US 2019/0102787 A1Published application

Prize offering and claiming user interface

AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.

InventorsAhmad O. Alkabra, Bradley Smith, Martin Glenn

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Abstract

Systems and method for providing staggered offers to a group of users are discussed herein. The system can receive an offer from a partner, which can include a maximum distribution rate (MDR) or a desired time over which the offer will run. Based on the MDR or the desired time, the group of users can be divided into an appropriate number of subgroups, with each subgroup receiving the offer during their respective time period. The system can enable users to receive, claim and redeem offers via a variety of user equipment (UE). Once claimed, an offer can be placed in an electronic prize wallet stored on the UE. The prize wallet can include offers that have been claimed, as well as details to enable the user to redeem the offer with the respective partner.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, at a transceiver of a reward engine, a first offer from a first partner for distribution by a provider;
receiving, at the transceiver of the reward engine, at least a date range, a maximum distribution rate (MDR), or both a date range and an MDR for the first offer provided by the first partner;
receiving, at the transceiver of the reward engine, a second offer from a second partner for distribution by the provider;
calculating, with a processor of the reward engine, an actual distribution rate (ADR) for the first offer based at least in part on the MDR, the date range, or both;
dividing a list of a total number of users associated with the provider into a plurality of subgroups, wherein the number of subgroups is based at least in part on the ADR;
sending, with a transceiver of a reward engine, a first plurality of offers for the first offer to a first subgroup of the plurality of subgroups in a first time period;
sending, with the transceiver of the reward engine, a second plurality of offers for the second offer to a second subgroup of the plurality of subgroups in the first time period;
sending, with the transceiver of a reward engine, a third plurality of offers for the second offer to the first subgroup in a second time period;
and
sending, with the transceiver of the reward engine, a fourth plurality of offers for the first offer to the second subgroup in the second time period.

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A method comprising:

receiving, at a transceiver of a reward engine, a request from a first user equipment (UE) to claim a first offer at a first time;
retrieving, with a processor of the reward engine from an offer database, a date range, and a subgroup associated with the first offer;
determining, with a processor of the reward engine, that the first offer is not located in a first prize wallet associated with the first UE;
retrieving, with a processor of the reward engine, a subgroup associated with the first UE from the offer database;
determining, with the processor, that the subgroup associated with the UE and the date range is valid for the first offer;
and
sending, with the transceiver of the reward engine, a first signal to the first UE to cause the first UE to download a first token to the first prize wallet, the first token redeemable for the first offer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/911,944Filed 5 Mar 2018
Priority: 3 Oct 2017
Published: 4 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06Q 30/0223
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: based on inventory
G06Q 30/0215
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: including financial accounts
G06Q 30/0239
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: online discounts or incentives
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial