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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Eric Lefkofsky, Winnetka, IL (US);
Daniel Roarty, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew Joseph Hanson, Chicago, IL (US);
Zachary Finley, Chicago, IL (US);
David William Kunst, Chicago, IL (US);
Feras Karablieh, Issaquah, WA (US);
GROUPON, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods for effectively allowing consumers to request promotions from a merchant are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a networked device, apparatus, or server configured to: receive promotion request data from a consumer device indicating that a consumer is interested in purchasing a promotion associated with a merchant; determine a promotion request threshold value; in response to receiving the promotion request, increment a promotion request count, wherein the promotion request count indicates a number of consumers that have provided the promotion request associated with the merchant; determine whether the promotion request count exceeds the promotion request threshold value; and in response to determining that the promotion request count exceeds the promotion request threshold value, generate a request to offer a promotion for transmission to the merchant. Some embodiments may additionally provide for techniques for determining parameters of a promotions or prepurchase promotion.