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Method and System for Selecting Similar Consumers

  • US 20120310708A1
  • Filed: 05/04/2012
  • Published: 12/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized method for reporting a first consumer'"'"'s usage of a resource, the method comprising:

  • retrieving consumer characteristic data and resource usage data for a first consumer and a set of second consumers, the consumer characteristic data including a plurality of characteristics related to each consumer;

    selecting at least one consumer that is similar to the first consumer from the set of second consumers based upon a plurality of common criteria between the first consumer'"'"'s characteristic data and a second consumer'"'"'s characteristic data, wherein a common criterion is one of;

    a match between a characteristic of the first consumer'"'"'s characteristic data and a characteristic of a second consumer'"'"'s characteristic data; and

    a match between a range and a second consumer'"'"'s characteristic data;

    if a total number of similar consumers selected is less than a predetermined number of consumers, performing at least one action from a set of potential actions to abate the common criteria, wherein the set of potential actions includes;

    removing at least one common criterion; and

    increasing at least one range for at least one of the common criterion;

    generating an report including the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage data and the at least one similar consumers'"'"' resource usage data.

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