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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Marcelo D. Lechner, Burlington, MA (US);
Siddharth Chitnis, Irving, TX (US);
Marcelo D. Lechner, Burlington, MA (US);
Siddharth Chitnis, Irving, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device is configured to receive, from a first mobile device of a first user of a group of users, information identifying a first location of the first mobile device and to receive, from a second mobile device of a second user of the group, a second location of the second mobile device. The device is further configured to determine a geographic area of a venue associated with a coupon. The device is also configured to match the coupon to the group when the first location and the second location are within the geographic area, and transmit information associated with the matched coupon to the first mobile device and the second mobile device. The group is organized by the first user or the second user for a plurality of users to receive coupons for a particular type of service associated with the matched coupon.