Patent SG-11201902935Y-A (SG)
Title: Merchant bidding and rewards on consumer intent
Inventor: SPROGIS ROBERT
IPC: G07B15/00
Filed: 2017-10-18
Abstract: WO 18/075 607 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 26 April 2018 (26.04.2018) WIPO I PCT omit °nolo olo mom Immo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/075607 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 30/02 (2012.01) G07B 15/00 (2011.01) G06Q 20/32 (2012.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/057125 (22) International Filing Date: 18 October 2017 (18.10.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/409,776 18 October 2016 (18.10.2016) US (71) Applicant: CUBIC CORPORATION [US/US]; 9333 Balboa Avenue, San Diego, California 92123 (US). (72) Inventor: SPROGIS, Robert; 1517 Heritage Reserve Court, Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 (US). (74) Agent: SPINK, Torrey et al.; 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 1100, IP Docketing -22, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to the identity of the inventor (Rule 4.17(i)) as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: MERCHANT BIDDING AND REWARDS ON CONSUMER INTENT (57) : A method of increasing transit ridership includes receiving a travel destination from a mobile device, identifying a plurality of entities posi- tioned within a predefined radius of the travel destination, and alerting the enti- ties that the mobile device has selected the travel destination. The method also includes receiving, in response to the alert, at least one transit ride option from at least some of the entities, providing the at least one transit ride option to the mobile device, and receiving a selection of one transit ride option of the transit ride option from the mobile device. The method further includes detecting that the mobile device is present on a transit vehicle associated with the transit ride option, determining that the mobile device is present within an entity associated with the selected transit ride option, and providing a transit product to the mo- bile device based on the determination. FIG. 1