Group-based purchasing incentives
US10621609B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0261
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Approaches presented herein enable providing a group-based purchasing incentive related to a product or service at a retail store to a customer among a group of customers contingent on an action being performed by a predefined number of members from the group. Specifically, a customer in a retail store is identified as part of a group of customers. A notification of a group-based purchasing incentive offer is transmitted to a mobile device of the identified customer. The offer is contingent on a specified number of other customers in the group performing an action. When the specified number of other customers in the group have performed the action, the group-based purchasing incentive is provided to the identified customer.
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