I guess free-coupons-as-advertising is one way to deal with the fact that Groupon-style "group buying" is a patent minefield: http://bit.ly/dizELu http://bit.l

I guess free-coupons-as-advertising is one way to deal with the fact that Groupon-style "group buying" is a patent minefield: http://bit.ly/dizELu http://bit.ly/dizELu I don't mean to suggest that this model doesn't have legs, it's actually pretty clever. But if I were in Scoutmob's shoes I'd rather get paid by thousands of engaged customers in each market than rely on a handful of small, local advertisers. Sadly, I'd be afraid of getting sued if I went down that path and met with enough success to show up on Martin Tobias's radar.