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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Peter Kim, Stamford, CT (US);
James A. Jorasch, Stamford, CT (US);
Magdalena Mik Fincham, Greenwich, CT (US);
Daniel E. Tedesco, Westport, CT (US);
Russell Pratt Sammon, Stamford, CT (US);
Andrew P. Golden, New York, NY (US);
Raymond J. Mueller, Weston, CT (US);
Keith Bemer, New York, NY (US);
Kathleen Van Luchene, Norwalk, CT (US);
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
According to one described embodiment, a method is provided in which transaction information is determined. The transaction information is associated with (i) a buyer who has arranged to purchase a product from a central controller at a first price established between the buyer and the central controller and (ii) a merchant that offers the product for sale at a second price, different from the first price, without offering the product for sale to buyers at the first price. Information is transmitted that facilitates the acquisition of the product by the buyer, in exchange for payment provided by the buyer to the central controller. An amount based on the second price is provided to the merchant.