Systems and methods for customer valuation and merchant bidding
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsJing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
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Abstract
A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
Claims20
A process comprising:
- receiving customer profile data on a mediator system using a computer processor, the mediator system serving as a conduit between a customer and one or more merchants;
- analyzing the customer profile data on the mediator system;
- assigning, on the mediator system, an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data as a function of the analyzing of the customer profile data;
- providing, via the mediator system, the indication to the one or more merchants;
- receiving bids, on the mediator system, from the one or more merchants for a connection to the customer;
- and
- providing to a portion of the one or more merchants, via the mediator system, the connection to the customer based on the bids.
A system comprising:
- a computer processor operable for:
- receiving customer profile data on a mediator system, the mediator system serving as a conduit between a customer and one or more merchants;
- analyzing the customer profile data on the mediator system;
- assigning, on the mediator system, an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data as a function of the analyzing of the customer profile data;
- providing, via the mediator system, the indication to the one or more merchants;
- receiving bids, on the mediator system, from the one or more merchants for a connection to the customer;
- and
- providing to a portion of the one or more merchants, via the mediator system, the connection to the customer based on the bids.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor execute a process comprising:
- receiving customer profile data on a mediator system using a computer processor, the mediator system serving as a conduit between a customer and one or more merchants;
- analyzing the customer profile data on the mediator system;
- assigning, on the mediator system, an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data as a function of the analyzing of the customer profile data;
- providing, via the mediator system, the indication to the one or more merchants;
- receiving bids, on the mediator system, from the one or more merchants for a connection to the customer;
- and
- providing to a portion of the one or more merchants, via the mediator system, the connection to the customer based on the bids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.