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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2015
Applicant:

Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Joey Hawilo, Chicago, IL (US);

Will Megson, Chicago, IL (US);

Naren Chainani, Chicago, IL (US);

Ganesh Angappan, Ramapuram, IN;

Karthik Paulramachandran, Kamarajapuram, IN;

Ramya J, Besant Nagar, IN;

Assignee:

Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04L 51/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for electronic transactions based on a reply message. In the context of a computer executed method, the method includes receiving a message, from a sender device, including a reply to buy (RTB) identifier associated with a promotion and a RTB validation code. The method also includes authenticating, using a promotion and marketing service host, the RTB validation code, associating the message from the sender with a recipient identifier, and causing the transmission of a purchase order message to the recipient device based on the RTB identifier.


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