Patent ID: 9183315
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computer server system in communication with a data communication network, comprising: establishing a web site on the data communication network; storing, in an electronic memory, a plurality of separate merchant site addresses in computer-readable format, the merchant site addresses comprising addresses on the data communication network; storing, in the electronic memory, database records corresponding to a plurality of codes that are visually displayed to users, the decoding of which directs user devices to the web site; storing, in the electronic memory, a rule for selecting a merchant site address from the plurality of separate merchant site addresses for transmission to devices of users over the data communication network, the rule dependent on geographic locations of users, times at the geographic location and weather conditions at the geographic location determined in response to indications of codes received from the devices; receiving, at the web site from a device of a user, an indication of a code that has been decoded by the device; determining data corresponding to the indication, the data including a time of the indication, a geographic location of the device at the time of the indication, and a weather condition at the geographic location; selecting a merchant site address from the plurality of merchant addresses based on the rule, the geographic location of the user, the time at the geographic location of the user, and the weather condition at the geographic location of the user; and re-directing the device to the merchant site address on the data communication network.