System for presenting consumer data
First Claim
1. A method for presenting consumer data, comprising the steps of:
- a) establishing a consumer purchase database including consumer purchase information;
b) establishing an access threshold credit value associated with some aspect of said consumer purchase database;
c) providing an avenue for user access to said consumer purchase database;
d) permitting communication by a user associated with said consumer purchase database;
e) obtaining identification information of said user;
f) comparing said identification information with registrant information;
g) determining that a consumer purchase database credit value associated with said user exceeds said access threshold credit value;
h) authorizing access by said user to at least a portion of said consumer purchase database;
i) prompting said user for product identification input;
j) comparing said product identification information with said consumer purchase database;
k) providing consumer data to said user; and
l) adjusting said consumer purchase database credit value of said user.
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Abstract
Software based methods to capture consumer data such as purchase or service receipt gratification data and to present composite or individual information back to pre-purchase consumers are provided. In several embodiments, systems and methods for creating and sustaining a database, systems and methods for marking statistical data as potentially suspect (e.g., low integrity or suspicious), systems and methods for presenting data hierarchically (such as in an information pyramid), and systems and methods for fast user interfaces (e.g., five seconds or less) are presented. Additionally, advertising information and claims, consumer report information and claims, adver-torial information and claims, and options to link to other information such as that in web sites, banner advertising information and claims, and access to independent testing organization information and claims are presented. Further, systems for Internet business practices, systems for consumer contact management, and for consumer messaging are presented.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for presenting consumer data, comprising the steps of:
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a) establishing a consumer purchase database including consumer purchase information;
b) establishing an access threshold credit value associated with some aspect of said consumer purchase database;
c) providing an avenue for user access to said consumer purchase database;
d) permitting communication by a user associated with said consumer purchase database;
e) obtaining identification information of said user;
f) comparing said identification information with registrant information;
g) determining that a consumer purchase database credit value associated with said user exceeds said access threshold credit value;
h) authorizing access by said user to at least a portion of said consumer purchase database;
i) prompting said user for product identification input;
j) comparing said product identification information with said consumer purchase database;
k) providing consumer data to said user; and
l) adjusting said consumer purchase database credit value of said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. A method for presenting consumer data, comprising the steps of:
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a) establishing a consumer purchase collection of consumer purchase determinants;
b) providing an avenue for user access to said consumer purchase collection;
c) permitting communication with said consumer purchase collection by a user;
d) prompting said user for product identification input;
e) obtaining product identification input from said user; and
f) providing at least a part of said consumer purchase determinants to said user.
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