Enhancing revenue of a retailer by making a recommendation to a customer
AssigneeAlliance Data Systems Corporation
InventorsRichard Barber Ainsworth, III, Christine Hardin, Thom-Austin Young, Daniel Paul Finkelman, Dean Lawrence Kowalski
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Abstract
A retailer's revenue may be enhanced by recommending items in context of a specific collection built for a customer's specific preferences. Customer input that pertains to their previously purchased items and future preferences is received. The input that pertains to the customer is analyzed. A recommendation for the customer is dynamically generated that includes a collection of coordinated items that provides a personalized ensemble based on the input.
Claims74
A method for enhancing a retailer's revenue by making a recommendation to a customer, the method comprising:
- receiving input that pertains to a customer;
- analyzing the input that pertains to the customer;
- and
- dynamically generating, based on the input, a recommendation for the customer that includes a collection of coordinated items that provides a personalized ensemble.
A collection recommendation system for enhancing a retailer's revenue, the system comprising:
- an input receiving component for receiving input that pertains to a customer;
- a combination recommendation engine for
- analyzing the input that pertains to the customer;
- and
- dynamically generating, based on the input, a recommendation for the customer that includes a collection of coordinated items that provides a personalized ensemble;
- and
- an output providing component for displaying the recommendation.
A method of enhancing a retailer's revenue, the method comprising:
- providing a collection recommendation system to the retailer, wherein the collection recommendation system is for dynamically generating personalized recommendations for different customers of the retailer.
A method of enhancing a retailer's revenue by making a recommendation to a customer, the method comprising:
- receiving input that pertains to the customer;
- receiving information indicating a customer is interested in an item;
- analyzing the input that pertains to the customer and the information indicating the customer is interested in the item;
- and
- dynamically generating, based on the input and the information, a personalized recommendation of a collection that includes the item of interest and additional items that coordinate with the item of interest.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for causing a computer system to perform a method of enhancing a retailer's revenue by making a recommendation to a customer, the method comprising:
- receiving input that pertains to a customer;
- analyzing the input that pertains to the customer;
- and
- dynamically generating, based on the input, a recommendation for the customer that includes a collection of coordinated items that provides a personalized ensemble.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.