Method and system for culling star performers, trendsetters and connectors from a pool of users

• US 20070150349A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deem, Incorporated (Jack Taylor Family Voting Trust U A D 4 14 99)
• Original Assignee: Rearden Commerce Inc
• Inventors: Kikinis, Dan, Handel, Sean, Orttung, Mark, Grady, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US11/479,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20070150349A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.130
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0211 Determining the effectiveness of discounts or incentives

Abstract

In one embodiment, method that can be performed on a system, is provided to take not just a person'"'"'s time and location into consideration, but also has knowledge of and takes into account their availability, their preferences, their schedule, their purpose for being at their current location, and/or their next goal or stop (not just in terms of location but also in terms of activity). One embodiment is able to take into account a real-time view of supplier inventory and deduce and make available much better-adapted offerings and support for that person'"'"'s travels and endeavors.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

dynamically providing a first offer to a first user'"'"'s mobile device, the offer based on the first user'"'"'s location or expected location during a first period of time, and the first user'"'"'s availability during the first period of time;

providing in the first offer a second offer to have the first offer extended to one or more additional offerees; and

Classifying one of the first user or one of the additional offerees, based on a predetermined criteria related to at least one of additional responses invoked or a type offer accepted.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing one or more of an offer, promotion, or payment in response to invoking additional responses.

3. The method of claim 2, the offer, promotion or payment based on a classification of the offeree of the offer, promotion, or payment.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria is a quantity of additional responses invoked.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria includes invoking one or more responses within a predetermined period of time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria includes invoking a predetermined quantity of responses within a predetermined period of time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria includes a combination of a quantity of additional responses and a timing of additional responses.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria includes receiving responses to a pre-identified type of offer.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a ranking of identified trendsetters based at least on one of quantity, timing, or responses to a predetermined type of offer.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising issuing one of promotions, payments, or additional offers to a trendsetter based on a relative ranking of the respective trendsetter.

11. The method of claim 5, further comprising offering, based on predetermined criteria, a membership to at least one of the additional offerees.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the membership includes the additional offeree receiving at least one of offers, promotions, and payments directly.

13. A machine readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which when executed, perform processes comprising of:

dynamically providing a first offer to a first user'"'"'s mobile device, the offer based on the first user'"'"'s location or expected location during a first period of time, and the first user'"'"'s availability during the first period of time;

providing in the first offer a second offer to have the first offer extended to a first group of one or more additional offerees; and

Classifying one of the first user or one of the additional offerees, based on a predetermined criteria related to at least one of additional responses invoked by the first user, or a type offer accepted.

14. The machine readable medium of claim 13, further comprising providing one or more of an offer, promotion, or payment in response to invoking additional responses.

15. The machine readable medium of claim 14, the offer, promotion or payment based on a classification of the offeree of the offer, promotion, or payment.

16. The machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined criteria is a quantity of additional responses or acceptances invoked.

17. The machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined criteria includes invoking one or more responses within a predetermined period of time.

18. The machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined criteria includes invoking a predetermined quantity of responses within a predetermined period of time.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined criteria includes a combination of a quantity of additional responses and a timing of additional responses.

20. A system comprising of:

a means for dynamically providing a first offer to a first user'"'"'s mobile device, the offer based on the first user'"'"'s location or expected location during a first period of time, and the first user'"'"'s availability during the first period of time;

a means for providing in the first offer a second offer to have the first offer extended to a first group of one or more additional offerees; and

a means for classifying one of the first user or one of the additional offerees, based on a predetermined criteria related to at least one of additional responses invoked by the first user, or a type offer accepted.