Patent ID: 11861651
Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A server device for linking electronic coupons across a plurality of couponing channels, the server device comprising:
one or more processors;
a communication network;
a non-transitory computer-readable memory coupled to the one or more processors, and the communication network, and storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server device to:
provide, via the communication network to a client device of a user, an electronic coupon via a coupon alert notification to a mobile couponing application of the client device, wherein the provided electronic coupon is associated with an offer and includes a coupon identifier;
receive a selection of the provided electronic coupon from the user;
receive user identification information from the user for retrieving a user profile;
store the provided electronic coupon with the user profile for the user, wherein the user profile includes a plurality of electronic coupons obtained from a plurality of couponing channels;
when the user purchases a product,
receive a product identifier for the product;
compare the product to one or more products corresponding to the plurality of electronic coupons stored with the user profile; and
automatically apply the offer associated with one of the plurality of electronic coupons corresponding to the product in response to determining that a current date is within threshold range prior to an expiration date for the electronic coupon, wherein the threshold range is selected by the user; and
provide, via the communication network, an order confirmation page to the user including an indication of the applied offer,
wherein the coupon alert notification is received from the server device and activates the mobile couponing application to cause the client device to enable connection to the server device to display the provided electronic coupon.