PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETING OF CONTENT TO SEGMENTED CUSTOMER BASE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying an item purchased by a first customer;
categorizing the first customer into a first segment, the first segment based upon the item purchased by the customer;
matching the first segment with a pre-determined profile; and
displaying previously-stored advertising content associated with the pre-determined profile.
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Abstract
A method and system for targeted in-store advertising content is disclosed. In order to improve the success of advertising content on a group of customers, the present invention monitors and records items as they are purchased from the store. These records generate data that is used to categorize customers into defined segments. Segments are matched to pre-defined profiles, which describe certain demographic characteristics common to customers in a particular segment. Advertisers can create advertising campaigns directed to these profiles, and when a certain number of matching segments appear within a certain amount of time within the store, the present invention will display the matching media content. The present invention tracks segment frequency, and applies a weighted T-distribution analysis to determine the likelihood of certain frequencies of segments appearing at a certain time. The present invention also tracks the number of times certain media content has been displayed within a certain amount of time to prevent content overexposure. Use of the present invention'"'"'s data will help advertisers by introducing a pay for performance model where advertisers pay to deliver content to their target demographic, and by providing information on whether or not an advertising campaign was successful.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying an item purchased by a first customer; categorizing the first customer into a first segment, the first segment based upon the item purchased by the customer; matching the first segment with a pre-determined profile; and displaying previously-stored advertising content associated with the pre-determined profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a shopping basket monitor software module that collects data on at least one item purchased by at least one customer, the shopping basket monitor software module stored in a memory device; a profile analysis software module that uses the collected data from the shopping basket monitor module and categorizes the customer into a segment based upon the data, and then matches the segment to a pre-defined profile, the profile analysis software module stored in a memory device; a content database that contains at least one previously-stored advertising content file matching at least one profile, the advertiser database stored in a memory device; a content delivery software module that transmits, to a display device, advertising content matched to at least one profile, the content delivery software module stored in a memory device; and a display device that displays advertising content transmitted from the content delivery software module. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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