发明名称 |
Reminding users of offers |
摘要 |
Provided is a computer implemented process for reminding users of offers that were discovered by the user at one location when, at a later time, the user is at another location, the process including: displaying, with a mobile device, an offer and a reminder interface to indicate that the user requests themselves or another reminder recipient to be reminded of the offer when near another computing device of the reminder recipient; receiving an interaction with the reminder interface by the user and, in response, storing a reminder request in memory, the reminder request identifying the offer; obtaining data identifying the other computing device, a geographic area of the other computing device, or a wireless environment of the other computing device; detecting, with a processor of the mobile device, that the reminder recipient has interacted with the other computing device, entered the geographic area, or entered the wireless environment; and in response to the detection, presenting a notification reminding the reminder recipient of the offer. |
申请公布号 |
US9558507(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.01.31 |
申请号 |
US201314060550 |
申请日期 |
2013.10.22 |
申请人 |
RetailMeNot, Inc. |
发明人 |
Zilkha Eithan |
分类号 |
G06Q30/02 |
主分类号 |
G06Q30/02 |
代理机构 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
代理人 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method of reminding a user of content, where the user has access to a computing device with a larger display, after the user has requested a reminder using a mobile device having a smaller display while away from home, the method comprising:
sending, from a content engine, to a mobile device, data describing a plurality of content items; receiving, with the content engine, from the mobile device, a reminder request, the reminder request identifying a content item among the plurality of content items and indicating that the user wishes to be reminded of the content item when at or near a geolocation; storing the reminder request in a reminder data store; after receiving the reminder request, receiving an indication from the mobile device that the user is at the geolocation, the indication being provided by a native mobile application executing on the mobile device that either detects that the mobile device has crossed a geofence associated with the geolocation or that the mobile device is receiving a wireless signal from a wireless network of the geolocation; in response to the indication, by one or more processors of the content engine, determining that the user has requested a reminder based on the reminder request stored in the reminder data store; in response to the determination,
sending a reminder of the content item to the mobile device;after sending the reminder, receiving a request for a webpage from a personal computer of the user, the personal computer being a different device from the mobile device and having a larger display than the mobile device;in response to both the request for the webpage and sending the reminder, retrieving data describing the content item from a content data store; andsending instructions to the personal computer to display the data describing the content item. |
地址 |
Austin TX US |