Anonymously linking cardholder information with communication service subscriber information
AssigneeMastercard International Incorporated
InventorsMarianne Iannace, David Rich
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Abstract
Provided are a system and method for linking cardholders with communication service subscribers. In one example, a method includes generating anonymized cardholder information representing a group of cardholders that reside within a predetermined geographic location, receiving anonymized communication service subscriber information representing a group of communication service subscribers that reside within the predetermined geographic location, and linking the anonymized cardholder information to the anonymized communication service subscriber information based on the predetermined geographic location
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A method for linking cardholders and communication service subscribers, the method comprising:
- generating anonymized cardholder information representing a group of cardholders that reside within a predetermined geographic location;
- receiving anonymized communication service subscriber information representing a group of communication service subscribers that reside within the predetermined geographic location;
- and
- linking the anonymized cardholder information to the anonymized communication service subscriber information based on the predetermined geographic location.
A method for linking communication service subscriber s and cardholders, the method comprising:
- generating anonymized communication service subscriber information representing a group of communication service subscriber s that reside within a predetermined geographic location;
- receiving anonymized cardholder information representing a group of cardholders that reside within the predetermined geographic location;
- and
- linking the anonymized communication service subscriber information to the anonymized cardholder information based on the predetermined geographic location.
A computing device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive anonymized communication service subscriber information representing a group of communication service subscribers that reside within a predetermined geographic location;
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- a processor configured to generate anonymized cardholder information representing a group of cardholders that reside within the predetermined geographic location, and to link the anonymized cardholder information to the anonymized communication service subscriber information based on the predetermined geographic location.
A method for linking communication service subscribers and cardholders, the method comprising:
- generating non-identifying transaction information about a group of cardholders that reside within a predetermined geographic location;
- receiving anonymized communication service subscriber information representing a group of communication service subscribers that reside within the predetermined geographic location;
- and
- linking the anonymized group of communication service subscribers with the non-identifying transaction data based on the predetermined geographic location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.