COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS AT DIFFERENT MERCHANTS

摘要

A computer-implemented method is describedfor identifying products purchased by individualcustomers at different merchants. The method comprises:receiving product purchase information from twoor more merchants in a pre-defined merchant group; receivingtransaction data for a plurality of customers in apre-defined customer group; comparing details of theproduct purchase information with details of the transactiondata to identify the product purchases associatedwith individual transactions and storing the associationin a database; and extracting information from the databasefor an individual customer or for each customer inthe pre-defined customer group to determine theproducts the customer(s) purchased from each merchant.