Groupon, Inc.

Bytedance Inc.

Varun Krishna

Benjamin Kim

Peter Bergstrom

Marius Gabriel Ciocirlan

An apparatus configured to output a user interface depicting a plurality of locations to a merchant device and related methods and computer program products are discussed herein. The apparatus is configured, according to some embodiments, to associate beacon identifier data that identifies a plurality of communication beacons with a plurality of locations of interest. The apparatus is further configured to output a user interface indicating that a consumer device is located at a particular location of interest based at least in part on consumer presence data received from the consumer device. In some embodiments, the user interface comprises a consumer profile record associated with the consumer presence data. In some embodiments, message data is received and used to generate merchant messages.

Beacon-based device location interface

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.

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