System and method for offer management

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C705S014270, C705S014270

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07467106

ABSTRACT:
A method for offer management may comprise: providing a plurality of offers for targeting at a plurality of accounts based on a plurality of business rules; prioritizing the plurality of offers; grouping the accounts based on their qualification for each offer in accordance with the business rules; optimizing the business rules based on the prioritization of the offers and the grouping of the accounts, such that each offer is associated with at least a predetermined number of accounts; imposing a volume limit or weight limit for offers assigned to each account; incorporating the offers into communications associated with the plurality of accounts based on the optimized business rules and the volume limit or weight limit; and managing production of the communications based on at least one simulation, wherein the at least one simulation is performed based on data associated with the offers, business rules and the accounts.

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