Patent ID: 8401957
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting sale offers to users of mobile devices over a wireless network system, the method comprising: storing, in a database, a sale offer including terms to purchase a good or service at a predetermined offer price, the predetermined offer price being a substantially discounted price less than a market value of the offered good or service in a commercial marketplace; setting, using a controller, parameters for presenting the sale offer, the parameters specifying (i) a limited time period during which the sale offer may be accepted while displayed on at least one mobile device, and (ii) profile information for targeting a group of users for receiving the sale offer; presenting, based on the parameters, the sale offer on at least one mobile device of a user whose profile matches the profile information for the targeted group of users, wherein the sale offer is presented at a time unpredictable to the user in the targeted group; completing, after presenting the sale offer on the at least one mobile device, a sale of the offered good or service in response to an acceptance of the sale offer by the user from the targeted group of users, the acceptance by the user being communicated through the at least one mobile device within the limited time period; and inhibiting the acceptance of the sale offer by the user through the at least one mobile device after the limited time period expires.