System and method for profile driven commerce
First Claim
1. A method for profile driven commerce, comprising:
- receiving consumer goods and service usage profile and lifestyle information by a profile driven commerce system;
storing the consumer usage profile and lifestyle information;
calculating a consumer benefit value for each of a plurality of market offerings using the consumer usage profile and lifestyle information;
determining a multiplicity of market offerings having highest values of calculated consumer benefits; and
displaying the multiplicity of highest benefit market offerings to a consumer.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for profile driven commerce that relate generally to assisting consumers in the purchase of goods and services. The invention concerns comparing a profile and lifestyle of related consumer activity to specific offerings from providers of goods and services to obtain the most benefit-effective match of user profile and lifestyle to provider market offerings. The disclosed profile driven commerce system receives consumer goods and service usage profile and lifestyle information, stores the information, calculates consumer benefits for each of a plurality of market offerings using the profile and lifestyle information, determines a predetermined number of market offerings having highest values of calculated consumer benefits, and displays the predetermined number of highest benefit market offerings. From the displayed list, the consumer may elect to switch to one of the plans or to receive periodic notification of higher benefit alternatives in the future.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for profile driven commerce, comprising:
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receiving consumer goods and service usage profile and lifestyle information by a profile driven commerce system;
storing the consumer usage profile and lifestyle information;
calculating a consumer benefit value for each of a plurality of market offerings using the consumer usage profile and lifestyle information;
determining a multiplicity of market offerings having highest values of calculated consumer benefits; and
displaying the multiplicity of highest benefit market offerings to a consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for profile driven commerce, comprising:
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receiving consumer goods and service usage profile and lifestyle information;
matching the consumer goods and service usage profile and lifestyle information with a plurality of market offerings to determine a multiplicity of plans having highest consumer benefit values; and
displaying the multiplicity of highest benefit plans to a consumer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for profile driven commerce, comprising:
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an internet connection and web server for receiving consumer goods and service usage profile and lifestyle information and consumer selections, and for displaying information and sending notification to a consumer;
a memory for storing consumer usage profile and lifestyle information;
a computer for calculating benefit values for each of a plurality of market offerings using the consumer usage profile and lifestyle information and for determining a multiplicity of market offerings having highest values of calculated consumer benefits; and
a computer means for displaying the multiplicity of highest benefit market offerings and a detailed comparison of selected highest benefit market offerings to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method in a computer system for profile driven commerce, comprising:
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reading consumer profile and lifestyle information;
determining consumer location;
looking up geographic rates for current consumer market offering;
looking up usage pattern and average usage of goods and service from user profile and lifestyle;
calculating weighted average billing rate;
adjusting weighted average for billing increment;
calculating the total monthly usage using the adjusted weighted average;
selecting a goods and service provider plan;
determining the selected plan geographic rates;
calculating a total consumer benefit value for the selected plan and saving the calculated value;
repeating the previous three steps of selecting, determining and calculating for all plans; and
sorting the plans by benefit and displaying the ten highest benefit value plans. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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