SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOUD BASED PAYMENT INTELLIGENCE

• US 20140244389A1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clout
• Original Assignee: Clout
• Inventors: Konig, Francis
• Application Number:
  US14/192,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244389A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.53
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history

Abstract

The present application provides a system and method that includes receiving first and second electronic information associated with a first and second entity. The information is filtered and quantified and, thereafter qualified using at least one processor. Moreover, information associated with at least one reward and/or advertisement is determined to be provided to at least one of the first and second entities in accordance with the qualifying. The information associated with the at least one reward and/or advertisement is transmitted to at least one computing device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising,

accessing, by at least one processor, at least one database that includes:

electronic entity information including information associated with each of a plurality of respective entities;

electronic filter information representing at least one parameter for filtering information in accordance with relevance of information;

electronic weighting information representing at least one parameter usable for quantifying filtered information;

receiving, using the at least one processor over a data communication network, first electronic information associated with a first of the respective entities;

filtering, using the at least one processor, at least some of the first electronic information in accordance with the electronic filtering information;

quantifying, using the at least one processor, the filtered first electronic information in accordance with the electronic weighting information;

receiving, using the at least one processor over the data communication network, second electronic information associated with a second of the respective entities;

filtering, using the at least one processor, at least some of the second electronic information in accordance with the electronic filtering information;

quantifying, using the at least one processor, the filtered second electronic information in accordance with the electronic weighting information;

qualifying, using the at least one processor, the quantified filtered first and second electronic information; and

determining, using the at least one processor, at least one reward and/or advertisement to be provided to at least one of the first and second entities in accordance with the qualifying; and

transmitting, by the at least one processor, information associated with the at least one reward and/or advertisement to at least one computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising categorizing, using the at least one processor, the filtered first and second electronic information in accordance with at least one of improving data quality and/or data access, standard industrial classification code, and geographic location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the relevance of information includes at least one of completed profiles, referring new entities, bank spending, account activity, store purchases, promotion redemption, amount of information, age of information, accuracy of information, and ease of obtaining information, and

further wherein the electronic information is associated with at least one of referring new entities, spending activity, responding to surveys, providing identification and location information, verifying entity information, and use of devices to connect to the data communication network.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking, using the at least one processor, activity associated with at least one of the first and second entities, wherein the tracked activity includes at least one of entity login, purchases, financial information, opt-in for promotions, survey completions, location, and providing contact information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic information includes a plurality of data points, and quantifying the filtered first and second electronic information includes quantifying each of the respective data points.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, using the at least one processor, a price or the terms or conditions of advertising, products, services, or compensation applicable to at least one entity in accordance with at least one of the electronic information, quantified information, qualification, and score of an entity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying includes, using the at least one processor:

ranking the first and second entities;

applying a respective score to at least one of the first and second entities; and

/or

increasing or decreasing at least one of the quantified filtered first and second electronic information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying includes using the quantified filtered first and second electronic information and/or using at least one of the received first and second electronic information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying includes ranking the first and second entities by respectively calculating:

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying includes determining a weighted average by calculating:

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying includes measuring activity by calculating:

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying includes assigning value to one or more of the presence, absence, or frequency of electronic information by calculating:

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying includes determining independent data points by calculating:

14. The method of claim 1, wherein quantifying the filtered first and second electronic information comprises assigning a score for activity associated with a plurality of entities, and assigning at least one score for a respective entity, and normalizing at least one of the scores, wherein at least one of the scores is calculated by:

S=Ω

T

where Ω

is a normalization factor and T represents total points.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the quantified filtered first and second electronic information is represented as a score.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one score is one or more of a system score, a store score, a merchant score and a location score.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the store score represents at least one of an entity'"'"'s influence, spending activity, ability, and loyalty at a given store, and further wherein the merchant score represents at least one of a credibility and influence of at least one merchant.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the score is recalculated and subject to change over time.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the score is adjusted in response to one or more of:

particular activity of an entity;

time decay;

changes in weight associated with a respective data point;

upper and/or lower limits; and

at least one trend.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the score is provided to at least one third party.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one reward and/or advertisement is provided by at least one of the respective entities.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the nature and/or amount of the at least one reward and/or advertisement is determined by at least one of the respective entities.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one reward and/or advertisement is for promoting an entity in the data communication network.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one reward and/or advertisement is associated with activities outside of the data communication network.

25. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting, using the at least one processor, at least one of:

at least one of the first and second received electronic information;

at least some of the electronic filtering information;

at least some of the electronic weighting information;

the quantifying; and

the qualifying,

in accordance with activity based on at least one trend, an applied score, and at least one activity of at least one other of the plurality of entities.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a type of at least one of:

the at least one reward and/or advertisement

a value and/or attribute of the at least one reward and/or advertisement;

and how the at least one reward and/or advertisement is delivered,

in accordance with at least one of;

electronic information;

ranking;

score;

quantified information;

financial transactions;

a location of at least one of the first entity and the second entity;

a time when the at least one reward and/or advertisement is given;

at least one direct referral; and

at least one indirect referral.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the qualifying is further performed in accordance with one or more attributes of one or more of the respective entities, wherein the attributes include cash, credit, asset balance, financial transactions, an entity'"'"'s location and duration of an entity that is associated with the data communication network.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing the qualifying of at least one of the quantified filtered first and second electronic information in response to activity of one or more other of the respective entities.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, using the at least one processor over the data communication network, third electronic information associated with a third of the respective entities;

filtering, using the at least one processor, at least some of the third electronic information in accordance with the electronic filtering information;

quantifying, using the at least one processor, the filtered third electronic information in accordance with the electronic weighting information, and wherein the

qualifying, using the at least one processor, the quantified filtered first, second and third electronic information; and

determining, using the at least one processor, at least one reward and/or advertisement to be provided to at least one of the first, second and third entities in accordance with the qualifying; and

transmitting, by the at least one processor, information associated with the at least one reward and/or advertisement to at least one computing device.

30. A system comprising:

at least one database that is accessible using at least one processor, and that includes;

electronic entity information including information associated with each of a plurality of respective entities;

electronic filter information representing at least one parameter for filtering information in accordance with relevance of information;

electronic weighting information representing at least one parameter usable for quantifying filtered information;

a data receiving module that receives, using the at least one processor over a data communication network, first electronic information associated with a first of the respective entities and second electronic information associated with a second of the respective entities;

a filtering module that filters, using the at least one processor, at least some of the first electronic information and at least some of the second electronic information in accordance with the electronic filtering information;

a weighting module that quantifies, using the at least one processor, the filtered first electronic information and the filtered second electronic information in accordance with the electronic weighting information;

a qualifying module that qualifies, using the at least one processor, the quantified filtered first electronic information and quantified filtered second electronic information; and

a rewards and advertising module that determines, using the at least one processor, at least one reward and/or advertisement to at least one of the first and second entities in accordance with the qualifying, and transmits information associated with the at least one reward and/or advertisement to at least one computing device.

31. The system of claim 30, further comprising a predictive module that predicts, using the at least one processor, relationships between the entities based on developing patterns by an entity or between entities.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein at least one of the first and second entities authorize access to electronic information stored at a third-party system.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein at least one of the first entity and the second entity provides at least some of the electronic weighting information.

34. The system of claim 30, wherein at least some of the received information is modified by at least one of:

the at least one processor;

the first entity; and

the second entity.

35. The system of claim 30, wherein the at least one processor, a network administrator or at least one of the respective entities modifies at least some of the electronic weighting information.

36. The system of claim 30, wherein at least some of the first and second electronic information includes at least one of referring new entities, financial activity, responding to surveys, providing identification and location information, verifying entity information, in-store spending, online spending, competitor spending, spending by a user at other businesses of a product or service, related category spending, overall spending, cash balance, credit balance, asset value, activity, responsiveness, and entering or connecting electronic information to the network.

37. The system of claim 30, further comprising a location module that assigns, using at least one processor, respective scores to a plurality of locations or addresses of entity activities in accordance with data-points collected over a time period;

wherein the ranking the locations is in accordance with the respective locations'"'"' scores in relation to other locations proportionate to the activities of entities at the locations or addresses.

38. The system of claim 30, further comprising a management module that determines respective scores associated with at least one of the respective entities in accordance with data points collected over a period of time.

39. The system of claim 30, wherein the at least one processor is further configured, based on at least at least one of:

entity behavior, statistics and trends, to;

propose a relationship between at least two of the respective entities;

prevent an entity from joining the data communication network;

modify the quantifying or the qualifying;

generate new information associated with quantifying the filtered first and/or second electronic information, a category of at least one other of the plurality of entities;

modify access permissions for at least one of the plurality of entities;

notify at least one other entity of a change in an entity'"'"'s profile or activity; and

promote an entity'"'"'s activities.