Unlocking coupon offers
US8768761B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0214
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving an indication that a user selected social network data that is displayed, on a client device, concurrently with offer data that indicates a coupon offer; wherein prior to receiving the indication, the user of the client device is incapable of accessing the coupon offer; in response to receiving the indication that the user selected the social network data, allowing the user to access the coupon offer, and causing a message to be sent to each user of a plurality of users that are identified, in a social network, as connected to the user, wherein the message includes data about the coupon offer or a coupon provider that initiated the coupon offer; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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