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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
James D. Barnes, Overland Park, KS (US);
Devon L. Biere, Olathe, KS (US);
Peter H. Distler, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sanjay K. Sharma, Olathe, KS (US);
James D. Barnes, Overland Park, KS (US);
Devon L. Biere, Olathe, KS (US);
Peter H. Distler, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sanjay K. Sharma, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for seamless retrieval of coupons and other non-standard items to a mobile device. Some method embodiments comprise: receiving a communication that specifies a user id and a coupon id, and storing the user id and a location of the coupon in a table in response to said receiving. A response to the communication is sent to the mobile device to invoke an application that accesses the table to determine the coupon location and uses the coupon location to download the content. The communication may be a web page request from a browser on the mobile device, and the application may be a coupon organizer external to the web browser. The communication may further include origination information, so that once the retrieval is complete, the mobile device once again displays the original web page and the user is given the perception that the download was accomplished within the browser.