Selecting and processing offers to complete tasks, research programs, and consumer rewards programs based on location
OwnerMatthew Dusig, Gregg Lavin +1inventors
InventorsMatthew Dusig, Gregg Lavin, Steven Sobolevsky
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes, among other things, a method. The method may include receiving a location associated with a user and a mobile device. The method may also include determining a research program for a vendor based at least in part on the location. The method may also include determining compensation for the user for participating in the research program. The method may also include sending information about the research program and the compensation to the mobile device.
Claims31
A method for presenting a consumer reward program to a consumer based on a physical location of the consumer, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a rewards program application executing on a computer, physical location information for a user of a mobile device remotely located from the computer;
- identifying, by the rewards program application, consumer rewards programs associated with vendors having a physical location proximate to the mobile device location information;
- enumerating one or more consumer rewards programs;
- and
- transmitting a listing of the consumer rewards programs to the user of the mobile device.
A system for presenting a consumer reward program to a consumer based on a physical location of the consumer, the system comprising:
- a mobile device accessed by a user, the mobile device remotely located from a computer;
- a rewards program application executing on the computer to:
- obtain physical location information for the user of the mobile device,
- identify consumer rewards programs associated with vendors having a physical location proximate to the mobile device location information,
- enumerate one or more consumer rewards programs;
- and
- the computer transmitting a listing of the consumer rewards programs to the user of the mobile device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a location associated with a user and a mobile device;
- determining, by the server, a research program for a vendor based at least in part on the location;
- determining, by the server, compensation for the user for participating in the research program;
- and
- sending, by the server, information about the research program and the compensation to the mobile device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile device, a request to access at least one research program for a vendor;
- determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device;
- sending, by the mobile device, the location to a server;
- receiving, by the mobile device, information about a research program associated with a vendor from the server, wherein
- i) the research program is based at least in part on the location, and
- ii) the information about the research program includes compensation for participating in the research program;
- and
- displaying, by the mobile device, the information about the research program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.