BEHAVIORAL FINGERPRINTING WITH RETAIL MONITORING

• US 20130197968A1
• Filed: 12/11/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Davis, Marc E., Dyor, Matthew G., Gerrity, Daniel A., Huang, Xeudong, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Application Number:
  US13/711,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20130197968A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for behavioral fingerprinting with retail monitoring. For certain example embodiments, one or more devices may: (i) communicate for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; or (ii) administer at least an aspect of at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.

Claims

1. A method for behavioral fingerprinting with retail monitoring, the method being at least partially implemented by at least one device, the method comprising:

communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; and

administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat.

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37. A system for behavioral fingerprinting with retail monitoring, the system comprising:

circuitry for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; and

circuitry for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein the circuitry for sending one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into the at least one behavioral fingerprint from at least one retail monitoring application resident at the user device.

40. The system of claim 38, wherein the circuitry for sending one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the one or more obtained characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction for incorporation into the at least one behavioral fingerprint from at least one retail point of sale device that has interacted with the user device.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least a portion of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device at a server device that provides retail monitoring functionality.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the circuitry for receiving at least a portion of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device at a server device that provides retail monitoring functionality comprises:

circuitry for forwarding the received at least a portion of the at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device from the server device to the user device.

43. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for signaling an authentication likelihood corresponding to the user of the user device with respect to at least one authorized user of the user device.

45. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device, the one or more characteristics obtained from at least one point of sale (POS) device.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein the circuitry for sending one or more characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device for incorporation into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device, the one or more characteristics obtained from at least one point of sale (POS) device comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the one or more characteristics corresponding to the at least one interaction from at least one point of sale (POS) register present within a physical store.

47. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device.

48. The system of claim 47, wherein the circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for causing the user device to display at least a portion of at least one map and to indicate to the user that an identified location is to be selected.

49. The system of claim 47, wherein the circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user to name one or more people that have been contacted via the user device.

50. The system of claim 47, wherein the circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user to identify a most recent purchase.

51. The system of claim 47, wherein the circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user to select a location corresponding to a usage of the user device to make a purchase.

52. The system of claim 47, wherein the circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user a question having at least one answer that is ascertainable from at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for causing the user device to ask the user to input a store that is frequented with the user device.

53. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity.

54. The system of claim 53, wherein the circuitry for memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity comprises:

circuitry for memorializing one or more utilization indicators of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device.

55. The system of claim 53, wherein the circuitry for memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity comprises:

circuitry for memorializing at least one environmental parameter relating to an event to potentially occur in conjunction with the user device.

56. The system of claim 53, wherein the circuitry for memorializing one or more factors affecting an analysis of the user of the user device with regard to authenticity comprises:

circuitry for memorializing at least one result of one or more comparisons of (i) one or more utilization indicators of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device and (ii) at least one environmental parameter relating to an event to potentially occur in conjunction with the user device.

57. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for performing at least one analysis that includes (i) at least one characteristic derived from the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device and (ii) one or more characteristics of at least one previous purchase effectuated at least partially with the user device.

58. The system of claim 57, wherein the circuitry for performing at least one analysis that includes (i) at least one characteristic derived from the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device and (ii) one or more characteristics of at least one previous purchase effectuated at least partially with the user device comprises:

circuitry for performing at least one comparison that includes at least one of a location or a time of day.

59. The system of claim 57, wherein the circuitry for performing at least one analysis that includes (i) at least one characteristic derived from the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device and (ii) one or more characteristics of at least one previous purchase effectuated at least partially with the user device comprises:

circuitry for performing at least one comparison that includes at least one of an item identifier or an item cost.

60. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat comprises:

circuitry for determining if the at least an aspect of the at least one interaction is to be incorporated into a behavioral fingerprint associated with the user device.

61. The system of claim 60, wherein the circuitry for determining if the at least an aspect of the at least one interaction is to be incorporated into a behavioral fingerprint associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for determining if a time of day at which a user checks for one or more sale prices with the user device is to be incorporated into the behavioral fingerprint associated with the user device.

62. The system of claim 60, wherein the circuitry for determining if the at least an aspect of the at least one interaction is to be incorporated into a behavioral fingerprint associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for ascertaining an indication of a complexity of the at least one interaction.

63. The system of claim 60, wherein the circuitry for determining if the at least an aspect of the at least one interaction is to be incorporated into a behavioral fingerprint associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for ascertaining at least an approximation of a number of repetitions with respect to the at least one interaction.

64. The system of claim 60, wherein the circuitry for determining if the at least an aspect of the at least one interaction is to be incorporated into a behavioral fingerprint associated with the user device comprises:

circuitry for ascertaining a proximity of an affirmative authentication by an authorized user with respect to the at least one interaction.

67. The system of claim 37, further comprising:

circuitry for exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to participate in the behavioral fingerprint habitat via at least one retail monitoring server.

68. The system of claim 67, wherein the circuitry for exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to participate in the behavioral fingerprint habitat via at least one retail monitoring server comprises:

circuitry for exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to provide one or more characteristics for at least one utilization indicator of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device via the at least one retail monitoring server.

69. The system of claim 67, wherein the circuitry for exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to participate in the behavioral fingerprint habitat via at least one retail monitoring server comprises:

circuitry for exposing at least one application programming interface that enables a third party to retrieve at least one utilization indicator of at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the user device via the at least one retail monitoring server.

70. The system of claim 37, further comprising:

circuitry for linking (i) a retail loyalty program account that is associated with an authorized user of the user device or with the user device and (ii) a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the authorized user of the user device or with the user device.

71. The system of claim 70, wherein the circuitry for linking (i) a retail loyalty program account that is associated with an authorized user of the user device or with the user device and (ii) a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the authorized user of the user device or with the user device comprises:

circuitry for incorporating one or more program assets of the retail loyalty program account into the behavioral fingerprint.

72. The system of claim 70, wherein the circuitry for linking (i) a retail loyalty program account that is associated with an authorized user of the user device or with the user device and (ii) a behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the authorized user of the user device or with the user device comprises:

circuitry for augmenting the retail loyalty program account with at least a portion of at least one utilization indicator of the behavioral fingerprint.

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65. (canceled)

66. (canceled)

73. A system for behavioral fingerprinting with retail monitoring, the system comprising:

means for communicating for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; and

means for administering at least an aspect of the at least one interaction related to the user of the user device in the behavioral fingerprint habitat.

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