GPS determined location based access to linked information and delivery thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11816653-B2
Application number	US-201715847442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2017
Priority date	Dec 19, 2016
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

Various methods are provided for facilitating access to linked information to GPS or short-range wireless equipped devices. One example method may comprise receiving, via a network, an indication of an interaction between a primary device and a third-party device, the indication comprising at least a first element and a second element, the first element indicative of user identification information and the second element indicative of at least one of a location or a bounded region, determining, as a function of at least the first element and the second element, a data object that upon validation is configured for use a subsequent interaction, and transmitting, to a mobile device, an electronic communication comprising an indication, configured for rendering on the mobile device, of the data object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, via a network, from payment processing device, an indication of an electronic interaction between a primary device and a third-party device, the electronic interaction being a purchase transaction of products or services presently being transacted at the third-party device, and the indication comprising at least a first element and a second element, the first element indicative of user identification information as provided by the primary device during the electronic interaction and the second element indicative of payment information, the primary device being a credit card comprising a chip or magnetic strip;
determining a phone number of a mobile device associated with user identification information provided in the indication of the electronic interaction;
performing a location query of the mobile device, wherein the location query comprises transmitting a first location to the mobile device;
receiving, via the network, from the mobile device responsive to the location query, an indication of at least one of a location or a bounded region;
determining, as a function of at least the first element and the location or the bounded region, a data object that upon validation is configured for use during a subsequent interaction between the primary device and a different third-party device by:
receiving, from the primary device, a series of queries comprising a current location of the mobile device;
determining a direction based at least in part on the series of queries, each of the series of queries comprising the current location at a time of reception;
determining, based at least in part on the series of queries and the current location of each at the time of reception, whether one or more of the determined direction or the series of queries is indicative of an outing or an errand;
querying an interaction database with the current location associated with a most recent query, and at least one of the determined direction, a time associated with the most recent query, or the indication of whether the series of queries or the direction is indicative of the errand or the outing; and
receiving, responsive to the querying, the data object, the data object indicative of a promotion; and

transmitting, to the mobile device, an electronic communication comprising an indication, configured for rendering on the mobile device, of the data object.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, via the network, responsive to transmitting the electronic communication, an indication of a validation event.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the reception of the indication of the validation event comprises:
receiving a second electronic communication claiming the data object.

4. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the determining of the data object as the function of the at least the first element and the location or the bounded region further comprises:
querying the interaction database using at least one of the first element and the second element; and
receiving, responsive to querying the interaction database, one or more records matching at least one of the first element and the second element, each of the one or more records matching the at least one of the first element or the second element, and being indicative of the data object,
wherein the data object is an indication of a transmittable instrument configured for transmission to the mobile device and being rendered at the mobile device, and entitling a bearer, upon validation, to a redeemable instrument configured for use in the subsequent interaction.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the data object as the function of the at least the first element and the location or the bounded region further comprises:
accessing a corpus, wherein the corpus is comprised of one or more documents, each of the one or more documents representative of a pre-loaded or pre-associated data objects; and
applying a particular machine-learning model to the corpus, classifying the one or more documents in the corpus by real-time relevancy.

6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the subsequent interaction is a transaction and the promotion comprises a redeemable instrument is configured for use toward at least a portion of a purchase of goods or services.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
querying the interaction database utilizing an identifier indicative of the bounded region and a third element, the third element indicative of transaction information; and
identifying one or more records matching at least one of the first element and the location or the bounded region, the one or more records matching at least one of the first element and the second element indicative of a rebate or a discount on a subsequent visit.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
querying the interaction database utilizing an identifier indicative of the bounded region and a third element, the third element indicative of transaction information; and
identifying one or more records matching at least one of the first element and the second element, the one or more records matching at least one of the first element and the second element indicative of a related promotion.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
associating the bounded region to a particular category identifier, and wherein the querying further utilizes the particular category identifier.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
querying the interaction database utilizing an identifier indicative of the current location to identify one or more transmittable instruments associated with one or more nearby merchants.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
enabling a registration process, the registration process comprising one or more of receiving opt-in information, receiving registration of a payment method with an account, correlating the payment method with a user, receiving or identifying the phone number.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in an instance in which querying the interaction database returns at least one data object indication of a transmittable instrument with variable component, calculating the variable component.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to transmitting the electronic communication comprising the data object, and wherein the data object is indicative of at least one transmittable instrument, providing an availability of the at least one transmittable instrument until a total amount of claims associated with the at least one transmittable instrument is reached.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current location is a GPS location.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to transmitting the electronic communication comprising the data object and wherein the data object is indicative of at least one transmittable instrument, providing an availability of the at least one transmittable instrument for a predetermined time.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring movement of the primary device utilizing one or more of a series of received response to the querying, each of the received responses identifying a GPS location of the primary device; and
responsive to the movement, modifying an inventory of the interaction database with a set of pre-loaded promotions based at least in part on associating the GPS location with one or more nearby third-party devices.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
prior to modifying the inventory of the

Assignees

• Groupon Inc

Inventors

• Shroff Rajat
• Cooper Aaron
• Cheung Elton
• Renaghan Tyler
• Sullivan James J

Classifications

• G06Q20/3224 Primary

  Transactions dependent on location of M-devices · CPC title

• G06Q20/325

  using wireless networks · CPC title

• G06Q20/327

  Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices · CPC title

• G06Q20/34

  using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards · CPC title

• G06Q20/4014

  Identity check for transactions · CPC title