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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michalis Potamias, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amit Aggarwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaolei Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Thacker, Burlingame, CA (US);
Kevin Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
GROUPON, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0244 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a promotion offering system, a promotion offering may be presented to a consumer on more than one occasion. The previous presentation of the promotion to the consumer may affect a subsequent presentation of the same promotion to the same consumer. The present invention provides an apparatus and method for analyzing the effect a previous presentation of a promotion may have on a consumer when the promotion is presented to the consumer at a subsequent time.