Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Estimating the spend capacity of consumer households
- Patent Title (中): 估计消费家庭的消费能力
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Application No.: US13432890Application Date: 2012-03-28
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Publication No.: US08401889B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Jeffrey A. Chwast , Kathleen Haggerty , Jing J. Wang , Di W. Xu , Chao M. Yuan
- Applicant: Jeffrey A. Chwast , Kathleen Haggerty , Jing J. Wang , Di W. Xu , Chao M. Yuan
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/00
- IPC: G06Q10/00 ; G06Q40/00

Abstract:
The spend capacity of a consumer typically increases as the number of consumers in the household increases, since the consumer can draw on the spending power of other consumers in the household. The size of wallet of the household is thus a better indicator of the consumer's spend capacity than an individual size of wallet. All consumers in a given household can be aggregated based on, for example, their address of record. Duplicate tradelines within each household are removed from consideration in a size of wallet estimate. A spend capacity is then estimated for each tradeline using calculations derived from a consumer behavior model. The spend capacities for all tradelines in the household are combined to determine a household size of wallet. Each consumer in the household is then tagged with the household size of wallet, rather than their individual size of wallet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120185338A1 ESTIMATING THE SPEND CAPACITY OF CONSUMER HOUSEHOLDS Public/Granted day:2012-07-19
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