Patent ID: 7698228

Claim:
A method for tracking purchases in a location-based services system, comprising the steps of: said location-based services system receiving a remote terminal identifier and a geographic indicator from a remote terminal; said location-based services system receiving a request, wherein said request is for information on a particular product from a consumer using said remote terminal; said location-based services system processing said request to identify consumer specified geographic information included in said request; said location-based services system determining that said consumer specified geographic information is not present in said request; said location-based services system defaulting to a current geographic location of said remote terminal based on said remote terminal identifier and said geographic indicator, and identifying a business located within a geographic region that is defined by said current geographic location; generating, with said location-based services system responsive to said request, an offer identifier; associating said offer identifier with a respective offer from said identified business; generating a geographically tailored response to said request with said location-based services system that includes said respective offer and said offer identifier; displaying said respective offer and said offer identifier to said consumer with said location-based services system based on said geographically tailored response; said location-based services system receiving an acceptance of said respective offer by said consumer; and in response to said acceptance, said location-based services system storing said respective offer, said offer identifier, and said acceptance of said respective offer in a personal list associated with said consumer, and in a database that is associated with said business.