Geofencing messaging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11026042-B2
Application number	US-201916374396-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2019
Priority date	Dec 23, 2014
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A system for generating a customized communication with a customer is described, and includes: a near field communication (NFC) reader for receiving, from the customer, a request for an interaction; an input device for receiving an input from the customer, wherein the input includes a customer credential; a processor for: receiving a request, from a near field communication (NFC) enabled device, for an interaction with a customer; requesting a valid customer credential from the customer; receiving an input from the customer in response to a request for the valid customer credential to achieve a received customer credential; determining a validity of the received customer credential; and generating, after the determining the validity of the received customer credential, client information customized for the customer based upon a customer account linked to a determined valid customer credential to achieve a generated customized client information.

First claim

What we claim is:

1. A method for geofencing with SMS messaging, said method comprising:
providing, by an entity, a set of geofenced areas to a phone carrier, the set of geofenced areas comprising: at least a first geofenced area and a second geofenced area;
providing, by said entity, compensation to said phone carrier for pinging a mobile device of a customer according to a predetermined schedule;
based on said pinging, receiving at said entity and from said phone carrier, a first alert when it is detected that said mobile device of said customer is within said first geofenced area during said pinging; and
sending, to said mobile device of said customer, a first message that is tailored for said customer, wherein said first message is relevant to a first location and a first time period at which said mobile device of said customer is within said first geofenced area.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending to said mobile device of said customer a second message that is tailored for said customer, wherein said second message is relevant to a second location and a second time period at which said mobile device of said customer is within at least one of said first geofenced area and said second geofenced area.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said first geofenced area is said second geofenced area, and wherein said first location is said second location, and said first time period is different from said second time period.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein said first geofenced area is said second geofenced area, and wherein said first location is different from said second location.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein said first geofenced area is different from said second geofenced area.

Assignees

• Comenity Llc

Inventors

• Nack David
• Walz James

Classifications

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title

• G06Q30/0261

  based on user location · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W4/14

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title