System, method, and computer program for creating a group profile based on user profile attributes and a rule

• US 8,316,020 B1
• Filed: 12/09/2008
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amdocs Development Limited (Amdocs Ltd.), Amdocs Software Systems Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Amdocs Software Systems Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kleinmann, Amit
• Primary Examiner(s): Radtke, Mark Andrew X
• Application Number:
  US12/331,142
• Time in Patent Office: 1,442 Days
• Field of Search: 707/734
• US Class Current: 707/734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for creating a group profile based on user profile attributes and a rule. In use, a plurality of user profiles is identified. Furthermore, a group profile is created based on attributes of the user profiles and at least one rule.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, comprising:

computer code for identifying a single session;

computer code for identifying a group of users participating in the identified single session;

computer code for identifying a user profile of each of the users in the group, where each user profile contains one or more user attributes specific to the user associated with the user profile, and where the user attributes of the user profile includes at least one of demographic data, psychographic data, purchasing behavior, a user category, user preferences, and content customization settings; and

computer code for creating a single group profile that is associated with each of the users in the group, wherein the single group profile is created to include at least one group attribute determined based on the user attributes of the identified user profiles and at least one rule, where the at least one rule outputs the at least one group attribute to the group profile as a function of at least a portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles;

wherein the at least one rule multiplies each of the attributes in the at least the portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles by a factor that reflects an influence of a participation of the plurality of users in the single session on a value of each of the attributes in the at least the portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles.

2. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the single session includes one of an entertainment session and an electronic transaction session.

3. The computer program of claim 1, wherein each of the user profiles is identified in response to a receipt of a manual entry by an associated user or in response to an automatic identification of the associated user.

4. The computer program of claim 1, wherein each of the user attributes includes a consent flag.

5. The computer program of claim 4, wherein the consent flag indicates whether an associated one of the user attributes is allowed to be shared with a third party.

6. The computer program of claim 4, wherein the consent flag indicates whether an associated one of the user attributes is allowed to be shared with users associated with the user profiles.

7. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the at least one rule includes a function.

8. The computer program of claim 7, wherein the function outputs the at least one group attribute of the group profile.

9. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the group profile includes a plurality of group attributes.

10. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the group attributes include at least one of group member roles, group member degree of loyalty, group preferences, group decision-making patterns, and content customization settings.

11. The computer program of claim 1, further comprising computer code for customizing content, based on the group profile.

12. The computer program of claim 11, wherein the content includes at least lone of a digital image, audio, video, and an advertisement.

13. The computer program of claim 11, further comprising computer code for presenting the content to users associated with the user profiles.

14. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the group profile includes a combination of the identified user profiles.

15. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the group profile includes one or more sub-group profiles representative of the user profiles in one or more sub-groups.

16. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the group profile is dynamically changed based on which users are identified as participating in the identified single session, such that the group profile is dynamically changed using the user profiles of the users that are identified as participating in the identified single session.

17. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the at least one group attribute included in the group profile is an aggregate of common user attributes of the user profiles.

18. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the rule further outputs the at least one group attribute to the group profile as a function of at least one external event including one of a market situation, a planned social gathering, and an unplanned social gathering.

19. A method, comprising:

identifying a single session;

identifying a group of users participating in the identified single session;

identifying a user profile of each of the users in the group, where each user profile contains one or more user attributes specific to the user associated with the user profile, and where the user attributes of the user profile includes at least one of demographic data, psychographic data, purchasing behavior, a user category, user preferences, and content customization settings; and

creating a single group profile that is associated with each of the users in the group, wherein the single group profile is created to include at least one group attribute determined based on the user attributes of the identified user profiles and at least one rule, where the at least one rule outputs the at least one group attribute to the group profile as a function of at least a portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles;

wherein the at least one rule multiplies each of the attributes in the at least the portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles by a factor that reflects an influence of a participation of the plurality of users in the single session on a value of each of the attributes in the at least the portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles.

20. A system, comprising:

a processor for;

identifying a single session;

identifying a group of users participating in the identified single session;

identifying a user profile of each of the users in the group, where each user profile contains one or more user attributes specific to the user associated with the user profile, and where the user attributes of the user profile includes at least one of demographic data, psychographic data, purchasing behavior, a user category, user preferences, and content customization settings; and

creating a single group profile that is associated with each of the users in the group, wherein the single group profile is created to include at least one group attribute determined based on the user attributes of the identified user profiles and at least one rule, where the at least one rule outputs the at least one group attribute to the group profile as a function of at least a portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles;

wherein the at least one rule multiplies each of the attributes in the at least the portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles by a factor that reflects an influence of a participation of the plurality of users in the single session on a value of each of the attributes in the at least the portion of the user attributes of the identified user profiles.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the processor is coupled to memory via a bus.