Messenger bot and geolocation beacon based system and related methods

A digital promotion server comprising:

• a processor and a memory cooperating therewith to
• poll for detected presence of a given user device from among a plurality thereof at a physical redemption location serving a given food or beverage product based upon obtaining a given user device identifier associated with the given user device and communication with at least one geolocation beacon at the physical redemption location, the given user device being associated with a given user,
• operate a messenger bot to collect information and communicate a digital coupon through the messenger bot for a given food or beverage product to the given user device based upon the collected information and the detection of presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location, the collected information comprising a user geographic location of the given user device, the digital coupon having a redemption value and being redeemable toward a purchase of the given food or beverage product, and the messenger bot being implemented in a form of a two-way dialog between the messenger bot and the given user,
• cooperate with a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at the physical redemption location serving the given food or beverage product to determine closing of an open guest check associated with a food and beverage tab for the given user based upon the given user device identifier,
• cooperate with the POS terminal to obtain, from the physical redemption location, an amount due associated with the closed guest check,
• validate redemption of the digital coupon at the physical redemption location based upon the given user device identifier and confirmation of the detected presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location based upon the collected user geographic location of the given user device via the messenger bot,
• cooperate with the terminal to apply the redeemable value of the digital coupon based upon the validation to obtain an amount due, and
• communicate to the physical redemption location authorization for payment of the amount due as a cardless payment based upon the confirmation of the detection of presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location and based upon the collected information.

A method of processing a digital coupon comprising:

• using a processor and a memory cooperating therewith to
• poll for detected presence of a given user device from among a plurality thereof at a physical redemption location serving a given food or beverage product based upon obtaining a given user device identifier associated with the given user device and communication with at least one geolocation beacon at the physical redemption location, the given user device being associated with a given user,
• operate a messenger bot to collect information and communicate the digital coupon through the messenger bot for a given food or beverage product to the given user device based upon the collected information and the detection of presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location, the collected information comprising a user geographic location of the given user device, the digital coupon having a redemption value and being redeemable toward a purchase of the given food or beverage product, and the messenger bot being implemented in a form of a two-way dialog between the messenger bot and the given user,
• cooperate with a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at the physical redemption location serving the given food or beverage product to determine closing of an open guest check associated with a food and beverage tab for the given user based upon the given user device identifier,
• cooperate with the POS terminal to obtain, from the physical redemption location, an amount due associated with the closed guest check,
• validate redemption of the digital coupon at the physical redemption location based upon the given user device identifier and confirmation of the detected presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location based upon the collected user geographic location of the given user device via the messenger bot,
• cooperate with the POS terminal to apply the redeemable value of the digital coupon based upon the validation to obtain an amount due, and
• communicate to the physical redemption location authorization for payment of the amount due as a cardless payment based upon the confirmation of the detection of presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location and based upon the collected information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for processing a digital coupon comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• polling to detect presence of a given user device from among a plurality thereof at a physical redemption location serving a given food or beverage product based upon obtaining a given user device identifier associated with the given user device and communication with at least one geolocation beacon at the physical redemption location, the given user device being associated with a given user;
• operating a messenger bot to collect information and communicate the digital coupon through the messenger bot for a given food or beverage product to the given user device based upon the collected information and the detection of presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location, the collected information comprising a user geographic location of the given user device, the digital coupon having a redemption value and being redeemable toward a purchase of the given food or beverage product, and the messenger bot being implemented in a form of a two-way dialog between the messenger bot and the given user;
• cooperating with a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at the physical redemption location serving the given food or beverage product to determine closing of an open guest check associated with a food and beverage tab for the given user based upon the given user device identifier;
• cooperating with the POS terminal to obtain, from the physical redemption location, an amount due associated with the closed guest check;
• validating redemption of the digital coupon at the physical redemption location based upon the given user device identifier and confirmation of the detected presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location based upon the collected user geographic location of the given user device via the messenger bot,
• cooperating with the POS terminal to apply the redeemable value of the digital coupon based upon the validation to obtain an amount due;
• and
• communicating to the physical redemption location authorization for payment of the amount due as a cardless transaction based upon the confirmation of the detection of presence of the given user device at the physical redemption location and based upon the collected information.