Method and System for Predicting Purchases
First Claim
1. A method in an electronic data processing system, comprising:
- calculating a purchase probability and a purchase frequency for at least one item of a plurality of items as a function of previous purchases associated with a customer identifier;
generating at least one list as a function of said purchase probability and said purchase frequency that includes at least one item;
transmitting at least one electronic message to a customer associated with said customer identifier; and
providing said list in said electronic message.
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Abstract
Some traditional brick-and-mortar stores, such as grocery stores, have encountered difficulties in using the online marketplace. There are a litany of reasons for this, but one reason is that the online marketplace is simply inconvenient. One purpose for the online marketplace is to make the lives of customers easier. These traditional stores can take advantage of this by utilizing purchasing data to generate lists to predict purchases for delivery, pick up, or simply as a reminder. By transmitting predicted shopping lists to consumers, more consumers would be more inclined to utilize the online and delivery services because the load on the consumers would be greatly reduced. Therefore, the predictive message service provided herein provides many benefits that have not, to this point, been available.
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27 Claims
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1. A method in an electronic data processing system, comprising:
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calculating a purchase probability and a purchase frequency for at least one item of a plurality of items as a function of previous purchases associated with a customer identifier; generating at least one list as a function of said purchase probability and said purchase frequency that includes at least one item; transmitting at least one electronic message to a customer associated with said customer identifier; and providing said list in said electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program, comprising:
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computer code for calculating a purchase probability and a purchase frequency for at least one item of a plurality of items as a function of previous purchases associated with a customer identifier; computer code for generating at least one list as a function of said purchase probability and said purchase frequency that includes at least one item; computer code for transmitting at least one electronic message to a customer associated with said customer identifier; and computer code for providing said list in said electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a purchase database having at least one entry for at least one item purchase, wherein said entry is associated with a customer identifier; a first engine for calculating a purchase probability and a purchase frequency for said item as a function of previous purchases associated with said customer identifier; a marketing database that receives said entry, said customer identifier, said purchase probability, and said purchase frequency; and a second engine that mines said marketing engine to; generate at least one list as a function of said purchase probability and said purchase frequency; transmit at least one electronic messages to a customer associated with said customer identifier; and provide said list in said electronic message. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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