Predictive Payment Card Holder Profiles for Sales Strategy Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional shopping experiences are often hindered by inefficient customer interactions with sales personnel, as customers respond differently to various sales techniques, leading to unproductive experiences and reduced customer loyalty, with merchants struggling to optimize sales strategies based on individual customer preferences.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that generate predictive payment card holder profiles using purchasing and payment activity information, correlated with merchant and sales technique data to identify preferred sales techniques, enabling entities to employ sales strategies aligned with customer preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If high pressure sales techniques are used to complete sales quickly, then sales speed is improved, but customer satisfaction deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesales speedVSAvoidcustomer dissatisfaction
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts sales techniques based on real-time analysis of customer payment card holder profiles. Sales personnel are provided with personalized recommendations that adapt to individual customer preferences, allowing the sales approach to change from static to dynamic based on customer characteristics and preferences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the parameter of sales technique selection based on customer profile characteristics. By analyzing payment card holder data and correlating it with sales technique information, the system determines optimal sales approaches for different customer segments, transforming the sales process from one-size-fits-all to customized parameter selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If generic sales techniques are used for all customers, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to customer preferences deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesimplicity of sales processVSAvoidcustomization to customer preferences
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of customer payment card holder profiles before the sales interaction occurs. By pre-analyzing purchasing and payment activity information and generating predictive profiles, the system prepares customized sales technique recommendations in advance, so that when the actual sales interaction happens, the appropriate techniques are already identified and ready to be applied.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention introduces an intermediary system that bridges the gap between generic sales processes and customized customer needs. The predictive payment card holder profile system acts as a mediator that translates raw payment data into actionable sales insights, enabling sales personnel to navigate between standardized procedures and individual customer requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If detailed analysis of customer preferences is performed, then adaptability to customer needs is improved, but device complexity and data processing requirements worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomer preference identificationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses a universal data processing framework that handles multiple functions through a single integrated approach. The same predictive profile generation mechanism serves various purposes including customer segmentation, sales technique recommendation, and performance measurement, reducing overall system complexity by consolidating multiple specialized systems into one multi-functional platform.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9390430B2Method and system for sales strategy optimization
Publication Date: 2016.07.12 MASTERCARD INT INC
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AI summary

A method for identifying a payment card holder preference for a certain sales technique. The method involves retrieving, from one or more databases, a first set of information including purchasing and payment activity information attributable to one or more payment card holders; retrieving, from one or more databases, a second set of information including merchant information associated with the purchasing and payment activity; retrieving, from one or more databases, a third set of information including sales technique information; analyzing the first set of information and the second set of information to generate one or more predictive payment card holder profiles; and correlating the one or more predictive payment card holder profiles with the sales technique information to identify payment card holder preference for the certain sales technique. A system for identifying payment card holder preference for a certain sales technique is also provided.