Increase value of consumer coupons
View Patent ↗Web page data is generated for rendering coupons, for a currency of value available to a user for increasing a value of the coupons and for one or more activities that can be used to increase the currency of value. When at least one of the activities has been completed by the user, the currency of value is increased by an amount specified by the activity that has been completed. A selection is received of a coupon whose value is to be increased. Additional web page data is generated to including dollar amounts to which the coupon may be increased. When the user selects one of the dollar amounts, a number of the currency of value is determined corresponding to the selected dollar amount. The value of the coupon is increased by the selected dollar amount. The currency of value available to the user are decreased by the number of the currency of value corresponding to the dollar amount.
1. A system comprising:
a plurality of remote electronic devices, each comprising
a display,
an input device, and
a remote device processor coupled to said display and said input device; and
a server comprising a memory and a server processor coupled thereto, the memory configured to store a plurality of digital coupons having corresponding promotional values and a plurality of available redeemable values associated with a plurality of users, said processor configured to transmit the plurality of digital coupons and an associated one of the plurality of available redeemable values to a given one of said plurality of remote electronic devices, the associated available redeemable value being redeemable from a respective redeemable value source and toward a plurality of different ones of the plurality of digital coupons redeemable at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at a given retailer location;
said remote device processor configured to
display, on said display, the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values, each of the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values being displayed as a graphical digital coupon icon on said display,
permit user selection, via said input device, of at least one of the plurality of digital coupons for redemption against the associated available redeemable value,
display, on said display, the associated available redeemable value and a plurality of user selectable activities for increasing the associated available redeemable value, each of the plurality of user selectable activities having different redeemable values associated therewith, the associated available redeemable value being displayed as an indicator icon configured to graphically display the associated available redeemable value and a user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon comprising a rotatable pointer and associated indicia to graphically display the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon being adjacent a replication of a graphical digital coupon icon of the user selected at least one digital coupon on the display,
permit user selection, via said input device, of at least one activity of the plurality thereof,
permit user selection of the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption,
send the user selected user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and at least one digital coupon for redemption to said server, and
cooperate with said server to queue the user selected at least one digital coupon for printing thereby fixing the user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and permitting redemption at the POS terminal;
said server processor configured to
increase the associated redeemable value with the corresponding different redeemable values based upon completion of the user selected at least one user selectable activity, and
decrease the associated redeemable value and increase the promotional values of the user selected at least one digital coupon by a corresponding amount based upon the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value;
said remote device processor configured to update the indicator icon based upon a change in the associated redeemable value.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein each remote electronic device comprises wireless communications circuitry coupled to said remote device processor and cooperating therewith to wirelessly receive the plurality of digital coupons and wirelessly send the user selected user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and at least one digital coupon for redemption to said server.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein said server processor is configured to transmit the plurality of digital coupons to the given remote electronic device based upon a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein said server processor is configured to transmit the plurality of digital coupons to the given remote electronic device based upon a purchase history of the user.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein said server processor is configured to increase the associated redeemable value based upon a purchase history of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein said server processor is configured to increase the associated redeemable value based upon a geographical location of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the different redeemable values associated with each of the plurality of user selectable activities are based upon a purchase history of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the corresponding different redeemable values associated with each of the plurality of user selectable activities are based upon a geographical location of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
9. A method comprising:
using a server comprising a memory and a server processor coupled thereto to transmit a plurality of digital coupons and an associated one of the plurality of available redeemable values stored in the memory to a given one of a plurality of remote electronic devices, the associated available redeemable value being redeemable from a respective redeemable value source and toward a plurality of different ones of the plurality of digital coupons redeemable at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at a given retailer location;
using a given remote electronic device of the plurality thereof comprising a display, an input device, and a remote device processor coupled to the display and the input device to
display, on a display, the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values, each of the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values being displayed as a graphical digital coupon icon on the display,
permit user selection, via an input device, of at least one of the plurality of digital coupons for redemption against the associated available redeemable value,
display, on the display, the associated available redeemable value and a plurality of user selectable activities for increasing the associated available redeemable value, each of the plurality of user selectable activities having different redeemable values associated therewith, the associated available redeemable value being displayed as an indicator icon configured to graphically display the associated available redeemable value and a user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon comprising a rotatable pointer and associated indicia to graphically display the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon being adjacent a replication of a graphical digital coupon icon of the user selected at least one digital coupon on the display,
permit user selection, via the input device, of at least one activity of the plurality thereof,
permit user selection of the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption,
send the user selected user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and at least one digital coupon for redemption to the server, and
cooperate with the server to queue the user selected at least one digital coupon for printing thereby fixing the user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and permitting redemption at the POS terminal;
the server further being used to
increase the associated redeemable value with the corresponding different redeemable values based upon completion of the user selected at least one user selectable activity, and
decrease the associated redeemable value and increase the promotional values of the user selected at least one digital coupon by a corresponding amount based upon the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value;
the remote device further being used to update the indicator icon based upon a change in the associated redeemable value.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the given remote electronic device is used to wirelessly send the user selected user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and at least one digital coupon for redemption to the server via wireless communication circuitry.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein the server is used to transmit the plurality of digital coupons to the given remote electronic device based upon a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the server is used to transmit the plurality of digital coupons to the given remote electronic device based upon a purchase history of the user.
13. The method of claim 9 wherein the server processor is used to increase the associated redeemable value based upon a purchase history of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
14. The method of claim 9 wherein the server processor is used to increase the associated redeemable value based upon a geographical location of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
15. The method of claim 9 wherein the different redeemable values associated with each of the plurality of user selectable activities are based upon a purchase history of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
16. The method of claim 9 wherein the different redeemable values associated with each of the plurality of user selectable activities are based upon a geographical location of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for causing a server processor to perform operations comprising:
transmitting a plurality of digital coupons and an associated one of the plurality of available redeemable values stored in the memory to a given one of a plurality of remote electronic devices, the associated available redeemable value being redeemable from a respective redeemable value source and toward a plurality of different ones of the plurality of digital coupons redeemable at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal at a given retailer location, the transmitting causing a given remote electronic device of the plurality thereof comprising a display, an input device, and a remote device processor coupled to the display and the input device to
display, on a display, the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values, each of the plurality of digital coupons and the corresponding promotional values being displayed as a graphical digital coupon icon on the display,
permit user selection, via an input device, of at least one of the plurality of digital coupons for redemption against the associated available redeemable value,
display, on the display, the associated available redeemable value and a plurality of user selectable activities for increasing the associated available redeemable value, each of the plurality of user selectable activities having different redeemable values associated therewith, the associated available redeemable value being displayed as an indicator icon configured to graphically display the associated available redeemable value and a user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon comprising a rotatable pointer and associated indicia to graphically display the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption, the indicator icon being adjacent a replication of a graphical digital coupon icon of the user selected at least one digital coupon on the display,
permit user selection, via the input device, of at least one activity of the plurality thereof,
permit user selection of the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value corresponding to the user selected at least one digital coupon for redemption,
send the user selected user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and at least one digital coupon for redemption to the server, and
queue the user selected at least one digital coupon for printing thereby fixing the user-determined desired amount of associated available redeemable value and permitting redemption at the POS terminal;
increasing the associated redeemable value with the corresponding different redeemable values based upon completion of the user selected at least one user selectable activity; and
decreasing the associated redeemable value and increase the promotional values of the user selected at least one digital coupon by a corresponding amount based upon the user-determined desired amount of the associated available redeemable value;
causing the remote device processor to update the indicator icon based upon a change in the associated redeemable value.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the server processor to transmit the plurality of digital coupons to the given remote electronic device based upon a user associated with the given remote electronic device.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the server processor to transmit the plurality of digital coupons to the given remote electronic device based upon a purchase history of the user.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the server processor to increase the associated redeemable value based upon at least one of a purchase history of a user associated with the given remote electronic device and a geographical location of a user associated with the given remote electronic device.