Assessing consumer purchase behavior in making a financial contract authorization decision
US8606696B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q40/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes: receiving a request corresponding to a prospective customer for at least one of a new service contract and sale of a product, the request including purchaser data specific to the purchaser, and new transaction data; determining historic data for a plurality of past transactions based at least in part on the purchaser data and one or more characteristics of the at least one of the new service contract and sale of the new product, the historic data for each past transaction including respective purchaser data, respective transaction data, and respective outcome data; determining historic risk data related to the plurality of past transactions; determining a risk prediction of the request based at least in part upon the historic risk data; and determining an authorization decision based at least in part upon the risk prediction, wherein the authorization decision comprises an approval or a denial of the request.
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