Lifestyle application for consumers

• US 8,983,858 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Evans, Ashley, Donfried, Paul A., Morris, Nicola S., Fusaro, Keith, O'Brien, John E., Graham, Peter M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Gurkanwaljit
• Application Number:
  US13/724,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173336A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.53
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

A user device receives consumer information from a consumer, where the consumer information includes preference information, demographic information, identity information, relationship information, and location information associated with the consumer. The user device provides the consumer information to a lifestyle application platform, and receives, from the lifestyle application platform, a consumer profile for the consumer based on the consumer information. The user device receives, from the lifestyle application platform, notifications, reports, and offers, associated with an enterprise and relevant to the consumer, based on the consumer profile, and provides the notifications, reports, and offers for display to the consumer.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, consumer information from a consumer,

the consumer information including identity information,

the identity information including one or more of anonymous identity information, pseudonymous identity information, or legal identity information,

the anonymous identity information including one or more of a credit score associated with the consumer, a purchase history associated with the consumer, location information associated with the consumer, or browsing history associated with the consumer,

the pseudonymous identity information including one or more of personal data identified by the consumer, preferences associated with the consumer, or personas associated with the consumer, and

the legal identity information including one or more of a name of the consumer, contact information of the consumer, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the mobile device, or a unique number issued to the consumer by a government agency;

providing, by the mobile device and for display, a first option to share the anonymous identity information with an enterprise, a second option to share the pseudonymous identity information with the enterprise, and a third option to share the legal identity information with the enterprise;

receiving, by the mobile device and from the consumer, a selection of at least one of the first option, the second option, or the third option;

providing, by the mobile device, the consumer information and the selection to a lifestyle application platform of one or more server devices;

receiving, by the mobile device and from the lifestyle application platform, a consumer profile for the consumer based on the consumer information;

receiving, by the mobile device and from the lifestyle application platform, one or more offers, associated with the enterprise and relevant to the consumer, based on the consumer profile and the selection; and

providing, by the mobile device, information associated with the one or more offers for display to the consumer.

2. The method of claim 1, where receiving the one or more offers comprises:

receiving a single authentication identification for the consumer based on the consumer information; and

receiving the one or more offers based on the single authentication identification.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the consumer to perform a transaction with the enterprise, via the lifestyle application platform, based on the one or more offers.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving an updated consumer profile and a product, a service, or content, associated with the enterprise, based on the transaction.

5. The method of claim 4, where the updated consumer profile includes at least one of:

an updated consumer shopping intelligence quotient (IQ),

an updated consumer social IQ,

updated consumer preferences, or

an updated consumer wish list.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more notifications, associated with an enterprise and relevant to the consumer, based on the consumer profile,

the one or more notifications including at least one of;

a consumer shopping or social intelligence quotient (IQ),

consumer loyalty points,

information associated with a proximity of friends to the consumer, or

information associated with a proximity of the enterprise to the consumer.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more reports, associated with an enterprise and relevant to the consumer, based on the consumer profile,

the one or more reports including at least one of;

information associated with recent purchases by the consumer, or

information associated with favorite brands of the consumer.

8. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor to;

receive consumer information from a consumer,

the consumer information including one or more of anonymous identity information, pseudonymous identity information, or legal identity information,

the anonymous identity information including one or more of a credit score associated with the consumer, a purchase history associated with the consumer, location information associated with the consumer, or browsing history associated with the consumer,

the pseudonymous identity information including one or more of personal data identified by the consumer, preferences associated with the consumer, relationship information associated with the consumer, or personas associated with the consumer, and

the legal identity information including one or more of a name of the consumer, contact information of the consumer, an Internet Protocol (P) address of the mobile device, or a unique number issued to the consumer by a government agency,

provide, for display, a first option to share the anonymous identity information with an enterprise, a second option to share the pseudonymous identity information with the enterprise, and a third option to share the legal identity information with the enterprise,

receive, from the consumer, a selection of at least one of the first option, the second option, or the third option,

provide the consumer information and the selection to one or more lifestyle application platform server devices,

receive, from the one or more lifestyle application platform server devices, a consumer profile for the consumer based on the consumer information,

receive, from the one or more lifestyle application platform server devices, notifications, reports, and offers, associated with the enterprise and relevant to the consumer, based on the consumer profile and the selection, and

provide the notifications, reports, and offers for display to the consumer.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, where, when receiving the notifications, the reports, and the offers, the processor is to:

receive a single authentication identification for the consumer based on the consumer information, and

receive the notifications, the reports, and the offers based on the single authentication identification.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, where the processor is further to:

enable the consumer to perform a transaction with the enterprise, via the one or more lifestyle application platform server devices, based on the notifications, the reports, and the offers.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, where the processor is further to:

receive an updated consumer profile and a product, a service, or content, associated with the enterprise, based on the transaction.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, where the updated consumer profile includes at least one of:

an updated consumer shopping intelligence quotient (IQ),

an updated consumer social IQ,

updated consumer preferences, or

an updated consumer wish list.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, where the notifications include at least one of:

a consumer shopping or social intelligence quotient (IQ),

consumer loyalty points,

information associated with a proximity of friends to the consumer, or

information associated with a proximity of the enterprise to the consumer.

14. The mobile device of claim 8, where the reports include at least one of:

information associated with recent purchases by the consumer, or

information associated with favorite brands of the consumer.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the processor to;

receive consumer information from a consumer,

the consumer information including one or more of anonymous identity information, pseudonymous identity information, or legal identity information,

the anonymous identity information including one or more of a credit score associated with the consumer, a purchase history associated with the consumer, location information associated with the consumer, or browsing history associated with the consumer,

the pseudonymous identity information including one or more of personal data identified by the consumer, preferences associated with the consumer, or personas associated with the consumer, and

the legal identity information including one or more of a name of the consumer, contact information of the consumer, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the mobile device, or a unique number issued to the consumer by a government agency,

provide, for display, a first option to share the anonymous identity information with an enterprise, a second option to share the pseudonymous identity information with the enterprise, and a third option to share the legal identity information with the enterprise,

receive, from the consumer, a selection of at least one of the first option, the second option, or the third option,

provide the consumer information and the selection to one or more lifestyle application platform server devices,

receive, from the one or more lifestyle application platform server devices, a consumer profile for the consumer based on the consumer information,

receive, from the one or more lifestyle application platform server devices, notifications and offers, associated with an enterprise and relevant to the consumer, based on the consumer profile, and

provide the notifications and offers for display to the consumer.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive a single authentication identification for the consumer based on the consumer information, and

receive the notifications and the offers based on the single authentication identification.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

enable the consumer to perform a transaction with the enterprise, via the one or more lifestyle application platform server devices, based on the notifications and the offers.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive an updated consumer profile and a product, a service, or content, associated with the enterprise, based on the transaction.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, where the updated consumer profile includes at least one of:

an updated consumer shopping intelligence quotient (IQ),

an updated consumer social IQ,

updated consumer preferences, or

an updated consumer wish list.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

provide, for display to the consumer, an option to meet a salesperson of the enterprise, and

receive a selection of the option to meet the salesperson.