Distribution and Redemption of Coupons Targeted to Mobile Devices
AssigneeJana Mobile, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin P. Olding, Nathan Norfleet Eagle
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Abstract
A system and a method for distributing and redeeming coupons through mobile devices of consumers are disclosed. Consumers submit a coupon and purchase proof to the redemption server through mobile devices. Once the purchase information is confirmed, a reward is granted to the consumers along with a survey with questions about consumer demographic information and product related questions. The consumers' answers to the survey questions help target the future coupon distributions.
Claims20
A method for distributing coupons to targeted consumers, the method comprising:
- sending a coupon identifying one or more products to mobile devices of a plurality of consumers;
- receiving a proof of purchase for the one or more products identified by the coupon from a consumer;
- validating the received proof of purchase for the one or more products;
- responsive to a validated proof of purchase, providing coupon reward to the consumers;
- sending a survey along with the coupon reward to the consumer, the survey including consumer demographic and products related questions;
- receiving answers to the survey questions from the consumer;
- and
- targeting future coupons to selected consumers based on the answers to survey questions collected from the plurality of consumers.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions for distributing coupons to targeted consumers, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for:
- sending a coupon identifying one or more products to mobile devices of a plurality of consumers;
- receiving a proof of purchase for the one or more products identified by the coupon from a consumer;
- validating the received proof of purchase for the one or more products;
- responsive to a validated proof of purchase, providing coupon reward to the consumers;
- sending a survey along with the coupon reward to the consumer, the survey including consumer demographic and products related questions;
- receiving answers to the survey questions from the consumer;
- and
- targeting future coupons to selected consumers based on the answers to survey questions collected from the plurality of consumers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.