Mobile Communication and Coupon-Pushing System and Method
AssigneeTezhq, Inc.
InventorsJakub Tomasz Poskrobko, Sherri L. Jones
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Abstract
A system and method for providing discount coupons to a customer in a business establishment such as a restaurant. A control server associated with the business establishment is configured to communicate over a wireless communication link with a mobile telecomputing device, such as a smart phone, of the customer. The control server enables the customer to request services utilizing the customer's smart phone. The control server sends the discount coupons to the customer's mobile telecomputing device proactively or in response to customer or waiter requests.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of providing discount coupons to a customer in a business establishment, the method comprising:
- communicably connecting a mobile telecomputing device of the customer to a control server associated with the business establishment;
- the control server providing at least one virtual service-request button on a display of the customer's mobile telecomputing device, wherein pressing the at least one virtual service-request button enables the customer to request services from the business establishment utilizing the customer's mobile telecomputing device;
- and
- pushing the discount coupons by the control server to the customer's mobile telecomputing device for display thereon.
A system for providing discount coupons to a customer in a business establishment, the system comprising:
- a control server associated with the business establishment;
- and
- a wireless communication link for communicating between the control server and a mobile telecomputing device of the customer;
- wherein the control server is configured to:
- provide at least one virtual service-request button on a display of the customer's mobile telecomputing device, wherein pressing the at least one virtual service-request button enables the customer to request services from the business establishment utilizing the customer's mobile telecomputing device;
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- push the discount coupons to the customer's mobile telecomputing device for display thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.