Patent ID: 6114969
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G06Q,G08B,H04H,H04W

Abstract:
In a SCR (selective call radio) that communicates with a communications center, a method comprising the steps of:selecting an advertisement source from a plurality of advertisement sources;selecting an information service from a plurality of information services;receiving from the communications center advertisement information and a message originating from the information service;presenting information to a user of the SCR representative of the message and advertisement information, and the information service and the advertisement source selected, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:generating a game board for each of the plurality of advertisement sources, wherein each game board has one or more positions for accepting at least one sub-coupon;attaching the sub-coupon to the one or more positions of the game board corresponding to the advertisement source selected wherein the sub-coupon indicates a position within the one or more positions of the game board; andalerting the user of the SCR when all of the one or more positions of the game board have been occupied, thereby indicating that the user has a coupon that is redeemable at a designated merchant.