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

• US 8,311,927 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2001
• Issued: 11/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ndex Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ndex Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Bensemana, Laurent
• Primary Examiner(s): Kazimi, Hani M
• Application Number:
  US09/845,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20020052825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,215 Days
• Field of Search: 705/37, 705/10, 705/14
• 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 consumers 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 system for anonymously matching consumption objects with a consumer consumption behaviour, said consumer being uniquely identified by a true, objective behaviour derived consumption profile, said system comprising:

a central and private consumer repository containing a plurality of true objective, behaviour derived and feedback derived consumption profiles each true consumption profile corresponding to a consumer, each of said true consumption profile being anonymous;

at 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 profiles of their products and services within said product repository, each said at least one central product repository containing only entry profiles of items registered;

correlating means for correlating parameters of a potential target consumption object with parameters of a given consumer'"'"'s true consumption profile, and identifying at least one best matched consumption object;

means for confidentially presenting said consumer with the profile of each said at least one best-matched consumption object so that said industry participant cannot identify said consumer;

each said at least one best-matched consumption object being presented to said consumer along with a probable satisfaction weighting obtained through said true consumption profile; and

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

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said correlating means are triggered automatically.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said correlating means are triggered by the user.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said system further includes a consumer reaction log for logging a consumer'"'"'s reaction to a correlation between said consumer'"'"'s true consumption profile and a consumption object.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein said consumer'"'"'s true consumption profiles in the central consumer repository are made available to industry entities for performing market research.