US 11,704,658 B1
Systems and methods for providing shared promotion redemptions
Rishi R. Arora, Chicago, IL (US); Alan Deitch, Chicago, IL (US); Geoffrey Hubert Woo, San Francisco, CA (US); Mahmudul Arefin Din, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert James Skillington, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Chen, San Francisco, CA (US); and Tihomir Tsankov Georgiev, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to GROUPON, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,045.
Application 17/219,045 is a continuation of application No. 16/555,186, filed on Aug. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,004,059.
Application 16/555,186 is a continuation of application No. 14/495,750, filed on Sep. 24, 2014, granted, now 10,438,188, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/883,913, filed on Sep. 27, 2013.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that configure the apparatus to:
connect with consumer devices via a network, wherein the network includes a root communication beacon;
identify a primary consumer device communicating with the root communication beacon;
identify primary consumer account data associated with the primary consumer device;
identify one or more secondary consumer devices, wherein to identify one or more second consumer devices comprises:
initiate broadcasting of a beacon identifier;
receive a beacon identifier receipt indicator from each secondary consumer device of the one or more secondary consumer devices;
determine the one or more secondary consumer devices based on each beacon identifier receipt received from a secondary consumer device of the one or more secondary consumer devices;
identify secondary consumer account data associated with a secondary consumer device of the one or more secondary consumer devices;
designate the primary consumer device and the one or more secondary consumer devices as a consumer device group;
generate a point-of-sale order associated with the consumer device group;
receive, via the network, redemption data indicating redemption of a promotion associated with the point-of-sale order;
determine, based on the redemption data, a portion of a redemption value to apply to each consumer device of the consumer device group; and
facilitate a financial transaction for the consumer device group by communicating with the primary consumer device.