TARGETED DISTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL INCENTIVES
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1. A method for distributing a commercial incentive to a consumer, comprising:
- accessing a commercial incentive and targeting data associated with the commercial incentive;
accessing user data associated with a consumer, wherein the user data comprises at least one of spatial data, temporal data, social data and topical data associated with the consumer;
matching the commercial incentive to the consumer based at least in part on the targeting data and the user data; and
distributing the commercial incentive to the consumer over a network responsive to the matching step.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product is described that matches commercial incentives to consumers based on targeting data associated with the commercial incentive and user data associated with consumers in a manner that advantageously allows for highly-targeted delivery of commercial incentives to the consumers that are most likely to use them. Because both the targeting data and the user data may include spatial, temporal, social and topical data, matching may be performed based on any or all of these data types, as well as based on any combination of these data types.
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1. A method for distributing a commercial incentive to a consumer, comprising:
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accessing a commercial incentive and targeting data associated with the commercial incentive; accessing user data associated with a consumer, wherein the user data comprises at least one of spatial data, temporal data, social data and topical data associated with the consumer; matching the commercial incentive to the consumer based at least in part on the targeting data and the user data; and distributing the commercial incentive to the consumer over a network responsive to the matching step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a matching manager configured to access a commercial incentive and targeting data associated with the commercial incentive, to access user data associated with a consumer, wherein the user data comprises at least one of spatial data, temporal data, relationship data and topical data associated with the consumer, and to match the commercial incentive to the consumer based at least in part on the targeting data and the user data; and a communications manager communicatively connected to the matching manager, the communications manager configured to distribute the commercial incentive to the consumer over a network responsive to the performance of the matching function by the matching manager. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processing unit to distribute a commercial incentive to a consumer, the computer program logic comprising:
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first means for enabling the processing unit to access a commercial incentive and targeting data associated with the commercial incentive; second means for enabling the processing unit to access user data associated with a consumer, wherein the user data comprises at least one of spatial data, temporal data, social data and topical data associated with the consumer; third means for enabling the processing unit to match the commercial incentive to the consumer based at least in part on the targeting data and the user data; and fourth means for enabling the processing unit to distribute the commercial incentive to the consumer over a network responsive to the matching step. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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