Deal program life cycle

US11062352B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Thacker · Burlingame, US
• David Hoover · Cary, US
• Anthony Caliendo · Chicago, US
• Ruslan Gilfanov · Mountain View, US
• Amit Aggarwal · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0251
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A deal program life cycle system and method is disclosed. The deal program life cycle may oversee the issuance of deals from a deal program to consumers over the life cycle of the deal program. One or more aspects of the deal program may change during different periods of the life cycle of the deal program. For example, the deal program may include deal features, a number of units for deals, and relevance features for the deal program. The deal features, number of units of deals, and/or relevance features for the deal program may change during the different periods of the life cycle.