Patent ID: 9324091
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing location based, mobile device, user selected time, location, and number limited automatic location based reserve and redeem discounts using electronic coupon cards for products or services with profile picture, tag, motion enabled watermark, or visual, 2D tag, or URL code security, the method comprising: (a) electronically communicating via a network comprising a wireless network positioning data of the mobile device to non-transitory media on a computer based server at a periodic interval; (b) automatically and electronically generating via a processor in the mobile device, in response to electronic communications data from the server, present location profile data associated with a present geographic location of the mobile device; (c) automatically and electronically generating via a processor in the mobile device or the server, in response to electronic communications data from the server, user profile data associated with the user of the mobile device, (d) simultaneously and electronically generating via a processor in the mobile device, a set of data of adjacent location profiles of nearby businesses provided by the server as being geographically near to the present geographic location of the mobile device; (e) electronically refreshing, in the mobile device and the server, present location profile data and the set of adjacent location profiles at periodic intervals; (f) electronically generating, in the mobile device and the server, an electronic or graphical representation of a limited number of reservations in a reservation pool for each coupon card for discounts on the products or services of potential interest to the user or other users, (g) electronically reserving on the mobile device the coupon through a mobile application or routine on the mobile device when the user views and selects the coupon for a product or service associated with the coupon; (h) electronically reserving the product or service at the business in the vicinity of the present geographic location of the mobile device; (i) locking certain coupons when they have been reserved by a user; (j) electronically notifying the user when the user is within a preset distance of the location of the business selling the product or service corresponding to the coupon selected by the user; (k) electronically redeeming on the mobile device or a computer system of the business the coupon through an electronic payment system provided either on the mobile device or by the business, when the user purchases the product or service associated with the coupon providing the associated discount in price for the product or service when the user purchases the product or service within the time limit which was displayed on the device when the user selected the coupon; (l) validating the discount provided by the coupon for the user of the coupon by use of the user's profile picture, tag, motion enabled watermark, or visual, 2D tag, or URL code security verification by the business selling the product or service; and (m) providing to one or more of said users at least one of an aggregate savings calculator for the user and other users selected by the user and a leaderboard that tracks other of said users and displays the quantitative use of the method as the number of coupons reserved or redeemed by the user and by other users in the same vicinity of reserved or redeemed coupons.