Patent · US Active

System for targeting messages to consumers based on determination of current ownership

US8412597B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Inventors

Sheila Mixdorf · Cedar Falls, US
Curtis DeGroote · Waterloo, US
Scott M. Davis · Lee, US
Brad Nichols · Cedar Falls, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2009
Grant date	Apr 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q30/0251
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program enabling the determination of an inference related to the purchase of an item by a customer. The program analyzes certain public information relative to an entity's customer database and then calculates an inferred value and assigns it to the relevant customer. The database is then sorted according to certain inferred values and customers are provided specially tailored information.

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