Systems and methods for distributing advertisements
AssigneeAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
InventorsJonathan J. Carroll, Hans-Jurgen Greiner, Padmaja Kodavanti, Gopinath Kondapally, Kevin H. Ringger, James Jerome Smart-Foster, Arun Swamy
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Abstract
An advertisement distribution system, method, and computer readable medium (collectively, the “System”) is provided. The System may request posts containing a subject tag from social media operators. The posts may be made by merchants having a relationship with the System. The System may filter the posts based on filters, geographic data, and member preferences. The System may distribute the posts to members having a relationship with the System.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, by a computer-based system, posts containing a subject tag from a social media operator;
- filtering, by the computer-based system, the posts containing the subject tag with a first portion of the subject tag indicating the posts are selected by a merchant for an advertisement distributor to further distribute the posts by pushing the posts to members of the advertisement distributor;
- filtering, by the computer-based system, the posts containing the subject tag with a second portion of the subject tag indicating the posts are selected by the merchant for the advertisement distributor to further distribute the posts by pushing the posts to a distribution group comprising a subset of the members of the advertisement distributor;
- determining, by the computer-based system, the subset of the members to receive the posts;
- determining, by the computer-based system, that the posts with the subject tag having at least one of the first portion or the second portion were created by the merchant;
- obtaining, by the computer-based system and from a post within the posts, metadata of an expiration date and a geographic area;
- removing, by the computer-based system, a duplicative post that is duplicative within the posts;
- filtering, by the computer-based system, the posts based on preferences of a member within the subset of the members;
- determining, by the computer-based system, that the member is within a distance from the geographic area;
- distributing, by the computer-based system, the post and the expiration date to the member within the distance from the geographic area;
- displaying, by the computer-based system, the post in a transaction account page of the member, wherein the post comprises an icon identifying the social media operator, and wherein the post comprises a map link to view the merchant displayed on a map in response to the member selecting the map link;
- displaying, by the computer-based system and in response to the member selecting the map link, a location of the merchant on the map;
- and
- applying, by the computer-based system, a discount from the post to a purchase by the member at the merchant.
An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system, cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, by the computer-based system, posts containing a subject tag from a social media operator;
- filtering, by the computer-based system, the posts containing the subject tag with a first portion of the subject tag indicating the posts are selected by a merchant for an advertisement distributor to further distribute the posts by pushing the posts to members of the advertisement distributor;
- filtering, by the computer-based system, the posts containing the subject tag with a second portion of the subject tag indicating the posts are selected by the merchant for the advertisement distributor to further distribute the posts by pushing the posts to a distribution group comprising a subset of the members of the advertisement distributor;
- determining, by the computer-based system, the subset of the members to receive the posts;
- determining, by the computer-based system, that the posts with the subject tag having at least one of the first portion or the second portion were created by the merchant;
- obtaining, by the computer-based system and from a post within the posts, metadata of an expiration date and a geographic area;
- removing, by the computer-based system, a duplicative post that is duplicative within the posts;
- filtering, by the computer-based system, the posts based on preferences of a member within the subset of the members;
- determining, by the computer-based system, that the member is within a distance from the geographic area;
- distributing, by the computer-based system, the post and the expiration date to the member within the distance from the geographic area;
- displaying, by the computer-based system, the post in a transaction account page of the member, wherein the post comprises an icon identifying the social media operator, and wherein the post comprises a map link to view the merchant displayed on a map in response to the member selecting the map link;
- displaying, by the computer-based system and in response to the member selecting the map link, a location of the merchant on the map;
- and
- applying, by the computer-based system, a discount from the post to a purchase by the member at the merchant.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,
- the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, by the processor, posts containing a subject tag from a social media operator;
- filtering, by the processor, the posts containing the subject tag with a first portion of the subject tag indicating the posts are selected by a merchant for an advertisement distributor to further distribute the posts by pushing the posts to members of the advertisement distributor;
- filtering, by the processor, the posts containing the subject tag with a second portion of the subject tag indicating the posts are selected by the merchant for the advertisement distributor to further distribute the posts by pushing the posts to a distribution group comprising a subset of the members of the advertisement distributor;
- determining, by the processor, the subset of the members to receive the posts;
- determining, by the processor, that the posts with the subject tag having at least one of the first portion or the second portion were created by the merchant;
- obtaining, by the processor and from a post within the posts, metadata of an expiration date and a geographic area;
- removing, by the processor, a duplicative post that is duplicative within the posts;
- filtering, by the processor, the posts based on preferences of a member within the subset of the members;
- determining, by the processor, that the member is within a distance from the geographic area;
- distributing, by the processor, the post and the expiration date to the member within the distance from the geographic area;
- displaying, by the processor, the post in a transaction account page of the member, wherein the post comprises an icon identifying the social media operator, and wherein the post comprises a map link to view the merchant displayed on a map in response to the member selecting the map link;
- displaying, by the processor and in response to the member selecting the map link, a location of the merchant on the map;
- and
- applying, by the processor, a discount from the post to a purchase by the member at the merchant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.