Adaptive in-application physical product offers
US11080736B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0641
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for addressing the needs of application users such as players of social games or online games. One of the methods includes: receiving a user request to start a session in gaming software, the user request coming from a first user having a first account, the gaming software configured to provide an offer for a physical product; providing, to the gaming software, an offer for a physical product for display at a specified time by the user interface of the user device, wherein the offer and specified time are determined based at least in part on historical activity of the first account including start times and associated durations of prior gaming software sessions of the first account; detecting a user interaction with the offer for the physical product, and in response to the detection, taking an action in a process of ordering the physical product.
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