US 8,078,503 B1 · Methods and system for providing real time offers to a user based on obsolescence of possessed items

Abstract

In a remote communication environment, a method for real-time presentation of information to one or more users accessing one or more websites using an electronic communications device. Various aspects of the method comprise at least the following. Communication is established via the electronic communications device between the user and the website to conduct one or more primary transactions. One or more electronic identifiers associated with the user are obtained. One or more further or additional data elements related to the user are obtained from a third party using the at least one electronic identifier. Based at least on the electronic identifier and the further data element, the information is selected for presentation to the user in real time with the primary transaction. The information is presented to the user in real time with the primary transaction.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for providing real-time offers to a user of an electronic communication device comprising:

obtaining data of a transaction initiated by a user for a purchase of a first good or service upon receiving a search for the first good or service in a search engine, the data relating to an identity of the user;
during the course of the user initiated transaction for the first good or service, determining at least one good or service currently possessed by the user;
and
generating, by a computer, an offer for sale of a second good or service to the user based on the data relating to an identity of the user and an obsolescence of the at least one good or service possessed by the user, wherein obsolescence is measured by passage of time.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/884,331Filed 17 Sep 2010 · continuation

Priority

11 Mar 1998

Granted

13 Dec 2011

Term ends

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Classification18 codes

G06Q 30/02
Commerce: marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
G06F 16/9535
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
G06Q 30/0207
Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising: discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
G06Q 30/0222
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: during e-commerce, i.e. online transactions

Family

Application09/038,399Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Mar 1998

Application09/505,619Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Feb 2000

US 6,055,513 AParent of this continuation · filed 25 Apr 2000

Application10/877,963Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Jun 2004

US 7,280,979 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Oct 2007

Application12/131,278Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Jun 2008

US 7,386,485 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jun 2008

US 7,822,647 B1Parent of this continuation

Application10/877,963Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application09/505,619Parent of this continuation

US 8,078,503 B1This patent

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Methods and system for providing real time offers to a user based on obsolescence of possessed items

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Methods and system for providing real time offers to a user based on obsolescence of possessed items

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Abstract

Claims20