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WO2013019506A3
WO2013019506A3 PCT/US2012/048126 US2012048126W WO2013019506A3 WO 2013019506 A3 WO2013019506 A3 WO 2013019506A3 US 2012048126 W US2012048126 W US 2012048126W WO 2013019506 A3 WO2013019506 A3 WO 2013019506A3
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social network
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Matthias Eichstaedt
Deepak GOAL
Sunil Keshav BOPARDIKAR
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Coupons.Com Incorporated
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Abstract

In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at a social network coupon platform, a request to display coupon data regarding a particular coupon that is provided by a coupon provider, wherein a user that is registered with a social network provider initiated the request; in response to receiving the request, sending, from the social network coupon platform, the coupon data to be displayed to the user; receiving, at the social network coupon platform, from the social network provider, profile data that includes profile information of the user; in response to receiving the profile data, allowing the user access to the particular coupon; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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