TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY IN-MARKET PURCHASING INTERESTS
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1. A method, comprising:
- identifying in-market purchasing interests and representing them as a user goal to determine when a user is in-market for a specific product and to determine general shopping preferences and habits of said user; and
wherein said goal has a timeline, and goal satisfaction can be identified via a variety of contextual inputs selected from the group consisting of;
location;
traces from online shopping activity;
credit card bills;
or a pay-by-phone transactions.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising identifying in-market purchasing interests and representing them as a user goal to determine when a user is in-market for a specific product and to determine general shopping preferences and habits of the user, and wherein the goal has a timeline, and goal satisfaction can be identified via a variety of contextual inputs selected from the group consisting of: location; traces from online shopping activity; credit card bills; or a pay-by-phone transactions.
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12 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying in-market purchasing interests and representing them as a user goal to determine when a user is in-market for a specific product and to determine general shopping preferences and habits of said user; and wherein said goal has a timeline, and goal satisfaction can be identified via a variety of contextual inputs selected from the group consisting of;
location;
traces from online shopping activity;
credit card bills;
or a pay-by-phone transactions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations, comprising
identifying in-market purchasing interests and representing them as a user goal to determine when a user is in-market for a specific product and to determine general shopping preferences and habits of said user; - and
wherein said goal has a timeline, and goal satisfaction can be identified via a variety of contextual inputs selected from the group consisting of;
location;
traces from online shopping activity;
credit card bills;
or a pay-by-phone transactions. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
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an information assimilation and communication platform capable of identifying in-market purchasing interests and representing them as a user goal to determine when a user is in-market for a specific product and to determine general shopping preferences and habits of said user; and wherein said goal has a timeline, and goal satisfaction can be identified via a variety of contextual inputs selected from the group consisting of;
location;
traces from online shopping activity;
credit card bills;
or a pay-by-phone transactions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a mobile device capable of identifying in-market purchasing interests and representing them as a user goal to determine when a user of said mobile device is in-market for a specific product and to determine general shopping preferences and habits of said user; and wherein said goal has a timeline, and goal satisfaction can be identified via a variety of contextual inputs selected from the group consisting of;
location;
traces from online shopping activity;
credit card bills;
or a pay-by-phone transactions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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