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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Jeremy Pastore, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Michael Zhao, New York, NY (US);
Arun Elangovan, Astoria, NY (US);
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for the real-time active surveillance of disease. The system generates an outbreak detection model by analyzing the spending records of individuals who are known to be infected to identify purchases and purchase patterns that correlate to infection in the population with a disease. Based on the identified purchases, the system generates probabilistic identification criteria and merges the criteria to simulation models of infection spread by geography to generate a geospatial outbreak detection model. The system applies the generated model to spending records, in real time, to identify and monitor disease spread in the population. The system can also generate alerts if the likelihood that an individual is infected, or one or more individuals in a set or population is infected exceeds a threshold. Actions are taken at remote devices, such as mobile phones, computers and POS terminals in certain embodiments.