Promotion offering system

US10929889B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Amit Aggarwal · Sunnyvale, US
• Suneel Gupta · Chicago, US
• Jeffrey A. Holden · San Francisco, US
• Dan Nawara · Palo Alto, US
• David Thacker · Burlingame, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0269
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In a promotion offering system, a consumer is more likely to purchase a promotion offering if the consumer finds the promotion to be interesting or fits a need of the consumer. In order to provide a more intelligent selection process for selecting promotions that are desirable to the consumer, a method and a promotion offering system for implementing the method are provided that takes into consideration a number of different factors associated with a consumer, including locations and deal types that are known or predicted to be of interest to the consumer, when determining one or more promotions to present to the consumer.