US 11,961,107 B2Granted

Method and system for providing offers for automated retail machines via mobile devices

AssigneePayrange Inc.

InventorParesh K Patel

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Abstract

A mobile device with a display, processor(s), and memory: identifies a retail machine configured for wireless communications based on broadcasted information transmitted by the retail machine and including an identifier corresponding to the retail machine; transmits the identifier to a server and receives from the server an electronic communication including a promotional offer for products or services offered by the retail machine; displays the promotional offer; detects selection of a promotional offer; receives a notification from the retail machine that a product or service was provided by the retail machine for a user of the mobile device; transmits confirmation information associated with the notification to the server, receives promotion validation information from the server indicating validation of the promotional offer; and based on the promotion validation information, displays information confirming application of the promotional offer.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

at a mobile device including a display, one or more processors, a communications unit, and memory:
transmitting via the communications unit of the mobile device an identifier corresponding to a retail machine to a server and receiving from the server an electronic communication including one or more promotional offers;
displaying on the display of the mobile device the one or more promotional offers;
detecting selection of a respective promotional offer of the one or more promotional offers;
receiving, via the communications unit, notification information from the retail machine associated with provision of a product by the retail machine for a user of the mobile device;
in response to receiving the notification information:
capturing, with a camera or scanner of the mobile device, an image or scan associated with the product provided by the retail machine, the image or scan including a code;
and
transmitting to the server via the communications unit of the mobile device the code and the notification information;
and
in response to transmitting the code and the notification information to the server:
receiving, via the communications unit, promotion validation information from the server indicating the respective promotional offer has been applied;
and
displaying on the display a confirmation that the respective promotional offer has been applied.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/963,170Filed 10 Oct 2022 · continuation
Priority: 30 Jan 2015
Published: US 2023/0281655 A17 Sep 2023
Granted: 16 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06Q 30/0237
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: at kiosk
G06Q 20/18
Payment architectures: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
G06Q 20/325
Using wireless devices: using wireless networks
G06Q 20/3276
Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices: using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device

Family

Application14/611,065Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Jan 2015
Application16/029,483Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Jul 2018
US 10,019,724 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jul 2018
Application17/216,399Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Mar 2021
US 10,963,905 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Mar 2021
US 2023/0281655 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Sep 2023
US 11,468,468 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2016/0225010 A1Published application
US 2018/0322522 A1Published application
US 2021/0357971 A1Published application
US 11,961,107 B2This patent

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