公开(公告)号：US20220172253A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17449880

申请日：2021-10-04

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Eric HYCHE

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: A system and related devices and methods facilitating sharing of a promotion between a first device and a second device are disclosed herein. An exemplary system may comprise a first device and a second device. An exemplary first device may comprise processing circuitry configured to display one or more promotions, receive a selection of at least one promotion, a selection of at least one second device, the second device within a predetermined proximity, and an indication to transmit the at least one promotion to the at least one second device, and transmit wirelessly the at least one promotion to the at least one second device. A second device may comprise processing circuitry configured to receive a notification indicating that the first device is sharing a promotion, display an indication indicating reception of the notification, receive a selection of an acceptance of the promotion, and display the promotion.

公开(公告)号：US11348156B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16887972

申请日：2020-05-29

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Langdon

IPC: G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: Embodiments provide computer apparatuses, computer systems and computer-executable methods for recommending a commercial item or entity to a consumer based on geographic zone data. The method includes receiving a first predetermined geographic zone, a first importance score associated with a consumer for the first predetermined geographic zone, and a second importance score associated with a commercial item or entity for the first predetermined geographic zone. The method also includes programmatically generating an overlap score based on the first and second importance scores, and programmatically generating a relevancy score based on the overlap score, the relevancy score indicating a probability that the commercial item or entity is of relevance to the consumer. The method further includes, based on the relevancy score, transmitting instructions to a computing device associated with the consumer to cause the computing device to render a representation of the commercial item or entity.

公开(公告)号：US11348141B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US15191348

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Scott Ellis ,  Devdatta Gangal ,  Jayesh Joy ,  Hamish Barney

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L51/00 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  H04L51/046 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  H04W80/10

Abstract: Techniques for programmatically interfacing with mobile chat sessions are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include one or more servers configured to: access the mobile chat session hosted by the mobile chat server; receive input chat data from the mobile chat server; determine promotions scores of candidate promotions based at least in part on the input chat data; and provide the output chat data to the mobile chat server including an electronic marketing communication of one or more promotions selected based on the promotion scores. The one or more servers may be further configured to programmatically interact with chat accounts within the mobile chat session, such as to request additional search terms for improved promotion relevance targeting, among other things.

公开(公告)号：US11348139B1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US14248676

申请日：2014-04-09

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Varun Krishna ,  Marius Ciocirlan ,  Peter Bergstrom ,  Benjamin Kim

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: Systems and related methods of providing promotions to consumers based on proximity to communication beacons are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a system including a communication beacon and a central system. The communication beacon may be associated with a merchant and located at a merchant shop. Based on receiving consumer presence data from the communication beacon indicating that a consumer device and the communication beacon has formed a direct wireless connection, the server may be configured to provide merchant information, promotions, or other messages to the consumer device. In some embodiments, messages may be generated by the merchant and targeted to consumers based on consumer device location, consumer demographics, among other things. Furthermore, the server may provide consumer information to a merchant device to facilitate consumer service, point-of-sale, and seamless transactions and promotion redemptions.

公开(公告)号：US11347790B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US17072141

申请日：2020-10-16

Applicant: GROUPON, INC.

Inventor： Val Agostino ,  David Cowan

IPC: G06F15/173 ,  G06F16/735 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/954 ,  G06F16/958 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06F40/134 ,  G06F40/103 ,  G06F3/0483

Abstract: A system and method indicates certain terms on a web page as links or portals to additional information and then allows the user to click the link or operate the portal to obtain the additional information, which may be a different web page on the world wide web.

公开(公告)号：US11347757B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16744405

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Don A. Chennavasin

IPC: G06F16/00 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for ranking channel pages of a host system. Content channels may comprise content relating to a particular category or having a commonality. Explicit data provided by user input, and/or implicit data derived or received from a user device or third party may be used to generate explicit and/or implicit parameters. Based on the parameters, content channels may be ranked and displayed in an order based on the ranking, and/or a home content channel may be identified. The host system may therefore target a user with relevant content.

公开(公告)号：US11334913B1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US15228263

申请日：2016-08-04

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Azmath Mohamad

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for facilitating immediate activation of a promotion. One example embodiment may include an apparatus for facilitating immediate activation of a promotion, the apparatus comprising registration circuitry configured to receive promotion component information, the promotion component information comprising one or more products or services and a price, generate a promotion comprising the promotion component information, and assign promotion identification information to the promotion; and activation circuitry configured to receive information provided in a text message, the text message comprising at least the promotion identification information, a command, the text message addressed to a short code, the command indicative of an instruction to perform with regard to the promotion identified by the promotion identification information.

公开(公告)号：US11328324B1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US14473918

申请日：2014-08-29

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Sahil Prakash Thaker

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing promotions to consumers based on search queries are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system including circuitry configured to receive a search query from a consumer device. The circuitry may be further configured to determine a related promotion to the search query based on having received the search query from consumers in connection with promotion purchase data indicating purchase of the related promotion, such as may be indicated by historical data. Furthermore, the circuitry may provide an impression of the related promotion to the consumer device based on the search query. Consumer interactions with the system may be tracked as historical data and leveraged to provide one or more related promotions that are relevant and/or related to the search query.

公开(公告)号：US20220138790A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17574514

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: GROUPON, INC.

Inventor： Kevin Chang ,  Amber Roy Chowdhury

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  G06N5/04

Abstract: Systems, methods and techniques disclosed herein provide dynamic time-based adjustment of predictive modeling data.

公开(公告)号：US20220129945A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17453911

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: Groupon, Inc.

Inventor： Mechie NKENGLA ,  Kavita KOCHAR ,  Shafiq SHARIFF ,  Gaston L'HUILLIER ,  Rajesh PAREKH ,  Logan Tyler Jennings

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for generating a promotion structure. The method includes receiving an indication of a service offered by a merchant and presenting one or more tiles based on one or more promotion option structures, wherein each tile includes at least one option and a descriptor associated with each included option. The method further includes receiving one or more selections, and generating, by a processor, the promotion structure based on the received one or more selections. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.