Patents by Inventor Brian Keith Showers
Brian Keith Showers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11538062Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable both on-line, at the merchant's website, and in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; sending the coupon to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option or an on-line redemption option.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont, III
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Patent number: 11238500Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; obtaining one or more merchant location identifiers, the coupon only being redeemable at one or more merchant locations identified by the one or more merchant location identifiers; sending the coupon and the merchant location identifiers to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
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Patent number: 11210702Abstract: Provided is a process of distributing offers to non-location-sensing devices based on a geolocation sensed by another device, the process comprising: obtaining a geolocation of a user from a mobile device of the user; associating the geolocation of the user with an identifier of the user in an offers engine; receiving a request for an offer from another computing device of the user, the request including or prompting obtaining data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user; retrieving the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device by identifying the user with the data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user account; selecting, with the offers engine, a responsive offer based on the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device; and sending the responsive offer to the other computing device of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.Inventors: Brian Keith Showers, Eithan Zilkha
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Publication number: 20210158392Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable both on-line, at the merchant's website, and in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; sending the coupon to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option or an on-line redemption option.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont, III
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Patent number: 10909568Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable both on-line, at the merchant's website, and in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; sending the coupon to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option or an on-line redemption option.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont, III
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Publication number: 20200111133Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; obtaining one or more merchant location identifiers, the coupon only being redeemable at one or more merchant locations identified by the one or more merchant location identifiers; sending the coupon and the merchant location identifiers to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
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Patent number: 10535083Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; obtaining one or more merchant location identifiers, the coupon only being redeemable at one or more merchant locations identified by the one or more merchant location identifiers; sending the coupon and the merchant location identifiers to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
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Publication number: 20190251598Abstract: Provided is a process of distributing offers to non-location-sensing devices based on a geolocation sensed by another device, the process comprising: obtaining a geolocation of a user from a mobile device of the user; associating the geolocation of the user with an identifier of the user in an offers engine; receiving a request for an offer from another computing device of the user, the request including or prompting obtaining data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user; retrieving the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device by identifying the user with the data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user account; selecting, with the offers engine, a responsive offer based on the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device; and sending the responsive offer to the other computing device of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Brian Keith Showers, Eithan Zilkha
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Patent number: 10318992Abstract: Provided is a process of distributing offers to non-location-sensing devices based on a geolocation sensed by another device, the process comprising: obtaining a geolocation of a user from a mobile device of the user; associating the geolocation of the user with an identifier of the user in an offers engine; receiving a request for an offer from another computing device of the user, the request including or prompting obtaining data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user; retrieving the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device by identifying the user with the data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user account; selecting, with the offers engine, a responsive offer based on the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device; and sending the responsive offer to the other computing device of the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.Inventors: Brian Keith Showers, Eithan Zilkha
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Publication number: 20180240148Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable both on-line, at the merchant's website, and in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; sending the coupon to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option or an on-line redemption option.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont
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Patent number: 9978078Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable both on-line, at the merchant's website, and in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; sending the coupon to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option or an on-line redemption option.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont
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Publication number: 20170148060Abstract: Provided is a process of distributing offers to non-location-sensing devices based on a geolocation sensed by another device, the process comprising: obtaining a geolocation of a user from a mobile device of the user; associating the geolocation of the user with an identifier of the user in an offers engine; receiving a request for an offer from another computing device of the user, the request including or prompting obtaining data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user; retrieving the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device by identifying the user with the data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user account; selecting, with the offers engine, a responsive offer based on the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device; and sending the responsive offer to the other computing device of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Brian Keith Showers, Eithan Zilkha
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Patent number: 9595049Abstract: Provided is a process of distributing offers to non-location-sensing devices based on a geolocation sensed by another device, the process comprising: obtaining a geolocation of a user from a mobile device of the user; associating the geolocation of the user with an identifier of the user in an offers engine; receiving a request for an offer from another computing device of the user, the request including or prompting obtaining data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user; retrieving the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device by identifying the user with the data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user account; selecting, with the offers engine, a responsive offer based on the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device; and sending the responsive offer to the other computing device of the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.Inventors: Brian Keith Showers, Eithan Zilkha
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Publication number: 20150112774Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; obtaining one or more merchant location identifiers, the coupon only being redeemable at one or more merchant locations identified by the one or more merchant location identifiers; sending the coupon and the merchant location identifiers to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
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Publication number: 20150088607Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a coupon issued by a merchant, the coupon being redeemable both on-line, at the merchant's website, and in-store, at a physical location of the merchant; sending the coupon to publishers for presentation to consumers by the publishers on user devices of the consumers; and receiving indications from the user devices of the consumers that the consumers interacted with the coupon, the indications indicating a consumer selection of an in-store redemption option or an on-line redemption option.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont
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Publication number: 20140365304Abstract: Provided is a process of distributing offers to non-location-sensing devices based on a geolocation sensed by another device, the process comprising: obtaining a geolocation of a user from a mobile device of the user; associating the geolocation of the user with an identifier of the user in an offers engine; receiving a request for an offer from another computing device of the user, the request including or prompting obtaining data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user; retrieving the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device by identifying the user with the data from the other computing device sufficient to identify the user account; selecting, with the offers engine, a responsive offer based on the geolocation of the user obtained from the mobile device; and sending the responsive offer to the other computing device of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Brian Keith Showers, Eithan Zilkha