METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RANKING MERCHANTS

摘要

A method is proposed for ranking merchants satisfying one or more selected criteria. The merchants are ranked according to an algorithm which calculates a respective score for each merchant as a function of (Ϊ) one or more transactional data values characterising previous commercial transactions involving the merchants, (ii) one or more rating values obtained from one of more social media sources and characterising properties of the merchants according to customer feedback, and (in) pre-determined parameters which control the relative importance of the transactional data values and rating values in determining the scores.