Coupon provider
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsEric Bax, John Peng, Mark Abraham, Roxana Iuliana Marcu Forbes, Tomaso Pozzi
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Abstract
One or more methods and/or techniques for coupon providing is provided herein. A user, of a client device, may search for an entity (e.g., a consumer product and/or service). The entity may be associated with a domain (e.g., a business that offers the entity for purchase). An advertisement associated with the entity and/or the domain may be identified. A coupon associated with the advertisement for the domain may be identified. The coupon may be applicable to the entity. The advertisement and the coupon may be provided on a webpage.
Claims20
A method of providing a coupon for an advertisement, comprising:
- evaluating a query to identify an entity, the entity comprising at least one of a consumer product identifier or a service identifier;
- identifying a domain associated with an advertisement corresponding to the entity;
- identifying a coupon for the domain based upon the advertisement;
- and
- providing the advertisement and the coupon.
A system for providing a coupon for an advertisement, comprising:
- a coupon provider component configured to:
- evaluate a query to identify an entity, the entity comprising at least one of a consumer product or a service identifier;
- identify a domain that provides an advertisement associated with the entity;
- identify a coupon for the domain based upon the advertisement;
- and
- provide the advertisement and the coupon.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for providing a coupon for an advertisement, comprising:
- identifying an advertisement, of an entity, provided through an interface;
- identifying a domain associated with the entity;
- identifying a coupon for the domain;
- and
- providing the coupon through the interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.