Methods, systems, and products for demographic discounting

Details Methods, systems, and products for demographic discounting Methods, systems, and products for demographic discounting

2007-10-02

2007-10-02

Gary, Erika A. (Department: 2617)

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Zoned or cellular telephone system

C455S414100, C705S014270

Reexamination Certificate

active

11200963

ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for providing a discount to a device. One method obtains a location of the device and obtains a demographic indicator associated with the device. The discount is retrieved from memory, and the discount is based on the location and on the demographic indicator. The discount increases as a distance from a reference location increases. The reference location may represent any location, such as a physical location of a merchant. As the distance between the device and the merchant's physical location increases, the merchant provides a greater discount to entice the customer to travel to the merchant.

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