Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-31
2007-07-31
Subramanian, Narayanswamy (Department: 3692)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Finance
Reexamination Certificate
active
09970236
ABSTRACT:
A method and system are presented for identifying a customer in a commercial transaction using less than complete identifying information. A name for the customer is extracted from a credit card during a purchase transaction. A trade area for the point of sale location used to restrict a search of a demographic database to find a list of potential identity matches having names similar to the name on the credit card. A best match generator creates a profile of the expected purchaser of the products in the transaction. Using demographic information about each identity in the list of potential identity matches, each identity is compared to the profile and given a score. The highest scoring identity is then considered the best match. The best match identity is then assumed to be the identity involved in the transaction, and the customer database is updated to reflect this determination.
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Beck & Tysver PLLC
Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc.
Subramanian Narayanswamy
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