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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2019
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Curtis Villars, Chatham, MA (US);
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for making a targeted offer to an audience of a population of entities (e.g., social network). The method involves retrieving, from one or more databases, a first set of information including activities and characteristics attributable to a first plurality of entities; generating a plurality of interaction associations based on at least one of selected activities criteria and selected characteristics criteria from the first set of information; and conveying to a third party one or more interaction associations to enable the third party to identify a second set of information including activities and characteristics attributable to a second plurality of entities. The second set of information has matching activities and characteristics to the activities and characteristics of the interaction associations. The second plurality of entities has a propensity to carry out certain activities based on the activities criteria and/or characteristics criteria used in forming the interaction associations, to enable a targeted offer to be made to an audience of the second plurality of entities. A system for making a targeted offer to an audience of a population of entities (e.g., social network).