Patent ID: 8554632
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: one or more programmable processors; and at least one machine-readable medium tangibly encoding instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving, by a handheld mobile communication device, user identification information; determining, via the handheld mobile device, that a user has a membership in a shopping network based on the user identification information; determining, by the handheld mobile communication device, a location of the handheld mobile communication device; prompting, by the handheld mobile communication device, the user for a merchant type; displaying, by the handheld mobile communication device, the merchant offerings from one or more merchants based on the merchant type; receiving, by the handheld mobile communication device, a user input indicating interest in at least one of the merchant offerings displayed by the handheld mobile communication device; identifying a matched merchant of the plurality of merchants based on the user input and location, the identifying comprising querying, via the handheld mobile communication device, a database of merchant information; and based on the determining steps and the identifying step, displaying by the handheld mobile communication device a promotional offer offered by the matched merchant that instructs a user to visit a physical location of the matched merchant to receive a discount on the at least one of the merchant offerings from the matched merchant.