US2015170207A1PendingUtilityA1

Method and system for generating location based purchase incentives based on route of travel

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Assignee: SIGNATURE SYSTEMS LLCPriority: Apr 28, 2004Filed: Mar 3, 2015Published: Jun 18, 2015
Est. expiryApr 28, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Richard Postrel
G06Q 30/0267H04W 4/023G06Q 40/00G06Q 30/0255G06Q 30/0235G06Q 30/0259G06Q 30/02G06Q 30/0207G06Q 30/0261G06Q 30/0224G06Q 20/3224
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Abstract

Providing a purchase incentive to a mobile device based for example the user's location, predicted route of travel, and prior transactions. A tracking server computer determines a number of locations of a mobile device as it travels along a route and an associated timeframe when it is at each of the locations. The tracking server computer records the locations and associated timeframes in a location log and analyzes the location log to predict a subsequent location and associated timeframe that the mobile device will be at that location. The tracking server computer then determines a merchant proximate to the predicted subsequent location of the mobile device and generates a purchase incentive for use at the merchant and delivers the purchase incentive to the mobile device. In the alternative, the incentive may be generated by a merchant computer or the mobile device.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of operating a mobile device comprising:
 a mobile device receiving via a program interface a condition input by a user, the condition controlling automatic generation of a purchase incentive;   a mobile device analyzing GPS coordinate data from a GPS receiver on the mobile device to determine a plurality of locations of the mobile device as the mobile device travels along a route and an associated timeframe when the mobile device is at each of the plurality of locations;   the mobile device recording the plurality of locations and associated timeframes in a location log stored on the mobile device;   the mobile device analyzing the location log and the condition input by the user to generate a purchase incentive for use by the mobile device at a merchant along the route being travelled by the mobile device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the condition relates to a type of the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the condition relates to a value of the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the condition relates to a time of redemption of the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the condition relates to an identification of the merchant for the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 the mobile device analyzing a prior transaction log associated with the mobile device, the prior transaction log comprising records of prior transactions executed by the mobile device; and 
 the mobile device generating the purchase incentive based on the prior transaction log. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the purchase incentive is generated for use with a merchant associated with the prior transaction log. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the purchase incentive is generated for use with a merchant not associated with the prior transaction log. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the purchase incentive is based on a type of prior transactions executed by the mobile device. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the purchase incentive is based on a value of prior transactions executed by the mobile device. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the prior transaction log is stored on the mobile device. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the prior transaction log is stored on a merchant computer. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the merchant at which the purchase incentive may be used by the mobile device is proximate to a predicted subsequent location of the mobile device based on the analysis of the location log by the mobile device. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the mobile device is a smart card. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the mobile device is a handheld computing device. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the mobile device is a smartphone. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the mobile device is a tablet computer. 
     
     
         18 . A mobile device comprising a GPS receiver, processing circuitry, and a memory, wherein the processing circuitry is programmed to execute an app on the mobile device which performs the steps of:
 the mobile device receiving via a program interface a condition input by a user, the condition controlling automatic generation of a purchase incentive;   the mobile device analyzing GPS coordinate data from the GPS receiver to determine a plurality of locations of the mobile device as the mobile device travels along a route and an associated timeframe when the mobile device is at each of the plurality of locations;   the mobile device recording the plurality of locations and associated timeframes in a location log stored in the memory;   the mobile device analyzing the location log and the condition input by the user to generate a purchase incentive for use by the mobile device at a merchant along the route being travelled by the mobile device.   
     
     
         19 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the condition relates to a type of the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         20 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the condition relates to a value of the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         21 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the condition relates to a time of redemption of the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         22 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the condition relates to an identification of the merchant for the purchase incentive. 
     
     
         23 . The mobile device of  claim 18  further comprising the app on the mobile device performing the steps of:
 the mobile device analyzing a prior transaction log associated with the mobile device, the prior transaction log comprising records of prior transactions executed by the mobile device; and 
 the mobile device generating the purchase incentive based on the prior transaction log. 
 
     
     
         24 . The mobile device of  claim 23  wherein the purchase incentive is generated for use with a merchant associated with the prior transaction log. 
     
     
         25 . The mobile device of  claim 23  wherein the purchase incentive is generated for use with a merchant not associated with the prior transaction log. 
     
     
         26 . The mobile device of  claim 23  wherein the purchase incentive is based on a type of prior transactions executed by the mobile device. 
     
     
         27 . The mobile device of  claim 23  wherein the purchase incentive is based on a value of prior transactions executed by the mobile device. 
     
     
         28 . The mobile device of  claim 23  wherein the prior transaction log is stored on the mobile device. 
     
     
         29 . The mobile device of  claim 23  wherein the prior transaction log is stored on an external server computer. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the merchant at which the purchase incentive may be used by the mobile device is proximate to a predicted subsequent location of the mobile device based on the analysis of the location log by the mobile device. 
     
     
         31 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the mobile device is a smart card. 
     
     
         32 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the mobile device is a handheld computing device. 
     
     
         33 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the mobile device is a smartphone. 
     
     
         34 . The mobile device of  claim 18  wherein the mobile device is a tablet computer.

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