ROUTINE SUGGESTION SYSTEM

• US 20140297414A1
• Filed: 03/29/2013
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhao, Lucy Ma, Zamer, Kamal
• Application Number:
  US13/853,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20140297414A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing routine suggestions include determining that a user is in a current location that is over a predetermined distance from a home location that is associated with the user in a non-transitory memory. A current time is then determined that corresponds to a time period associated with a routine purchase type that is associated with the home location in the non-transitory memory. At least one merchant is then retrieved over a network that is associated with the current location and that provides the routine purchase type. The at least one merchant is then displayed on a display device. The systems and methods operate to “learn” routine purchases made by the user in a home location, and then provide suggested merchants at which those routine purchases can be made when the user is in a location different from the home location.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing routine data associated with a user, wherein the routine data includes a home location, a routine purchase type associated with the home location, and a time period associated with the routine purchase type;

one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory and operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the steps of;

determining that the user is in a current location that is over a predetermined distance from the home location;

determining that a current time corresponds to the time period associated with the routine purchase type;

retrieving at least one merchant that is associated with the current location and that provides the routine purchase type; and

displaying the at least one merchant on a display device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory memory stores a plurality of purchases associated with the routine purchase type, and the one or more hardware processors are operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the steps of:

retrieving the plurality of purchases associated with the routine purchase type; and

filtering a plurality of merchants associated with the current location using the plurality of purchases to retrieve the at least one merchant that provides the routine purchase type by providing at least one item associated with a majority of the plurality of purchases.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the routine purchase type includes a plurality of purchases made at a first merchant associated with the home location, and the time period includes a reoccurring time period in which the purchases were made.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory memory stores a linked purchase type associated with the routine purchase type, and the one or more hardware processors are operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the steps of:

determining that a purchase has been made from a merchant of the at least one merchant displayed on the display device;

retrieving at least one linked merchant that is associated with the current location and the linked purchase type; and

displaying the at least one linked merchant on a display device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the non-transitory memory stores a plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type, and the one or more hardware processors are operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the steps of:

retrieving the plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type; and

filtering a plurality of linked merchants associated with the current location using the plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type to retrieve the at least one linked merchant that provides the linked purchase type by providing at least one item associated with a majority of the plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the routine purchase type includes a plurality of purchases for the same item type made at a plurality of merchants associated with the home location, and the time period includes a reoccurring time period in which the purchases were made.

7. A method for providing routine suggestions, comprising:

determining that a user is in a current location that is over a predetermined distance from a home location associated with the user in a non-transitory memory;

determining that a current time corresponds to a time period associated with a routine purchase type that is associated with the home location in the non-transitory memory;

retrieving at least one merchant over a network that is associated with the current location and that provides the routine purchase type; and

displaying the at least one merchant on a display device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

retrieving a plurality of purchases associated with the routine purchase type; and

filtering a plurality of merchants associated with the current location using the plurality of purchases to retrieve the at least one merchant that provides the routine purchase type by providing at least one item associated with a majority of the plurality of purchases.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying the at least one item associated with the majority of the plurality of purchases on the display device.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the routine purchase type includes a plurality of purchases made at a first merchant associated with the home location, and the time period includes a reoccurring time period in which the purchases were made.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining that a purchase has been made from a merchant of the at least one merchant displayed on the display device;

retrieving at least one linked merchant that is associated with the current location and a linked purchase type that is associated with the routine purchase type in the non-transitory memory; and

displaying the at least one linked merchant on a display device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

retrieving a plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type; and

filtering a plurality of linked merchants associated with the current location using the plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type to retrieve the at least one linked merchant that provides the linked purchase type by providing at least one item associated with a majority of the plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the routine purchase type includes a plurality of purchases for the same item type made at a plurality of merchants associated with the home location, and the time period includes a reoccurring time period in which the purchases were made.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

determining that a user is in a current location that is over a predetermined distance from a home location associated with the user in a non-transitory memory;

determining that a current time corresponds to a time period associated with a routine purchase type that is associated with the home location in the non-transitory memory;

retrieving at least one merchant over a network that is associated with the current location and that provides the routine purchase type; and

displaying the at least one merchant on a display device.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

retrieving a plurality of purchases associated with the routine purchase type; and

filtering a plurality of merchants associated with the current location using the plurality of purchases to retrieve the at least one merchant that provides the routine purchase type by providing at least one item associated with a majority of the plurality of purchases.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying the at least one item associated with the majority of the plurality of purchases on the display device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the routine purchase type includes a plurality of purchases made at a first merchant associated with the home location, and the time period includes a reoccurring time period in which the purchases were made.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

determining that a purchase has been made from a merchant of the at least one merchant displayed on the display device;

retrieving at least one linked merchant that is associated with the current location and a linked purchase type that is associated with the routine purchase type in the non-transitory memory; and

displaying the at least one linked merchant on a display device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

retrieving a plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type; and

filtering a plurality of linked merchants associated with the current location using the plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type to retrieve the at least one linked merchant that provides the linked purchase type by providing at least one item associated with a majority of the plurality of purchases associated with the linked purchase type.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the routine purchase type includes a plurality of purchases for the same item type made at a plurality of merchants associated with the home location, and the time period includes a reoccurring time period in which the purchases were made.