Systems and methods to provide real-time offers via a cooperative database
US9679299B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0255
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one aspect, a computing apparatus is configured to: store transaction data recording transactions processed by a transaction handler; organize third party data according to community, where the third party data includes first data received from a first plurality of entities of a first community and second data received from a second plurality of entities of a second community; and responsive to a request from a merchant in the second community, present an offer of the merchant in the second community to users identified via the transaction data and the first data received from the first plurality of entities of the first community. In one embodiment, the first data provides permission from the merchant in the first community to allow the merchant in the second community to use intelligence information of the first community to identify users for targeting offers from the merchant in the second community.
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