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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.

Patent No.:

US 11889379 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2022

Location-based services

Applicant:

Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan Phillips, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Frank Schroth, Milton, MA (US);

Geoffrey M. Palmer, Newton, MA (US);

Stefan G. Zielinski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Allen P. Smith, Milton, MA (US);

Colin M. Cunningham, III, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Nghi H Ly

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/14 (2009.01); H04W 92/08 (2009.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); G08B 21/0236 (2013.01); G08B 21/0261 (2013.01); G08B 21/0269 (2013.01); G08B 21/0272 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/10 (2013.01); H04W 8/14 (2013.01); H04W 92/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for providing incentives based on geolocation of mobile devices. The method includes storing, by a server, data including merchant information of merchants and points of interest, and associated incentive information. The method includes determining, based on communication with user's device of a user, a first location of the mobile device. The method includes determining, based on the first location, a first subset of merchants and associated first subset of incentives. The method includes communicating merchant data, including information on the first subsets of merchants and incentives, to the mobile device. The method includes communicating to the mobile device, in response to a determination that the mobile device is inside a geofence associated with at least one of the first subset of merchants, additional information on the at least one of the first subset of merchants, the additional information comprising one or more related incentives.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Phillips, Alan. (2024). Location-based services (U.S. Patent No. 11889379). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11889379

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