Methods and systems for signals management
AssigneeCommerce Signals, Inc.
InventorThomas Noyes
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing signals by signal owners. Signals are indicators of data that are derived from data sources and abstracted to protect the underlying data. The signal owner first converts its own underlying data into a “signal” or indicator that represents the data without disclosing it or providing it. Signal sellers determine if they wants share signals based upon buyer, price, and other rules, including limitations on signal use. Signal buyers determine signal value based upon their objectives.
Claims43
A method for managing signals by corresponding signal owners in a virtualized or cloud-based computing system, the method steps comprising:
- creating a signal based upon at least two factors associated with each value, of the at least two factors selected from the group consisting of:
- event, object state, change in state, behavior of an object, relationship to another object, relationship to a behavior, economic indicators, relevance to an objective, near-real-timeliness, frequency, recency, predictive accuracy, fidelity, reputation of the signal, reputation of the seller, affinity to a target, usefulness to an objective, and combinations thereof;
- indexing the at least one signal;
- correlating the at least one signal to external requests and external object feedback;
- listing the indexed signals and associated correlations in a remote database associated with the remote server computer, communicating the remote index and signal correlations to the centralized data marketplace, wherein the centralized signal index and central signal correlations provide for automated matching with buyer candidates having corresponding objectives for buying signals and signals data, wherein the objectives include consumer behavior(s), events, object states, object performance;
- updating the listing of the remote and centralized indices by the signal seller or signal owner;
- delivering signals to the signal buyers;
- tracking the signals;
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- monitoring use of the signals for the predetermined signal use by the signal buyers and third party observers.
A system for managing signals by corresponding signal owners in a virtualized or cloud-based computing environment comprising:
- a remote server computer constructed and configured for network-based communication with at least one signal owner computer and at least one signal buyer computer;
- at least one signal associated with a behavior or state of an object and/or an activity and/or an event;
- a signal index associated with the at least one signal, which is stored in a memory of the signal owner computer;
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- a proposed signal value for a predetermined signal use corresponding to the at least one signal;
- thereby delivering signals to the signal buyers, tracking the signals, and monitoring use of the signals for the predetermined signal use by the signal buyers.
A method for managing signals by signal owners, the method steps comprising:
- constructing at least one signal and saving the signal(s) to a signal owner computer;
- generating a signal index and signal correlation to objects and external data, and listing the index and associated correlations in a centralized database;
- generating a signal value based upon at least two factors associated with each value, the at least two factors selected from the group consisting of:
- predictive accuracy, fidelity, relevance to an objective, near-real-timeliness, frequency, recency, relationship of the source of the signal, reputation of the signal, reputation of the seller, affinity to a target, usefulness to an objective, and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.