Methods, systems, and products for demographic discounting
AssigneeAT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
InventorsRobert Starr, Samuel Zellner
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for providing a discount to a device. One method obtains a location of the device and obtains a demographic indicator associated with the device. The discount is retrieved from memory, and the discount is based on the location and on the demographic indicator. The discount increases as a distance from a reference location increases. The reference location may represent any location, such as a physical location of a merchant. As the distance between the device and the merchant's physical location increases, the merchant provides a greater discount to entice the customer to travel to the merchant.
Claims20
A method of providing a discount to a device, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a location of the device;
- obtaining a demographic indicator associated with the device;
- and
- retrieving the discount from memory, the discount based on the location and on the demographic indicator, the discount increasing as a distance from a reference location increases.
A system for providing a discount to a device, the system comprising:
- a discount module stored in a memory device, and a processor communicating with the memory device;
- the discount module
- obtaining a location of the device
- obtaining a demographic indicator associated with the device, and
- retrieving the discount from memory, the discount based on the location and on the demographic indicator, and the discount increasing as a distance from a reference location increases.
A computer program product providing a discount to a device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable medium including instructions for performing the steps:
- obtaining a location of the device
- obtaining a demographic indicator associated with the device, and
- retrieving the discount from memory, the discount based on the location and on the demographic indicator, the discount increasing as a distance from a reference location increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.