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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Jean-Pierre Gerard, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Kent Olof Niklas Berntsson, Rye, NY (US);
Ali Kristen Taylor, Greenwich, CT (US);
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for socially connecting payment card holders is provided. The method involves providing one or more databases configured to store payment card holder information including at least purchasing and payment activities attributable to the payment card holders; providing one or more databases configured to store payment card holder profiles; generating the payment card holder profiles based on the payment card holder information; providing the payment card holder profiles to payment card holders that have been granted access to the one or more databases configured to store the payment card holder profiles; and effecting targeted interaction between the payment card holders based at least in part on the payment card holder profiles. A system for socially connecting payment card holders is also provided.