On-line coupon use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016247182-A1
Application number	US-201514626253-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 19, 2015
Priority date	Feb 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A computer-implemented method involves receiving a promotional code for an offer and an identifier for a user as part of a request for a dynamic landing page user interface, wherein a database contains an indication that the user has selected the offer. The promotional code is used to identify at least one product associated with the promotional code. The dynamic landing page user interface is transmitted to display an identifier for the at least one product, a discount associated with the offer and a control for adding the at least one product to an electronic shopping cart.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a promotional code for an offer and an identifier for a user as part of a request for a dynamic landing page user interface, wherein a database contains an indication that the user has selected the offer; using the promotional code to identify at least one product associated with the promotional code; and transmitting the dynamic landing page user interface to display an identifier for the at least one product, a discount associated with the offer and a control for adding the at least one product to an electronic shopping cart.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving an indication that the control for adding the at least one product to the electronic shopping cart has been selected and in response adding the at least one product to the electronic shopping cart;
completing a purchase transaction of the at least one product added to the shopping cart by applying the discount associated with the offer;
determining an amount saved by the application of the discount; and
sending the amount saved and the identifier for the user to a server that contains the indication that the user had selected the offer.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein using the promotional code to identify at least one product associated with the promotional code comprises identifying multiple products associated with the promotional code.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein transmitting a page comprises transmitting a control to allow a user to disambiguate which of the multiple products are to be added to the electronic shopping cart.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving a plurality of promotional codes for a plurality of different offers as part of the request for the dynamic landing page user interface, the database containing an indication that the user has selected each of the plurality of different offers;
using the promotional codes to identify a respective product associated with each promotional code; and
transmitting the dynamic landing page user interface to display an identifier for a respective product for each promotional code, a respective discount associated with each promotional code and a respective control for adding the respective product for each promotional code to the electronic shopping cart.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising:
receiving an indication that one of the respective controls for adding a respective product to the electronic shopping cart has been selected and in response adding the respective product to the electronic shopping cart;
completing a purchase transaction of the respective product added to the shopping cart by applying the respective discount associated with the respective product;
determining an amount saved by the application of the respective discount; and
sending the amount saved and the identifier for the user to a server that contains the indication that the user had selected the respective offer.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein completing a purchase transaction of the respective product added to the shopping cart comprises completing a purchase transaction of fewer than all of the respective products transmitted on the dynamic landing page user interface.

8 . A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that cause a processor to perform steps comprising:
displaying a set of available retail offers; receiving a selection of at least one of the available retail offers and based on the selection, designating the at least one available retail offer as a selected offer; displaying a set of multiple selected offers and a control to redeem selected offers online; receiving a selection of the control; and transmitting a code for at least one of the multiple selected offers and a user ID for a user to an online retail website in response to the selection of the control.

9 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 wherein displaying a set of available retail offers comprises displaying retail offers that can be redeemed at physical stores and offers that can be redeemed at the online retail website.

10 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 wherein transmitting a code for at least one of the multiple selected offers and a user ID to an online retail website comprises transmitting the code and the user ID as part of a request for a dynamic landing page of the online retail website.

11 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 wherein the step of displaying multiple selected offers is performed before items have been placed in an electronic shopping cart.

12 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 wherein displaying a list of multiple selected offers comprises displaying an indication of which of the multiple selected offers may be redeemed online.

13 . The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein transmitting a code comprises transmitting codes only for offers that had a displayed indication that the offers could be redeemed online.

14 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 further comprising displaying an amount saved that is based on offers redeemed online and offers redeemed at physical stores.

15 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
displaying a set of available offers; receiving an input representing a selection of one of the available offers; based on the input, storing an indication that the available offer was selected by a user; and displaying a set of offers selected by the user along with a control to request a page that facilitates online purchase of items associated with the selected offers.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 further comprising retrieving an amount the user has saved on purchases of items by redeeming previously selected offers and displaying the amount saved on purchases with the set of offers selected by the user.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein the amount the user has saved on purchases of items by redeeming previously selected offers comprises a sum of an amount the user saved by redeeming previously selected offers at physical stores and the amount the user saved redeeming previously selected offers online.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein displaying a set of offers selected by a user further comprises displaying an indication of which selected offers can be redeemed online.

19 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein the control to request a page comprises a link to a dynamic landing page that provides the ability to add each respective item associated with the selected offers to an electronic shopping cart.

20 . The computer-implemented method of claim 19 wherein the dynamic landing page further comprises at least one disambiguation control to disambiguate which item is being purchased using one of the selected offers.

Assignees

• Target Brands Inc

Inventors

• Peterson Sarah Roxanne
• Reimer Amber M
• Ranganath Ananth
• Vesperman Patrick Jon
• Hovorka Evan Jacob
• Johnson Andrew
• Ramachandran Raja
• Reinschmidt John Howard

Classifications

• G06Q30/0239

  Online discounts or incentives · CPC title

• G06Q30/0222 Primary

  During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions · CPC title