Patent ID: 9143249
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06Q,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method implemented using one or more computers, comprising: enabling insertion of a visual indicator into a television commercial that advertises a product available at point-of-sales affiliated with a first retailer and at point-of-sales affiliated with a second retailer that is different than the first retailer, wherein the television commercial is presented to a first user and a second user, wherein the indicator is indicative of a coupon offer being available for the product; enabling addition of the coupon offer to the first user's loyalty card associated with the first retailer, wherein the coupon offer is available for redemption at the point-of-sales affiliated with the first retailer; and enabling addition of the coupon offer to the second user's loyalty card associated with the second retailer, wherein the coupon offer is available for redemption at the point-of-sales affiliated with the second retailer; wherein a first computer of the one or more computers encodes the television commercial with signals indicating one or more of: a position, a size, and a duration of the visual indicator; wherein the visual indicator includes two images, a first image is displayed to both the first user and the second user, and a second image is displayed with a first price point offer to the first user and a second price point offer to the second user, wherein the first price point offer is different from the second price point offer; wherein a second computer of the one or more computers encodes the visual indicator with the first price point offer displayed with the second image for insertion in the television commercial, and a third computer of the one or more computers encodes the visual indicator with the second price point offer displayed with the second image for insertion in the television commercial.