US 11,816,653 B2
GPS determined location based access to linked information and delivery thereof
Rajat Shroff, Redwood Shores, CA (US); Aaron Cooper, Chicago, IL (US); Elton Cheung, Millbrae, CA (US); Tyler Renaghan, San Anselmo, CA (US); and James J. Sullivan, Piedmont, CA (US)
Assigned to GROUPON, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/847,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/436,266, filed on Dec. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0174130 A1, Jun. 21, 2018
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0234 (2023.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G06Q 20/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/325 (2013.01); G06Q 20/327 (2013.01); G06Q 20/34 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4014 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0222 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0224 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0234 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0239 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0259 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 20/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 51 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, via a network, from payment processing device, an indication of an electronic interaction between a primary device and a third-party device, the electronic interaction being a purchase transaction of products or services presently being transacted at the third-party device, and the indication comprising at least a first element and a second element, the first element indicative of user identification information as provided by the primary device during the electronic interaction and the second element indicative of payment information, the primary device being a credit card comprising a chip or magnetic strip;
determining a phone number of a mobile device associated with user identification information provided in the indication of the electronic interaction;
performing a location query of the mobile device, wherein the location query comprises transmitting a first location to the mobile device;
receiving, via the network, from the mobile device responsive to the location query, an indication of at least one of a location or a bounded region;
determining, as a function of at least the first element and the location or the bounded region, a data object that upon validation is configured for use during a subsequent interaction between the primary device and a different third-party device by:
receiving, from the primary device, a series of queries comprising a current location of the mobile device;
determining a direction based at least in part on the series of queries, each of the series of queries comprising the current location at a time of reception;
determining, based at least in part on the series of queries and the current location of each at the time of reception, whether one or more of the determined direction or the series of queries is indicative of an outing or an errand;
querying an interaction database with the current location associated with a most recent query, and at least one of the determined direction, a time associated with the most recent query, or the indication of whether the series of queries or the direction is indicative of the errand or the outing; and
receiving, responsive to the querying, the data object, the data object indicative of a promotion; and
transmitting, to the mobile device, an electronic communication comprising an indication, configured for rendering on the mobile device, of the data object.