MOBILE COMMERCE FRAMEWORK

摘要

A subscription-based system for providing commerce information for one or more mobile devices for one or more merchants. Some techniques employed feature a subscription-based method for presenting commercial resources to a mobile device. The method involves receiving mobile device user information relating to a geographic location to locate one or more merchants within a subscription-based shopping network, and receiving mobile device user information relating to a merchant type within the subscription-based shopping network. The method also involves receiving, from a database over a communication network, information for one or more merchants associated with the mobile device user information for the geographic location and the merchant type, and presenting the associated merchant information on the mobile device. The associated merchant information can include a merchant name and address, a merchant telephone number, a merchant advertisement, a merchant coupon, or a merchant product or service offering to subscribers of the shopping network.

主权项

1. A method of distribution and redemption of promotional offers, the method comprising:
by an application executed by a handheld mobile device:
generating an interactive user interface on the handheld mobile device;prompting the user for a merchant type via the interactive user interface on the handheld mobile device;receiving user input selecting the merchant type via the interactive user interface on the handheld mobile device, the user input further specifying a geographical area;sending a unique identification from the application to a server for authentication to verify the user's membership in a shopping network, the unique identification comprising membership information of the user;receiving confirmation data from the server that confirms the user's membership in the shopping network, the confirmation data being based at least in part on the unique identification;sending the selected merchant type and the geographical location from the handheld mobile device to the server;receiving merchant information from a database associated with the server, the merchant information including a list of one or more merchants that participate in the shopping network; anddisplaying on the interactive user interface on the handheld mobile device a list of matched merchants that match the selected merchant type, one or more of the matched merchants having a physical location within the geographical area and being associated in the database with the selected merchant type, the displaying comprising displaying a name of the matched merchant, information associated with the physical location of the matched merchant, and a promotional offer offered by the matched merchant.