Determining item recommendations from merchant data

摘要

A service provider may receive transaction information from a plurality of merchant devices for a plurality of point of sale (POS) transactions conducted between buyers and merchants. The service provider associates the transaction information with respective buyer profiles. The service provider may subsequently receive an indication of a first item selected by a particular buyer for a current POS transaction being conducted with a particular merchant. The service provider may determine a particular buyer profile to associate with the current transaction. Based at least in part on the particular buyer profile or the other buyer profiles, the service provider may determine a second item that has been purchased frequently together with the first item. The service provider sends a communication to the particular merchant to indicate that the particular merchant may wish to offer the second item to the particular buyer for inclusion in the current transaction.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
one or more first processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more first processors that when executed cause the one or more first processors to:
receive, from a plurality of merchant devices associated with a plurality of different merchants and associated with a plurality of different point of sale (POS) locations, transaction information for a plurality of transactions conducted by a plurality of buyers at the plurality of POS locations, wherein the transaction information includes, for individual transactions of the plurality of transactions, item information indicating at least one item purchased during each transaction;determine from the transaction information for the plurality of transactions, one or more items that have been purchased with a first item in the past;compare the one or more items with a listing of items offered by a first merchant;determine, based at least in part on comparing the one or more items with the listing of items, a second item to recommend for purchase with the first item, wherein the second item is one of the one or more items, and the second item is included in the listing of items offered by the first merchant; andsend a communication to a first merchant device associated with the first merchant, while the first merchant device is in an online mode, wherein the communication includes a recommendation for offering the second item when the first item is selected for purchase from the first merchant; an application executable by one or more second processors to:
receive the communication while the first merchant device is in the online mode;determine that a first buyer has selected the first item for purchase in a current POS transaction;determine whether the first merchant device is in the online mode or an offline mode;in response to determining that the first merchant device is in the offline mode, provide the recommendation for purchasing the second item as part of the current POS transaction; andin response to determining that the first merchant device is in the online mode, send an indication that the first buyer has selected the first item for purchase; wherein in response to determining that the first merchant device is in the online mode the instructions further cause the one or more first processors to:
in response to receiving the indication that the first buyer has selected the first item for purchase, determine a third item at least in part from one or more items that the first buyer has purchased together with the first item in the past; andsend another communication to the first merchant device, the other communication including a recommendation for offering the third item as part of the current POS transaction.