SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING AND PROVIDING SUGGESTIONS

• US 20100005400A1
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smartfocus Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: Smartfocus Holdings Limited
• Inventors: Swift, Darci Louise
• Granted Patent: US 9,262,765 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system, method, and program product for identifying and providing suggestions includes registering information of a behavior of a user in an environment within a domain. Behavior processes identify the behavior, identify an item associated with the behavior, identify an identity of the user, and store the identified information. Task processes prepare a suggestion list using the information and a stored configuration. A participant account in the environment requests suggestions to serve to the user where the participant account belongs to a participant belonging to a group of affiliated participants. Suggestion processes identify a request item, identify the identity of the user and attributes associated with the request, aggregate suggestions using the stored configuration and a suggestion list set, and record served suggestions. The participant account receives the served suggestions where the participant account can offer the served suggestions on behalf of an affiliated participant.

Claims

1. A method for identifying and providing suggestions within a framework, the method comprising steps of:

receiving a message to register information of a behavior of a user in an environment within a domain, said receiving a message causing at least one or more behavior processes to identify said behavior, identify at least one item associated with said behavior, identify an identity of said user, and store at least information obtained during said identifying, and at least one or more task processes to prepare at least one suggestion list using said information and a stored configuration, match and join item and user data in said environment, and associate and join item and user transactions;

receiving a request from a participant account in said environment for suggestions to serve to said user where said participant account belongs to a participant belonging to a group of affiliated participants, said receiving a request causing at least one or more suggestion processes to identify, from said request, a request item, identify said identity of said user and attributes associated with said request, aggregate suggestions using said stored configuration and a suggestion list set, and record served suggestions; and

responding to said request with said served suggestions where said participant account can offer said served suggestions on behalf of an affiliated participant of said group of affiliated participants.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said suggestion list set includes a plurality of suggestion lists prepared during registration of a plurality of user behaviors associated with a plurality of accounts of affiliated participants.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in said process of aggregating suggestions, suggestions are picked from said suggestion list and filtered with recorded served suggestions.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one or more suggestion processes further localize suggestions with language specific data items.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one or more task processes generates and stores reports associated with suggestions.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of managing at least said stored configuration.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said domain further includes said group of affiliated participants, associated accounts and licenses.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said suggestions at least include advertising and recommendations.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of licensing said domain to at least support re-selling and re-labeling the framework.

10. A method for identifying and providing suggestions within a framework, the method comprising:

steps for receiving a message to register information of a behavior of a user;

steps for receiving a request from a participant account for suggestions to serve; and

steps for responding to said request.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, further comprising steps for licensing a domain.

12. A computer program product for identifying and providing suggestions, the computer program product comprising:

computer code for receiving a message to register information of a behavior of a user in an environment within a domain;

computer code for identifying said behavior, identifying at least one item associated with said behavior, identifying an identity of said user, and storing at least information obtained during said identifying;

computer code for preparing at least one suggestion list using said information and a stored configuration, matching and joining item and user data in said environment, and associating and joining item and user transactions;

computer code for receiving a request from a participant account in said environment for suggestions to serve to said user where said participant account belongs to a participant belonging to a group of affiliated participants;

computer code for identifying, from said request, a request item, identifying said identity of said user and attributes associated with said request, aggregating suggestions using said stored configuration and a suggestion list set, and recording served suggestions;

computer code for responding to said request with said served suggestions where said participant account can offer said served suggestions on behalf of an affiliated participant of said group of affiliated participants; and

a computer readable media storing said computer code.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein said suggestion list set includes a plurality of suggestion lists prepared during registration of a plurality of user behaviors associated with a plurality of accounts of affiliated participants.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, further comprising computer code for picking suggestions from said suggestion list and filtering with recorded served suggestions.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, further comprising computer code for localizing suggestions with language specific data items.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, further comprising computer code for generating and storing reports associated with suggestions.

17. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein said domain further includes said group of affiliated participants, associated accounts and licenses.

18. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein said suggestions at least includes advertising and recommendations.

19. A system for identifying and providing suggestions within a framework, the system comprising:

means for registering information of a behavior of a user;

means for processing a request from a participant account for suggestions to serve; and

means for responding to said request where said participant account can offer served suggestions on behalf of an affiliated participant.

20. The system as recited in claim 19, further comprising means for licensing the framework.