Patent ID: 11928704
Assignee: nan
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A coupon delivery system, comprising:
a server to manage coupons for displaying to users, wherein the server includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed by the processor, cause the server to perform following functions:
providing a first user interface for an administrator of the system to allow the administrator to manage merchants of the system;
providing a second user interface for the merchants to customize coupons to be provided by the merchants, wherein the second user interface allows a given merchant of the merchants to:
search for an existing coupon based on location information of the existing coupon, merchant information of the existing coupon, and a coupon identification (ID) of the existing coupon;

edit the existing coupon, including at least one of: editing the location information of the existing coupon, editing the merchant information of the existing coupon, editing a start date and an end date of the existing coupon, editing a header of the existing coupon, editing a description of the existing coupon, uploading an image of the existing coupon, and uploading an image of a scannable code of the existing coupon; and
submit a payment for the existing coupon;

assigning a respective scannable code for each coupon provided by the merchants;
arranging coupons with the assigned scannable codes in-to a list;
displaying the list of coupons with the assigned scannable codes on a display or transmitting the list of coupons with the assigned scannable codes for display to a cloud server; and
providing a first scannable code of the assigned scannable codes configured to be scanned by a user device;
wherein the first scannable code, which demarcates one merchant of a list of different merchants on the display, is configured to redirect a browser of the user device to a webpage showing the list of different merchants together with a number of available coupons of each merchant of the list of different merchants when the first scannable code is scanned by the user device;
wherein each merchant on the list of different merchants on the webpage is configured to be selected by a user of the user device and cause the browser to display at least one available coupon of a selected merchant with at least one second scannable code on the user device when selected by the user of the user device; and
wherein the at least one second scannable code is configured to be scanned at a point of sale of the selected merchant, and when the at least one second scannable code is scanned at the point of sale of the selected merchant, a discount to a purchase of the user is automatically applied and inventory of purchased goods or services is automatically deducted.