Inmar Clearing, Inc.

Carolina Coupon Clearing, Inc.

Richard Polhemus

Jeffrey Sandgren

Bobbi Iacovelli

Meggan Salmon

Steven Goforth

Forrest Gullion

Chris Granger

Amy LaBier Maynard

A digital promotion processing system may include a shopper device associated with a given shopper, and a promotion processing server. The promotion processing server may be configured to determine available digital promotions for a given product for purchase, each available digital promotion having different redemption terms. The promotion processing server may also be configured to cooperate with the shopper device to prompt the shopper to select one of the available digital promotions to apply toward purchase of the given product, store shopper promotion terms preference data based upon the selected digital promotion, and update the shopper promotion terms preference data based upon a plurality of new selections of available digital promotions. The promotion processing server may further be configured to generate and communicate a personalized digital promotion to the shopper device. The personalized digital promotion may have redemption terms based upon the updated shopper promotion terms preference data.

Digital promotion processing system including promotion terms preference data based promotion generation and related methods

A promotion processing system may include a user device associated with a given user, and a promotion processing server configured to generate promotional content. The promotional content may include a link to a given image corresponding to a digital promotion. The promotion processing server may also communicate the promotional content to the user device. The user device may communicate a request to the promotion processing server for the given image based upon the link, and communicate a user identifier associated with the given user to the promotion processing server. The promotion processing server may select the given image based upon the link and the user identifier, communicate the given image to the user device for viewing with the promotional content, and save the corresponding digital promotion to a digital wallet associated with the given user based upon the image being displayed at the user device.

Promotion processing system for saving a digital promotion to a digital wallet based upon link based image display and related methods

A content origination server may generate content having a stored content identifier associated therewith, and a content display server may display the content. A deep-link server may obtain the stored content identifier and generate an authorization token based upon the stored content identifier. The content origination server may generate a deep-link to the content. The deep-link may have associated therewith the stored content identifier and the authorization token. The content display server may communicate a request including a content identifier and a link authorization token, to the server. The deep-link server may determine whether the obtained link authorization token is valid based upon the generated authorization token and whether the identifiers match, and when so, cause the content display server to modify a layout of content otherwise, cause the content display server to display the content without modification to the layout of content.

Deep-linking authentication system and related methods

A system may include a memory that includes a database of retailer-supplied promotions associated with a first plurality of brand items, and a database of promotions associated with a second plurality of brand items. The system also includes a communications interface configured to communicate with a remote device and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface. The processor is configured to determine whether a given promotion matches any retailer-supplied promotion, and when the given promotion matches, then not send a corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device. The processor is also configured to, when the given promotion does not match, then send the corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device for redemption.

System including communication interface based sending of digital promotions and related methods

An electronic system may include communications devices and an electronic promotional offer server that includes a promotional offer memory to store promotional offers and a promotional offer processor to send a listing of promotional offers to the communications devices based upon the promotional offers. Each communications device may include a portable housing and a controller coupled to communications circuitry, an input device, and a display. The controller may be configured to display the listing of promotional offers on the display, cooperate with the input device to permit user selection of promotional offers from the listing thereof, and transmit the selected promotional offers to the electronic promotional offer server. The promotional offer processor may determine if the selected promotional offer is currently unavailable, and, when so, send a consolation promotional offer to the communications device.

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Richard Polhemus