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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Gaston L'Huillier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Francisco Jose Larrain, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ricardo Andres Zilleruelo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for receiving redemption selections from a consumer and scheduling redemption of a promotion. The method includes presenting one or more promotions for products or services offered by a merchant, and receiving an indication of a selection, by a consumer, of a promotion from the one or more promotions. The method further includes presenting one or more time slots based on predicted booking limits of a set of time slots including the one or more time slots, receiving a selection of a time slot from the one or more time slots, determining merchant time slot availability for the selected time slot, and scheduling a time slot for redeeming the promotion based on the determined merchant time slot availability. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.