Real time on-demand coupon delivery during shopping

摘要

The present invention provides a method, system and program product for real time on-demand coupon delivery during shopping. Consumers use built-in cameras or NFC-reader functionalities of their mobile devices to act on the tags of products they are interested in. The coupon client applications in their mobile devices capture, save and process data in the tags of products, create requests for coupons, send requests with data in the tags of products to coupon servers, fetch responses from coupon servers, save coupons in their mobile devices, and present coupons for products during checkout.

主权项

1. A method providing real time coupon delivery for a product with a tag from a coupon server to a mobile device with a coupon client application via a communication network, the method comprising the acts:
starting said coupon client application in said mobile device; capturing, saving and processing data in said tag by said coupon client application; sending a request for coupon with said data from said coupon client application to said coupon server through said communication network; receiving said request in said coupon server; searching coupons in said coupon server to match said request; sending a response for said request with data of matched coupon(s) or error message(s) from said coupon server to said coupon client application through said communication network; receiving, saving and processing said response by said coupon client application; extracting said matched coupon(s) or said error message(s) by said coupon client application; and presenting said matched coupon(s) for said product during checkout.