Patent ID: 8738434
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a deal for a business in a particular industry, comprising: identifying, using a processor, a deal goal of the business, wherein the deal goal identifies an outcome desired by the business for the deal; obtaining a plurality of previous deals issued by a plurality of businesses in the particular industry; identifying a plurality of performance data items relating to the plurality of previous deals; filtering, using the processor, the deal goal, and the plurality of performance data items, the plurality of previous deals to identify a plurality of previous deal characteristics; selecting a plurality of high performance deal characteristics from the plurality of previous deal characteristics, wherein the plurality of high performance deal characteristics exceeds a plurality of performance thresholds; generating, using the processor and the plurality of high performance deal characteristics, a plurality of deal characteristics for the deal, wherein the plurality of deal characteristics is a combination of deal characteristics based on the plurality of performance thresholds, and wherein the combination of deal characteristics comprises a profit split that is a percentage of a deal revenue shared with a first deal provider, a recurring time period that is a number of months during which the deal is active on a periodic basis, a frequency of recurring deals that is a number of activations of the deal during the recurring time period, a deal redemption period that is specified by a starting date and an ending date, and a plurality of special staffing details indicating an increase in staffing for the deal; identifying, based on the plurality of deal characteristics, the first deal provider and a second deal provider from a plurality of deal providers; generating, using the processor and for the business, the deal comprising the plurality of deal characteristics; receiving, from a member of the business, an approval of the deal; and transmitting the deal to the first deal provider and the second deal provider.