Analysis of third party networks
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1. A method of analyzing characteristics or behaviors of customers engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in a third party network, the method comprising:
- transforming data representative of a plurality of individual customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation;
analyzing the network representation, wherein the analyzing comprises;
identifying at least one transaction pattern within the network representation; and
identifying transactions that correspond to a pattern and transactions that deviate from the pattern; and
performing third-party network analysis on the network representation, wherein the performing comprises;
analyzing third-party networks, wherein each third-party network represents a group of customers connected through customer-to-customer transactions, wherein the analyzing comprises identifying internal characteristics and behaviors of each network.
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A method of analyzing customer behavior, where customers are engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in the third-party network, includes the transformation of data representing the customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation, and then analyzing the network representation. The network representation includes a set of nodes and a set of links where each node represents a customer and each link represents a transaction between two of the customers.
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1. A method of analyzing characteristics or behaviors of customers engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in a third party network, the method comprising:
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transforming data representative of a plurality of individual customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation; analyzing the network representation, wherein the analyzing comprises; identifying at least one transaction pattern within the network representation; and identifying transactions that correspond to a pattern and transactions that deviate from the pattern; and performing third-party network analysis on the network representation, wherein the performing comprises; analyzing third-party networks, wherein each third-party network represents a group of customers connected through customer-to-customer transactions, wherein the analyzing comprises identifying internal characteristics and behaviors of each network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium of analyzing characteristics or behaviors of customers engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in a third party network, having sets of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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transform data representative of a plurality of individual customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation; analyze the network representation, wherein the analyzing comprises; identifying at least one transaction pattern within the network representation; and identifying transactions that correspond to a pattern and transactions that deviate from the pattern; and perform third-party network analysis on the network representation, wherein the performing comprises; analyzing third-party networks, wherein each third-party network represents a group of customers connected through customer-to-customer transactions, wherein the analyzing comprises identifying internal characteristics and behaviors of each network.
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18. A system for analyzing characteristics or behaviors of customers engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in a third party network, the system comprising:
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a memory device; and a processor coupled with the memory device, wherein the memory device has sets of instructions stored thereon which, when execute by the processor, cause the processor to; transform data representative of a plurality of individual customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation; analyze the network representation, wherein the analyzing comprises; identifying at least one transaction pattern within the network representation; and identifying transactions that correspond to a pattern and transactions that deviate from the pattern; and perform third-party network analysis on the network representation, wherein the performing comprises; analyzing third-party networks, wherein each third-party network represents a group of customers connected through customer-to-customer transactions, wherein the analyzing comprises identifying internal characteristics and behaviors of each network.
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