SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MARKET INSIGHT
The present disclosure includes a system, method, and article for providing market insight. The system may generate a market profile based upon actual purchase data. The market profile may include one or more of the following: a pricing trend, a high price, a low price, an average price, a median price, a mean price, a modal price, a most frequently paid price, an optimal date to make a purchase, an optimal date to redeem a purchase, an optimal merchant from which to purchase, and an optimal location to make a purchase. The system may further transmit the market profile to a client.
1 . A method comprising:
generating, by a computer-based system for providing market insight, a market profile based upon actual purchase data comprising future booked purchase data, wherein the market profile includes at least one of a pricing trend, a high price, a low price, an average price, a median price, a mean price, a modal price, a most frequently paid price, an optimal date to make a purchase, an optimal date to redeem a purchase, an optimal merchant from which to purchase, and an optimal location to make a purchase; and
transmitting, by the computer-based system, the market profile to a client.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the computer-based system, the market profile based upon published pricing data.
3 . (canceled)
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the actual purchase data occurs within a range comprising two weeks prior to a selected date and two weeks later than the selected date.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the actual purchase data occurs within a range comprising a selected date and four months preceding the selected date.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the actual purchase data occurs within a range comprising a selected date and at least one year preceding the selected date.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating, by the computer-based system, the actual purchase data in pseudo-real time.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the actual purchase data includes data associated with purchases made by a business.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the computer-based system, a least expensive price associated with a particular date, in response to a date selection received by the computer-based system.
10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising limiting, by the computer-based system, a purchaser to a maximum purchase price.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the actual purchase data comprises at least one of: air travel purchase data, hotel purchase data, and rental purchase data.
12 . An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable store medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system for providing market insight, cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:
generating, by the computer-based system, a market profile based upon actual purchase data comprising future booked purchase data, wherein the market profile includes at least one of:
a pricing trend, a high price, a low price, an average price, a median price, a mean price, a modal price, a most frequently paid price, an optimal date to make a purchase, an optimal date to redeem a purchase, an optimal merchant from which to purchase, and an optimal location to make a purchase; and
transmitting, by the computer-based system, the market profile to a client.
13 . A system comprising:
a processor for providing market insight;
a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,
the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
generating, by the processor, a market profile based upon actual purchase data comprising future booked purchase data, wherein the market profile includes at least one of: a pricing trend, a high price, a low price, an average price, a median price, a mean price, a modal price, a most frequently paid price, an optimal date to make a purchase, an optimal date to redeem a purchase, an optimal merchant from which to purchase, and an optimal location to make a purchase; and
transmitting, by the processor, the market profile to a client.
14 . The system of claim 13 , further comprising generating, by the processor, the market profile based upon published pricing data.
15 . (canceled)
16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the actual purchase data occurs within a range comprising two weeks prior to a selected date and two weeks later than the selected date.
17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the actual purchase data occurs within a range comprising a selected date and four months preceding the selected date.
18 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the actual purchase data occurs within a range comprising a selected date and at least one year preceding the selected date,
19 . The system of claim 13 , further comprising updating, by the processor, the actual purchase data in pseudo-real time.
20 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the actual purchase data is limited to data associated with purchases made by a business.