Determining Brand Affiliations
First Claim
1. A method of determining brand affiliation, comprising:
- (a) determining a consumer criterion;
(b) creating a filtered group of consumers wherein each consumer in the filtered group of consumers is subject to the consumer criterion;
(c) determining a percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with a brand of interest;
(d) determining a percentage of consumers in a control group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest;
(e) calculating a ratio of (i) the percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest compared to (ii) the percentage of consumers in the control group having at least one transaction with the brand of interest;
(f) determining the brand affiliation between the consumer criterion and the brand of interest based on the calculated ratio;
(g) outputting the brand affiliation; and
(h) executing a marketing campaign based on the output brand affiliation.
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Abstract
To determine brand affiliation, a consumer criterion may be identified. A filtered group of one or more consumers may be created in which each consumer in the filtered group is subject to the consumer criterion. A percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with a brand of interest may then be determined. A percentage of consumers in a control group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest may also be determined. A ratio comparing the percentage of consumers in the filtered group to the percentage of consumers in the control group may then be calculated. Based on the calculated ratio, the brand affiliation between the consumer criterion and the brand of interest is determined. This affiliation can be leveraged to target marketing materials for one of the brands to consumers of the second brand.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of determining brand affiliation, comprising:
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(a) determining a consumer criterion; (b) creating a filtered group of consumers wherein each consumer in the filtered group of consumers is subject to the consumer criterion; (c) determining a percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with a brand of interest; (d) determining a percentage of consumers in a control group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest; (e) calculating a ratio of (i) the percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest compared to (ii) the percentage of consumers in the control group having at least one transaction with the brand of interest; (f) determining the brand affiliation between the consumer criterion and the brand of interest based on the calculated ratio; (g) outputting the brand affiliation; and (h) executing a marketing campaign based on the output brand affiliation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for determining brand affiliation, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory for storing a plurality of processing instructions for directing the processor to; determine a consumer criterion; create a filtered group of consumers wherein each consumer in the filtered group of consumers is subject to the consumer criterion; determine a percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with a brand of interest; determine a percentage of consumers in a control group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest; calculate a ratio of (i) the percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest compared to (ii) the percentage of consumers in the control group having at least one transaction with the brand of interest; determine the brand affiliation between the consumer criterion and the brand of interest based on the calculated ratio; output the brand affiliation; and execute a marketing campaign based on the output brand affiliation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to determine brand affiliation, said control logic comprising:
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first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to determine a consumer criterion; second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to create a filtered group of consumers wherein each consumer in the filtered group of consumers is subject to the consumer criterion; third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to determine a percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with a brand of interest; fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to determine a percentage of consumers in a control group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest; fifth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to calculate a ratio of (i) the percentage of consumers in the filtered group of consumers having at least one transaction with the brand of interest compared to (ii) the percentage of consumers in the control group having at least one transaction with the brand of interest; sixth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to determine the brand affiliation between the consumer criterion and the brand of interest based on the calculated ratio; seventh computer readable program code means for causing the computer to output the brand affiliation; and eighth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to execute a marketing campaign based on the output brand affiliation. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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