# US 12,437,321 B2 · System and method for locational messaging

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- Number: US 12,437,321 B2
- Document ID: US12437321B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/329,310
- Filed: 2023-06-05
- Published: 2024-05-09
- Granted: 2025-10-07
- Earliest claimed: 2011-04-01
- Assignees: Intercept LLC
- Applicants: Intercept LLC
- Inventors: Jason Jude Hogg; Nicholas Eugene Kleinjan; Nicholas Patrick Johns; Blaine Anderson; Jamie R. Kenas
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12437321B2

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0261: {based on user location}
- G06F 16/9537: Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
- H04L 51/222: using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
- H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
- H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
- H04L 12/1895: {for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Positional communication systems and methods include receiving a definition of a first geographic area including a first commercial location by a computer system and storing the first geographic area in a memory. The location of a mobile device in the possession of a customer is determined, and if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within the first geographic area, an incentive message for the customer to leave the location and go to a second commercial location is sent to the mobile device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computerized method of providing a customer incentive to leave a first commercial location and to arrive at a second commercial location, the method comprising:
displaying a map including the first commercial location and the second commercial location;
displaying a grid including a plurality of cells on the map;
receiving a definition of a first geographic area including the first commercial location and a second geographic area including the second commercial location including a selection of cells of the grid;
receiving a location of a mobile device in the possession of the customer;
if the mobile device is determined to have come to rest at a location within the first geographic area that includes the first commercial location for a first predetermined time period, then sending a first alert message to the mobile device;
receiving an input on the first alert message;
in response to receiving the input on the first alert message, sending an incentive message to the mobile device for the customer to leave the location and go to the second commercial location;
and
if after sending the incentive message, the mobile device is determined to be at a location within the second geographic area within a second predetermined time period, then sending to the mobile device a voucher for a merchant located at the second commercial location.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
sending a second alert message to the mobile device;
and
sending the voucher to the mobile device in response to an input on the second alert message.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying a bar code representing the voucher on the mobile device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein determining the location of the mobile device includes receiving an indication of the location of the mobile device from the mobile device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising:
defining a first geographic region object that includes the first geographic area; and
sending the geographic region object to the mobile device in response to the mobile device entering the first geographic region.