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Determining recommendations from buyer information

US9767471B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 2014
Grant dateSep 19, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0268
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A service provider may receive transaction information from a plurality of merchant devices for a plurality of point of sale transactions conducted between buyers and merchants. The service provider can associate the transaction information with respective buyer profiles of a plurality of buyer profiles. In some examples, the service provider may determine a subset of the buyer profiles based on at least a portion of the buyer profiles in the subset including transaction information that is related to a particular one of the merchants. The service provider may further determine at least one characteristic associated with at least some of the buyer profiles in the subset, and may send a recommendation to the particular merchant related to the at least one characteristic. As an example, the recommendation may be for improving or optimizing the business of the particular merchant.

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