IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0592947
(2009-12-04)
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등록번호 |
US-8301495
(2012-10-30)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
10 인용 특허 :
109 |
초록
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A system and methods to mutually satisfy a consumer with a discount and a vendor with a minimum number of sales by establishing a tipping point associated with an offer for a good or service. If the tipping point is met, the sale of the good or service is executed and the consumer is charged and rec
A system and methods to mutually satisfy a consumer with a discount and a vendor with a minimum number of sales by establishing a tipping point associated with an offer for a good or service. If the tipping point is met, the sale of the good or service is executed and the consumer is charged and receives an indication of the discounted sale, such as a certificate. If the tipping point is not met, the discount offer is abandoned and the consumer is not charged. Once the tipping point is established, the vendor receives a payment, even before the consumer uses the certificate.
대표청구항
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1. A method of discount retailing in which an offer does not become valid until a minimum number of offers are purchased, comprising a network server, a microprocessor, a memory and computer software, said computer software being located in said memory and run by said microprocessor, said computer s
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A method of discount retailing in which an offer does not become valid until a minimum number of offers are purchased, comprising a network server, a microprocessor, a memory and computer software, said computer software being located in said memory and run by said microprocessor, said computer software comprising a discount retailing algorithm, wherein said discount retailing algorithm comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining consent from a merchant to market and advertise an item normally provided by said merchant at a standard offer price;(b) determining a discount offer price for said item, said discount offer price being a reduction in amount from the standard offer price of that item;(c) deciding on a tipping point at which time the discount offer price becomes valid;(d) generating an advertisement to present said discount offer price and said tipping point to potential consumers;(e) displaying said advertisement over a network through said network server for a predetermined period of time for potential consumers to review;(f) receiving acceptances of the discount offer price for the item over the network for the predetermined period of time;(g) determining if the tipping point has been attained; and(h) informing each consumer that accepted the discount offer whether or not the tipping point has been attained. 2. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, further comprising the step of sending a payment to said merchant if the tipping point has been attained. 3. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said item is a product distributed by said merchant. 4. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said item is a service provided by said merchant. 5. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said discount offer price is reduced from said standard offer price by an absolute amount. 6. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said discount offer price is reduced from said standard offer price by a percentage amount. 7. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said discount offer price varies depending on the number of consumers accepting the discount offer price. 8. The method of discount retailing of claim 7, wherein said discount offer price increases after a certain number of consumers accept the discount offer price. 9. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said tipping point comprises the number of items for which an offer must be accepted by a consumer in order for the discount offer price to become valid. 10. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said tipping point comprises a total amount of money to be paid by the consumers that accept the offer in order for the discount offer price to become valid. 11. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said merchant is not charged for said generating an advertisement. 12. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said advertisement includes the description of the item being offered at said discount offer price. 13. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said advertisement includes a picture of the item being offered at said discount offer price. 14. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said advertisement includes an indication of the amount saved based on the discount offer price. 15. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said advertisement includes an indication of the percentage saved based on the discount offer price. 16. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said predetermined period of time is one day. 17. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said predetermined period of time is less than one day. 18. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said predetermined period of time is greater than one day. 19. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said displaying said advertisement over a network through said network server comprises presenting the advertisement to said potential consumers through the display on the potential consumer's computer. 20. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said displaying said advertisement over a network through said network server comprises presenting the advertisement to said potential consumers through the display on the potential consumer's mobile device. 21. The method of discount retailing of claim 20, wherein said mobile device comprises a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, or laptop computer. 22. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said receiving acceptances of the discount offer price for the item over the network comprises obtaining a response from a potential consumer that the consumer accepts the offer for the item. 23. The method of discount retailing of claim 22, wherein said obtaining a response from a potential consumer that the consumer accepts the offer for the item comprises obtaining a method of payment from said consumer for the item. 24. The method of discount retailing of claim 23, wherein said method of payment comprises credit or debit card information, checking or savings account information, or information about a Paypal® account. 25. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said determining if the tipping point has been attained comprises determining if the number of acceptances to the discount offer price exceeds the tipping point for that offer. 26. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said determining if the tipping point has been attained comprises determining if the amount of money generated from the accepted offers exceeds the tipping point for that offer. 27. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said informing each consumer that accepted the discount offer whether or not the tipping point has been attained comprises providing each consumer with a certificate to be redeemed at said merchant if said tipping point was attained. 28. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein said informing each consumer that accepted the discount offer whether or not the tipping point has been attained comprises providing each consumer with a indication that the tipping point was not attained if said tipping point was not attained. 29. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein only one offer is presented during the predetermined period of time. 30. The method of discount retailing of claim 1, wherein only one offer is presented during the predetermined period of time in a specified geographic location.
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