Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas Georgoff

Michael Thomas Georgoff 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).

  • Patent number: 11538062
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont, III
  • Patent number: 11288694
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining an offer issued by a merchant, the offer being redeemable on-line, at the merchant's website, in-store, at a physical location of the merchant, or both; obtaining a plurality of single-use offer codes associated with the offer; receiving a request for a single-use offer code, the request having a phone number; sending to the phone number, via a text messaging service, a text message comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) to a select single-use offer code of the plurality single-use offer codes; and sending the single-use offer code to a consumer user device in response to a user selection of the URI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Scott Jason Throndson, Jeffrey Ryan Rego
  • Patent number: 11238500
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
  • Publication number: 20210158392
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont, III
  • Patent number: 10909568
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont, III
  • Publication number: 20200111133
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
  • Patent number: 10535083
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
  • Publication number: 20200005346
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining an offer issued by a merchant, the offer being redeemable on-line, at the merchant's website, in-store, at a physical location of the merchant, or both; obtaining a plurality of single-use offer codes associated with the offer; receiving a request for a single-use offer code, the request having a phone number; sending to the phone number, via a text messaging service, a text message comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) to a select single-use offer code of the plurality single-use offer codes; and sending the single-use offer code to a consumer user device in response to a user selection of the URI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Scott Jason Throndson, Jeffrey Ryan Rego
  • Patent number: 10387903
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining an offer issued by a merchant, the offer being redeemable on-line, at the merchant's website, in-store, at a physical location of the merchant, or both; obtaining a plurality of single-use offer codes associated with the offer; receiving a request for a single-use offer code, the request having a phone number; sending to the phone number, via a text messaging service, a text message comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) to a select single-use offer code of the plurality single-use offer codes; and sending the single-use offer code to a consumer user device in response to a user selection of the URI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Scott Jason Throndson, Jeffrey Ryan Rego
  • Publication number: 20180240148
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont
  • Patent number: 9978078
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: RetailMeNot, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont
  • Publication number: 20150134431
    Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining an offer issued by a merchant, the offer being redeemable on-line, at the merchant's website, in-store, at a physical location of the merchant, or both; obtaining a plurality of single-use offer codes associated with the offer; receiving a request for a single-use offer code, the request having a phone number; sending to the phone number, via a text messaging service, a text message comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) to a select single-use offer code of the plurality single-use offer codes; and sending the single-use offer code to a consumer user device in response to a user selection of the URI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Scott Jason Throndson, Jeffrey Ryan Rego
  • Publication number: 20150112774
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Scott Jason Throndson
  • Publication number: 20150088607
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Georgoff, Brian Keith Showers, Jimmy Jaejoon Song, John Thomas Pile, Edgar Mitchell Dapremont