Auctioning of announcements

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9836785
APP PUB NO 20110264540A1
SERIAL NO

13176631

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An announcement distributor distributes, or auctions an opportunity to distribute, an announcement to an announcement recipient such as a consumer, issuer, merchant, or acquirer within a payment processing system. The announcement when there has been a satisfaction of an announcement condition, such as the consumer being determined to be located within a predetermined spatial zone. The content of the announcement may, in turn, facilitate a subsequent cashless transaction for resources of merchants. Implementations describe various permutations of the content of the announcement, the announcement condition, and the announcement recipient.

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VISA U S A INCP O BOX 8999 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carlson, Mark Half Moon Bay, US 287 17386

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