Provision Of Customer Attributes To A Person

• US 20140188550A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Patterson, David
• Application Number:
  US13/730,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20140188550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for establishing an attribute template for a customer for distribution to recipients. In operation, customer information is received and placed as attributes in a template that is then made available to predetermined recipients.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a template of customer attributes for access by a recipient, comprising:

receiving a notification from a customer requesting that an attribute in a customer profile representative of that customer be made available to a recipient in a template;

receiving a designation of a recipient for access made by the customer;

storing the designation of the recipient in memory of a server;

retrieving from memory attributes of the customer representing a life history of the customer;

establishing the template for the attributes of the customer having a layout of information as specified by the customer;

wherein the template comprises attributes representing the life history of the customer retrieved from memory and wherein the attributes within the template correspond to a characteristic of the recipient; and

providing access to the recipient.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a duration of access that the customer would like the template to be available for access by the recipient.

3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising denying access to the recipient when the duration of access has elapsed.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a number of accesses that the recipient is allowed to access the template.

5. A method according to claim 4, further comprising denying access to the recipient when the recipient has accessed the template equal to the number accesses specified by the customer.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the template is predetermined to comprise the following attributes:

age of customer, education of customer, income of customer, photo of customer, gender of customer.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the template is predetermined not to contain an actual name and contact attributes for the customer.

8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting to the customer a selectable selection of customer items that contain customer attributes that have been provided by the customer;

receiving a selection of customer items made by the customer; and

evaluating the items selected by the customer for customer attributes.

9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

organizing the template on a display such that the recipient is presented with the template in the same layout that is displayed on the display as viewed by the customer.

10. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

evaluating the attributes for quality;

providing a confidence score corresponding to quality and providing the recipients access to the confidence score.

11. A system for establishing a template of customer attributes for access by a recipient, comprising:

one or more processors and one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable and operational data, the executable and operational data effective to cause the one or more processors to;

receive a notification from a customer requesting that an attribute in a customer profile representative of that customer be made available to a recipient in a template;

receive a designation of a recipient for access made by the customer;

store the designation of the recipient in memory of a server;

retrieve from memory attributes of the customer representing a life history of the customer;

establish the template for the attributes of the customer having a layout of information as specified by the customer;

wherein the template comprises attributes representing the life history of the customer retrieved from memory and wherein the attributes within the template correspond to a characteristic of the recipient; and

provide access to the recipient.

12. A system according to claim 11, further comprising receiving a duration of access that the customer would like the template to be available for access by the recipient.

13. A system according to claim 12, further comprising of denying access to the recipient when the duration of access has elapsed.

14. A system according to claim 11, further comprising receiving a number of accesses that the recipient is allowed to access the template.

15. A system according to claim 14, further comprising denying access to the recipient when the recipient has accessed the template equal to the number accesses specified by the customer.

16. A system according to claim 11, wherein the template is predetermined to comprise the following attributes:

age of customer, education of customer, income of customer, photo of customer, gender of customer.

17. A system according to claim 11, wherein the template is predetermined not to contain an actual name and contact attributes for the customer.

18. A system according to claim 11, further comprising:

present to the customer a selectable selection of customer items that contain customer attributes that have been provided by the customer;

receive a selection of customer items made by the customer; and

evaluate the items selected by the customer for customer attributes.

19. A system according to claim 11, further comprising:

organize the template by the customer on a display such that the recipient is presented with the template in the same layout that is displayed on the display as viewed by the customer.

20. A system according to claim 11, further comprising:

evaluate the attributes for quality;

provide a confidence score corresponding to quality and providing the recipients access to the confidence score.