USER PROFILE AND INTERACTION HISTORY BASED BUYER GROUP MATCHING IN A DEMAND DRIVEN PROMOTION SYSTEM
A system and method for providing a demand driven promotion system supporting social networking and searching, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
1 . A method for identifying buyer group information, the method comprising:
receiving input from a user creating a user profile;
storing the user profile;
attempting to identify one or more buyer groups related to the user profile;
for any buyer group identified related to the user profile, delivering for display on the user's user device, information regarding the identified buyer group;
tracking further input from the user;
updating the user profile based on the further input;
attempting to identify one or more buyer groups related to the updated user profile; and
for any buyer group identified related to the updated user profile, delivering for display on the user's user device, information regarding the identified buyer group.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the further input comprises selection of one or more products.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the further input comprises purchase of one or more products.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the further input comprises the joining of a buyer group.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile comprises product interest information entered by the user.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated user profile comprises automatically entered product interest information.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile comprises a first portion and one or more further portions, the first portion having a lower level of security relative to the one or more further portions, the first portion being updated based on the further input.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more further portions comprises a confidential portion.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more further portions comprises a social group portion.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the delivering for display on the buyer's computer is performed via an electronic communication.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the delivering for display on the buyer's computer is performed via a buyer interface.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the attempting to identify comprises searching one or more buyer group databases.
13 . A method for identifying buyer group information, the method comprising:
receiving input from a user creating a user profile;
storing the user profile;
attempting to identify one or more buyer groups related to the user profile; and
for any buyer group identified, delivering for display on the user's user device, information regarding the identified buyer group.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the user profile comprises product interest information entered by the user.
15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the delivering for display on the buyer's computer is performed via an electronic communication.
16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the delivering for display on the buyer's computer is performed via a buyer interface.
17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the attempting to identify comprises searching one or more buyer group databases.
18 . A method for identifying buyer group information, the method comprising:
tracking input from a user over time;
automatically attempting to identify one or more buyer groups related to the input over time; and
for any buyer group identified related to the input, delivering for display on the user's user device, information regarding the identified buyer group.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the tracked input comprises input selecting one or more products.
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the tracked input comprises input purchasing one or more products.
21 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the tracked input comprises input joining a buyer group.
22 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the delivering for display on the buyer's computer is performed via an electronic communication.
23 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the delivering for display on the buyer's computer is performed via a buyer interface.
24 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the attempting to identify comprises searching one or more buyer group databases.