Patent ID: 8494915

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to perform a method to present an offer for a good or service, the method comprising: identifying the location of both a user and a plurality of merchants associated with offers for one or more goods or services; selecting a plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants; identifying a profile of the user, wherein the profile is based upon recorded information about the user and the recorded information is based upon at least one connection with another member within a social network and feedback provided about a merchant by the member; presenting an offer to the user based on the identified profile of the user and from the plurality of offers based on the identified location of both the user and the plurality of merchants, wherein the offer presentation includes: member feedback related to at least one merchant from the plurality of merchants a map for a particular geographic area that identifies the location of a merchant for the offer, a retail list price of the good or service associated with the offer, and a time period associated with the offer, wherein a price paid for the good or service is discounted from the retail list price; and sharing the offer with one or more members of the social network, wherein at least one interaction between the one or more members of the social network is recorded, and the recording tracks a connection between the one or more members of the social network with respect to the offer.