Point-of-sale promotions

US7980466B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Janet Lee · Walnut Creek, US
• Andrew John Melnick · Los Gatos, US
• Zhenyin Yang · Saratoga, US
• George B. Petkov · Pleasanton, US
• Loic Tregan · San Jose, US
• Gunshekar Cemballi · Cupertino, US
• Bhupendra Jain · Cupertino, US
• Ghufran Ahmed · San Jose, US
• Jamie Iannone · Mountain View, US
• Erik Rannala · San Francisco, US
• Annupreet Sidana · Palo Alto, US
• Vikram Subramaniam · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system to publish a promotion at a point-of-sale are provided. For example, a preliminary selection associated with a purchase from a user may be received. A promotion may be published to the user at a point-of-sale associated with the purchase after the user makes the preliminary selection and before the user finalizes the purchase. The promotion may be based on at least one attribute, where the at least one attribute is selected from a group including a user attribute and an attribute associated with the preliminary selection.