a customer in proximity to the location is not a customer of the retailer associated with the location and is a customer associated with the network; and present the offer based on the determination. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING A WEBPAGE TO DISPLAY A GEOGRAPHICALLY FOCUSED INTERNET OFFERING - A system and method is disclosed for automatically configure a webpage to display a geographically focused internet offering. An interactive map is configured to, when displayed in a web browser, automatically detect one or more online marketing components associated with a currently displayed webpage. On an initial display or user-repositioning of the interactive map, the map transmits a geographic location displayed on the map to the marketing components. Each marketing component then displays one or more offerings related to the displayed area of interest. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279001 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION OF INCENTIVES HAVING REAL-TIME CONSUMER-BASED DIRECTIONS - A method and system for electronic distribution of incentives having real-time consumer-based directions according to another embodiment of the present invention are disclosed. An online promotion service may receive user profile information, which may include demographic information, location information, user preferences, user requests, and other information. Online promotion service may provide targeted incentives and promotions to a particular user or class of users based on user profile information and other information. Incentives may include coupons, promotions, rebates, sales notifications, free samples, and other product or service related incentives. A map and street directions identifying the location of associated facilities, such as redemption and retail/point-of-sale facilities, from a user's location may also be provided. The user's location may be identified as the user's home address, work address, or other convenient locations. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140289046 | Mobile Sales Targeting Application - The disclosed system relates to the pairing of retailers and customers by way of a mobile application. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140297414 | ROUTINE SUGGESTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing routine suggestions include determining that a user is in a current location that is over a predetermined distance from a home location that is associated with the user in a non-transitory memory. A current time is then determined that corresponds to a time period associated with a routine purchase type that is associated with the home location in the non-transitory memory. At least one merchant is then retrieved over a network that is associated with the current location and that provides the routine purchase type. The at least one merchant is then displayed on a display device. The systems and methods operate to “learn” routine purchases made by the user in a home location, and then provide suggested merchants at which those routine purchases can be made when the user is in a location different from the home location. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140310101 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING REAL-TIME DIRECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCT PROMOTIONS - A method and system for generating customized incentives involving electronic distribution of coupons to remote personal computers based on proximity of the computer to a retail center are disclosed. A repository, such as an online service provider or a web site on the Internet, stores packages of incentive data for downloading automatically or on demand to a user's computer. A plurality of data fields is used to associate a user's location with a specific incentive. The incentive data corresponds to remote user computers in a predetermined geographic area. Means for identifying remote user computers in a predetermined geographic area and means for providing direction data, such as maps, etc. to the remote user computer are disclosed. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140316894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WITH SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICES - A system and method for interfacing interactive systems with social networks and media playback devices is described. For example, a system for generating and interacting with media content is described. In one embodiment, the system includes an interactive system that displays media content, wherein the interactive system includes a first computer and sensors for recording a user's interaction with the displayed media content, and a kiosk that allows a user to share the interactive media content with social networks and media playback devices, wherein the interactive media content includes the media content and metadata representing the user's recorded interaction with the media content. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140337134 | Federated E-Commerce System and Method - Novel tools and techniques are provided for providing and operating a federated e-commerce network. In some embodiments, a standard database is provided for local providers, stores, or retailers to automatically reflect their supply levels and price in order to facilitate providing a national-level or international-level type e-commerce experience for the local providers, stores, or retailers. A website might be established or maintained that provides local retailers with control over sale of items, while allowing customers to search and purchase items listed in a consolidated inventory list compiling inventory information from databases associated with two or more local retailers in the federated e-commerce network. Customers may also be provided with options to create, modify, or delete wish lists, hate lists, and/or gift lists. Ads may automatically be generated based on one or more of viewing or buying patterns, the wish lists, the hate lists, or gift lists associated with each customer. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337135 | PARKING LOCATOR SYSTEM PROVIDING VARIABLY PRICED PARKING FEES - A parking locator system providing variably priced parking includes one or more parking sensors and one or more parking kiosks. The parking sensors may generate parking information identifying one or more occupied parking spaces and one or more unoccupied parking spaces within a vicinity. Promotion information including one or more discounts to parking fees may be received at the parking kiosks. The parking kiosks may display the discounted parking fees and receive payment of the same. The discounts to parking fees may expire at particular times. The size of the discounts may be set based on traffic congestion, which may be determined based on the number of occupied parking spaces within the vicinity. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140351051 | INTERACTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM - A method for passing content to at least one communicator device. The user of a communicator device registers with at least one service provider for delivering a plurality of different types of content to be passed to the at least one communicator device. A user defined priority is assigned to the at least one type of content. The user-defined priority is stored on a computer readable medium. The different types of content are passed to the at least one communicator device based on the user defined priority. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150012357 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION SPECIFIC MARKETING CHANNELS - A method and system are provided for enabling or supporting location specific marketing. In this regard, location specific marketing may comprise selecting a plurality of products for marketing in a particular location, and generating media output comprising promotional information relating to the plurality of products. The generated media output may be communicated to a plurality of interactive devices in the particular location, for outputting of the media output thereby. The particular location may comprise a retail store. The media output may sometimes be configured as a plurality of media sub-outputs, with each of the plurality of media sub-outputs corresponding to one of a plurality of sub-sections of the particular location. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012358 | PERSONALIZED, REAL TIME, OFFER OR PROMOTION, NEWS, AND GENERAL INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM, TO A USER OR CLIENT, USING PRECISE GEO-LOCALIZING TECHNOLOGIES - System for delivery of promotions, offers, news, or general information, personalized, in real time, to a user or client, allowing to increase concretion of sales stimulated by specific offers or promotions, the system comprising the following elements:
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| 20150032541 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVERTISING PREDICTION, IMPROVEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to be executed by a processor that causes the processor to receive historical demographic and historical environmental information associated with a geographic location and a recurring time period. The code causes the processor to select a first set of advertisements for the geographic location and the recurring time period based on the historical demographic and the historical environmental information. The code causes the processor to receive current demographic and current environmental information associated with the geographic location and a current time period associated with the recurring time period. The code causes the processor to send an instruction to present the first set of advertisements to a device at the geographical location and during the current time period if the current demographic and the current environmental information are substantially similar to the historical demographic and the historical environmental information. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039435 | DayMal.com - The present invention is an internet technology-based system (e.g., webpage) which facilitates discount sales and shoppings. The system categorizes the discount sales as both online and offline sales. The online and offline sellers are provided some facilities to open and design the interior features of their own shops through this system and target their potential customers. In addition, the offline sellers (by using IP geoilocation) are allowed to restrict their target markets in order to advertise their goods and services to potential customers in a particular country, state, city or distinct in a more effective way. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046262 | METHOD FOR MAKING A PROFIT USING INDIVIDUAL SHOPS, AND SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method for making a profit using an individual shop. The method includes (a) when a first advertisement is provided from an advertisement provider terminal, an information providing server searching for display units that are suitable for displaying the first advertisement from among a plurality of display units installed in a plurality of individual shops on the basis of the properties of the first advertisement and medium analysis information for each of the plurality of display units installed in the plurality of individual shops; (b) when the advertisement provider terminal selects at least one display unit from among the searched display units, transmitting, by the information providing server, the first advertisement to the at least one selected display unit; (c) displaying the first advertisement on the at least one selected display unit; and (d) calculating, by the information providing server, an advertisement fee for the first advertisement, and calculating a portion of the advertisement fee as a profit of an individual providing the individual shop in which the at least one selected display unit is installed. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150120452 | Product Information by Consumer Movement - A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The method includes the step of receiving, at a processing device of a commerce server, a series of position signals from a mobile electronic computing device possessed by a consumer. The method also includes the step of storing, in a product database, information about each of a plurality of products offered for sale. The method also includes the step of accessing, with the processing device, a location database to correlate each of the series of position signals with one or more particular physical locations from among a plurality of possible physical locations. The method also includes the step of storing, in a consumer movement database, the consumer's movements as defined by the one or more particular physical locations visited by the consumer. The method also includes the step of correlating, with the processing device, each of the one of the particular physical locations visited by the consumer with at least one of the plurality of products. The method also includes the step of selecting, with the processing device, a product promotion associated with the at least one of the plurality of products from the product database. The method also includes the step of transmitting, with the processing device, the product promotion to the mobile electronic computing device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150142569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING SHOPPING CENTER SERVICES USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This is directed to systems and methods for enhancing a user's experience at a shopping center. In some embodiments, an integrated application available on an electronic device can provide information for promotional and available sales of goods and services, allow a user to browse and search through available content providers of the shopping center, such as parking, restaurants, and clothing stores, to purchase content based on the personal needs of a user. In some embodiments, an application available on an electronic device can check for the availability of particular items and show ratings or reviews for stores carrying the items. In some embodiments, In particular, the integrated application can provide a “heat map” to indicate popular areas of or items in a mall. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150294359 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TAXONOMY-DRIVEN MARKETING CAMPAIGN CREATION FROM A REPOSITORY - Methods and systems for establishing a web presence, a mobile-optimized web presence, a marketing campaign and a mobile-optimized marketing campaign. Various embodiments of the methods and systems disclosed herein may permit independently generating mobile-optimized and desktop versions of one or more web presences, landing pages and marketing campaigns based on business information and taxonomies. Computer systems implementing methods of establishing mobile-optimized web presences and marketing campaigns are also disclosed. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150332325 | System and Method for Visualizing Real-Time Location-Based Events - A map-based system and method allow an operator of a computer system to visualize real-time events of mobile users entering, staying within, and exiting geographic regions of interest. The method comprises receiving a first request for document from the packet-based network, the first request including a first plurality of parameters associated with a first mobile device, and determining whether the first plurality of parameters indicate a first real-time location-based event of the mobile device being in proximity of a geographic location of a first business. In response to the first real-time location-based event being determined, the method updates aggregated historical/statistical data including increasing one or more counts of location-based events associated with the first business over one or more periods of time, and transmit information associated with the first real-time location-based event to one or more second computer systems in the packet-based network, the information enabling the one or more second computer systems to visualize the first real-time location-based event together with other real-time location-based events on one or more display devices. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332326 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING LOCATION-BASED COMMUNICATIONS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing targeted location-based communications. An exemplary apparatus is configured to receive an encoded signal, decode the encoded signal such that embedded data is retrieved, send the embedded data a remote server; and receive a message based at least partially on sending the embedded data. Another exemplary apparatus is configured to provide the encoded signal by receiving data input, receiving a host signal, embedding the data input within the host signal such that an encoded signal is generated, and transmitting the encoded signal. A third exemplary apparatus is configured to provide the targeted communications by storing one or more messages associated with an entity, receiving data, selecting at least one of the one or more messages based at least partially on the data received, and sending the at least one of the one or more messages selected. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150348132 | COMPETITIVE ADVERTISING TARGETING - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for targeting advertising. Competitive advertising is an important aspect of advertising. To be effective, various influential factors of businesses may be evaluated to identify influence areas such that advertisers can easily identify areas that are susceptible to influence and those that may not be as susceptible. Once identified, bid adjustments may be made to each area such that advertisers are targeting areas with a higher return on investment. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348138 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING EXPOSURE ORDER OF ADVERTISEMENT LINKED TO LOCATION OF CLIENT - Provided is a device and method for managing the exposure order of an advertisement linked to the location of a client. Since a distance-bidding device which exposes an advertisement provided by an advertiser to a connected client adds a bid-based advertisement ranking determined in order of advertisement unit price by bidding for the advertisement received from the advertiser to a distance-based advertisement ranking determined on the basis of a position of the connected client such as a wired or wireless computer, a cellular phone, a smart phone, an IPTV, a set-top box, various terminals or the like, even an advertiser of a low bidding advertisement ranking may place an advertisement in a specific region | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150356606 | METHOD OF GEOLOCATION - A method of geolocation assigning an Internet user a geolocation within a territory determined on the basis of the geolocation of his IP address. A method of broadcasting advertising announcements according to the method of geolocation. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363826 | DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS WITH LOCATION INFORMATION - Advertisement content associated with an entity having a physical location is selected for display to a user by a client device. A proximity of the client device to the physical location is determined. In response to determining the proximity between the client device and the physical location, an advertisement is generated that includes the advertisement content and an indicator of the physical location. The generated advertisement is sent to the client device for display to the user. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150379573 | ELECTRONIC CONTENT FILTERING SERVER BETWEEN A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SERVER - An electronic content filtering server includes a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is configured to receive from a mobile computing device a request for promotion information and a location of the mobile computing device, and from an electronic receipt server, store information of stores where a product being promoted has been sold. The processing unit is programmed to perform a filtering function on the store information and supply a filtered result to the mobile computing device through the communication unit. The processing unit, when performing the filtering function, determines a distance between the mobile computing device and each of the stores where the product has been sold, selects one or more stores based on the distance, and generates the filtered result including a product name of the product being promoted, and a store name of and a distance to each of the selected stores. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160012483 | Prioritising Advertisements for a Location | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160027054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COLLABORATIVE REPLY OVER AN AD-HOC MESH NETWORK - An approach is provided for providing a collaborative reply to a flooding message over an ad-hoc mesh network. A reply message to a flooding message is received by a wireless node within the ad-hoc network. The wireless node monitors for an acknowledgement of receipt of the reply message according to a routing table and initiates a scheduled transmission of the reply message based on the monitoring. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160063604 | DRIVE THROUGH GROCERY PICKUP - Embodiments of a computer-implemented method and system pertaining to drive through grocery pickup are described. In one example, a computer-implemented method receives geographic information about a user. The geographic information indicates that the user is within a predetermined area associated with the physical store. The method also determines whether there is a pending remotely placed order for a user account associated with the user in a database associated with the physical store. In response to a determination that there is the pending remotely placed order for the user account associated with the user in the database, the method transmits order information to a computing device of the physical store. The order information includes one or more items in the pending remotely placed order. The method also determines a current location of the user. The method further causes a delivery of the one or more items to the current location. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160125465 | System and Method for Interactive Advertising - A system and method for interactive advertising at venues. The system includes a communications device for interactive advertising at a venue, such as a retail shopping mall or other location. The device includes a computer system installed within said communications device, and at least one interactive electronic display in electrical communication with and controlled by the computer system. A sensor in electrical communication with the computer system detects when a person is proximal to the communications device and identifies at least one characteristic of the person, and the computer system causes the interactive electronic display to display an advertisement to the person which is targeted to the at least one characteristic. A user interface displayed on the interactive electronic display allows the person to interact with the advertisement by touching the interactive electronic display. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160162945 | TRAVEL CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CHANNELIZE TRAVELERS RELATIVE TO AVAILABLE ACTIVITIES - Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices for identifying activities and/or destinations of relative importance. More specifically, a system, a device and a method provide to predict activities (e.g., preferential activities) available at a geographic region association with lodging and to adaptively generate advisory data. In one or more embodiments, a method can include receiving data representing a request to implement data representing an identifier for a destination and activity characteristics at the destination, fetching traveler attributes associated with users, and matching the activity characteristics against the traveler attributes to identify a subset of users. The method can also include identifying customized advisory data configured to cause presentation of a representation to urge engagement in an activity at the destination, and transmitting data representing a link to mobile computing devices associated with a subset of users. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160189132 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEACON BASED NAVIGATION TO OFFER BASED TRANSACTIONS AND BEACON BASED DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS WITH MULTIPLE LAYER AUTHENTICATION - A system and method of interaction with beacons to execute a multiple layer authenticated transaction process including receiving a signal from the beacon, analyzing a relative signal strength of the beacon, enabling a portable computer device to complete the digital transaction based on the proximity of the portable computer device to an item for purchase. A first user verification input is additionally received via the portable computer system. In response to the first user verification, receiving a verification signal. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160203518 | DYNAMIC PHOTO AND MESSAGE ALTERATION BASED ON GEOLOCATION | 07-14-2016 |
