公开(公告)号：EP2720183A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-16

申请号：EP13186123.9

申请日：2013-09-26

申请人： Pitney Bowes Inc.

发明人： Desmond, John G. ,  Heiden, Richard W. ,  Olumofin, Femi ,  Tsipenyuk, Alla ,  Ghatti, Venkat Ram ,  Merola, John A. ,  Obrea, Andrei

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02

摘要： A method and system for maintaining the privacy of consumers (30,32,34) wishing to make a purchase while enabling them to benefit from a group discount is provided. Consumers register with a service provider (12) that maintains their personal information in private. When a consumer is interested in purchasing a product or patronizing a traditional "brick and mortar" establishment, the consumer provides information to the service provider (12) regarding such interest. The service provider (12) can query other registered consumers to determine if there are others that have a similar interest. Using the leverage of all the consumers (30,32,34) that respond to the query, the service provider (12) can negotiate with one or more merchants (40,42) to provide some type of group offer, without having to disclose the consumers' personal information. Upon successful negotiation of a group offer, the consumers will be provided with the offer.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于维护消费者（30,32,34）希望进行购买，同时使他们能够从一组折扣中获益的私密性的方法和系统。 消费者与服务提供商（12）寄存器的确在私人维护自己的个人信息。 当消费者有兴趣购买的产品或光顾传统的“砖头”的建立，为用户提供信息，关于搜索感兴趣的服务提供商（12）。 服务提供商（12）其他注册用户查询到确定性矿，如果有其他确实有类似的兴趣。 使用所有消费者的杠杆作用（30,32,34），并响应查询时，服务提供商（12）可以与一个或多个商家（40,42）谈判提供某种类型组的报价，而不必披露 消费者的个人信息。 在一组要约的谈判成功，消费者将提供报价。