System and method of saving deal offers to be applied at a point-of-sale (pos) of a retail store

Abstract

A system and method of saving deal offers to be applied at a point-of-sale (POS) of a retail store may include receiving, by a mobile device via a communications network, multiple advertisements inclusive of selectable deal offers of products being sold at the retail store for a user to select. Responsive to a user selecting to view an advertisement of a product on the mobile device, the deal offer of the product to be presented to the POS to be applied to a cost of the product may be automatically stored. Responsive to a check out request at the mobile device, data inclusive of the deal offer to be presented to the POS to apply the deal offer to the cost of the product to which the deal offer is associated may be generated.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of saving deal offers to be applied at a point-of-sale (POS) of a retail store, said method comprising:
 receiving, by a mobile device via a communications network, a plurality of advertisements inclusive of selectable deal offers of products being sold at the retail store for a user to select;   responsive to a user selecting to view an advertisement of a product on the mobile device, automatically storing the deal offer of the product to be presented to the POS to be applied to a cost of the product; and   responsive to a check out request at the mobile device, generating data inclusive of the deal offer to be presented to the POS to apply the deal offer to the cost of the product to which the deal offer is associated.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein generating data includes generating an aggregate indicia inclusive of the deal offer. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein generating the aggregate indicia includes generating the aggregate indicia inclusive of multiple deal offers that were selected by the user to be viewed on the mobile device and stored thereon, wherein each of the multiple deal offers were automatically saved in response to the user selecting the respective advertisements to view. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising displaying the advertisements in a selectable list. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the selectable list is scrollable such that additional advertisements that are not initially displayed are able to be viewable when the selectable list is scrolled by the user, and further comprising storing deal offers of any advertisement in the list responsive to becoming viewable on the mobile device. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising, responsive to the user selecting the advertisement from the selectable list, displaying a second advertisement inclusive of additional information of the product in the advertisement. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein displaying the second advertisement further includes displaying a plurality of selectable related advertisements inclusive of deal offers of other products related to the product. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 6 , further comprising automatically storing a deal offer of any of the selectable related advertisements selected by the user to view. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein generating the data includes:
 generating a QR code for the POS to read; and   displaying the QR code on the mobile device for the POS to read.   
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , further comprising:
 determining that too many deal offers to be applied to a single QR code have been stored;   in response to determining that too many deal offers have been stored, generating a plurality of QR codes to accommodate all of the deal offers; and   displaying the plurality of QR codes on the mobile device for the POS to read.   
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein displaying the plurality of QR codes on the mobile device includes simultaneously displaying the QR codes on the mobile device for the POS to read. 
     
     
         12 . A system for saving deal offers to be applied at a point-of-sale (POS) of a retail store, said system comprising:
 a memory configured to store data; and   a processing unit in communication with said memory, and configured to:
 receive, via a communications network, a plurality of advertisements inclusive of selectable deal offers of products being sold at the retail store for a user to select; 
 responsive to a user selecting to view an advertisement of a product on the mobile device, automatically store the deal offer of the product to be presented to the POS to be applied to a cost of the product in said memory; and 
 responsive to a check out request, generate data inclusive of the deal offer to be presented to the POS to apply the deal offer to the cost of the product to which the deal offer is associated. 
   
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 12 , wherein said processing unit, in generating data, is configured to generate an aggregate indicia inclusive of the deal offer. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 13 , wherein said processing unit, in generating the aggregate indicia, is configured to generate the aggregate indicia inclusive of multiple deal offers that were selected by the user to be viewed on the mobile device and stored thereon, wherein each of the multiple deal offers were automatically saved into said memory in response to the user selecting the respective advertisements to view. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 12 , wherein said processing unit is further configured to display the advertisements in a selectable list on an electronic display. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 15 , wherein said processing is configured to display the selectable list as a scrollable selectable list such that additional advertisements that are not initially displayed are able to be viewable when the selectable list is scrolled by the user, and wherein said processing unit is configured to store deal offers of any advertisement in the list responsive to becoming viewable on the mobile device. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 12 , wherein said processing unit, responsive to the user selecting the advertisement from the selectable list, is configured to display a second advertisement inclusive of additional information of the product in the advertisement. 
     
     
         18 . The system according to  claim 17 , wherein said processing unit, in displaying the second advertisement, is further configured to display a plurality of selectable related advertisements inclusive of deal offers of other products related to the product. 
     
     
         19 . The system according to  claim 17 , wherein said processing unit is further configured to automatically store a deal offer of any of the selectable related advertisements selected by the user to view. 
     
     
         20 . The system according to  claim 12 , wherein said processing unit, in generating the data, is further configured to:
 generate a QR code for the POS to read; and   display the QR code on the mobile device for the POS to read.   
     
     
         21 . The system according to  claim 20 , wherein said processing unit is further configured to:
 determine that too many deal offers to be applied to a single QR code have been stored;   in response to determining that too many deal offers have been stored, generate a plurality of QR codes to accommodate all of the deal offers; and   display the plurality of QR codes on the mobile device for the POS to read.   
     
     
         22 . The system according to  claim 21 , wherein said processing unit, in displaying the plurality of QR codes on the mobile device, is configured to simultaneously display the QR codes on the mobile device for the POS to read.