System and method for anonymously matching products or services with a consumer

• US 8,266,048 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2012
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ndex Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ndex Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Bensemana, Laurent
• Primary Examiner(s): Kazimi, Hani M
• Application Number:
  US13/406,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20120191564A1
• Time in Patent Office: 196 Days
• Field of Search: 705/37, 705/7.39, 705/14.1, 705/14.45, 705/14.66
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A system and method for anonymously matching products or services with a consumer, based on the consumer'"'"'s true consumption behavior. Each consumer is represented by a unique true behavior derived consumption profile, and a private repository of such true consumption profiles is provided where each profile is anonymous. A repository of consumption objects such as vendors'"'"' products and services is also provided. The system correlates parameters of the consumer'"'"'s true consumption profile with parameters of the consumption object'"'"'s profiles to find the best matches and presents the consumer'"'"'s with a list of best to worst matches for a desired products. At all time the consumer'"'"'s true identity remains confidential, alleviating the privacy concerns of a lot a consumers.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for anonymously matching consumption objects with a consumer'"'"'s consumption behaviour, said consumer being uniquely identified by a true behaviour derived consumption profile, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) creating a central repository of consumer'"'"'s true objective behaviour derived and feedback derived consumption profiles;

(b) creating a least one central product repository, containing consumption object profiles for a plurality of consumption objects, each of said at least one central product repository being associated with a given industry, wherein industry participants register profile of their products and services within said product repository, each said at least one central product repository containing only entry profiles of items registered;

(c) electronically searching the product repository for at least one match between parameters of a consumption object profile and parameters of the consumer'"'"'s true consumption profile;

(d) presenting the consumer with a list of best to worst matches so that said industry participant cannot identify said consumer, each said at least one best-matched consumption object being presented to said consumer, on a computer screen connected to a computer, along with a probable satisfaction weighting obtained through said true consumption profile;

(e) providing an interface, on the computer screen connected to the computer, for said user to select one or more of said at least one best-matched consumption object; and

(f) upon said user selecting one or more of said at least one best-matched consumption object, electronically updating said true consumption profile with information relating to said selection.