Patent ID: 9009093
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06K,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: under control of one or more computing systems configured with specific executable instructions, obtaining location information for each of a plurality of users, each piece of the location information indicating a location shared by one of the plurality of users through a location-based service; generating user traffic information from the location information of the plurality of users, the user traffic information indicating locations where the plurality of users were previously located; identifying a deal to be offered for acquisition in a geographical region, the deal comprising an offer of an item for acquisition at a discounted value; predicting future user traffic for the geographical region based on the user traffic information; determining that the future user traffic satisfies one or more criteria during a time period; determining an amount of discount to apply to the deal when offering the deal for acquisition based at least in part on the future user traffic; and offering the deal for acquisition in the geographical region during the time period.