Methods and systems for implementing a group buy

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APP PUB NO 20060129454A1
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11205825

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Methods and systems for utilizing consumer transaction data to target and aggregate consumers for a group purchase involve maintaining a database storing transaction data consisting at least in part of data related to product purchase transactions for a plurality of consumers and analyzing the data related to product purchase transactions to identify members of a group of said plurality of consumers with a purchase history indicative of a preference for purchasing products in at least one pre-defined category of products. Based on such 'data mining', each member of the identified group of consumers is provided an offer to participate in a group purchase in which each member of the group who accepts the offer agrees to purchase a pre-designated product within the at least one category of products, and a purchase of a quantity of the pre-designated product from a vendor is negotiated at a discounted price based at least on part on an aggregation of purchasing power of the members of the group who accept the offer to participate in the group purchase.

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CITICORP CREDIT SERVICES INC1 COURT SQUARE LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11120

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ballman, B George JR Potomac, MD 2 80
Hung, Kevin K Forest Hills, NY 4 101
Minskoff, Evan G New York, NY 2 80
Moon, Susan R Manhasset, NY 4 101
Yellin, Eric H Cambridge, MA 3 98
Yu, Alice C Brooklyn, NY 4 101

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