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1. A method of providing pricing information at a client device regarding a plurality of merchant transactions, comprising:
receiving, at a transmission server, from a user at the client device, a request for pricing of a product, wherein the request is received over the Internet, and wherein the transmission server comprises a microprocessor and a memory; storing, in the memory of the transmission server, an IP address associated with the client device; triggering, using the stored IP address associated with the device, a display of a user-interface at the client device, wherein the user-interface facilitates specification of a merchant name by the user; receiving, using the displayed user-interface, from the user at the client device, a specification of a primary merchant and a specification of a correlation threshold; receiving, over the Internet, at the transmission server, transaction data from data sources associated with a plurality of merchants, wherein the transaction data comprises transactions between customers and the plurality of merchants, wherein the server stores the received transaction data; identifying, using the transaction data, one or more merchants such that a threshold percentage of customers of each of the identified one or more merchants are also customers of the specified primary merchant, wherein the threshold percentage is based on the specified correlation threshold; determining, from the transaction data, a subset of transaction data that involves transactions at the primary merchant as well as at the identified one or more merchants; providing, using the displayed user-interface at the client device, summary information associated with the determined subset of the transaction data; identifying a competitor merchant from the summary information; and displaying, at the client device, one or more web pages having one or more links to the identified competitor merchant; and upon activation of a link at a displayed web page, enabling the user to communicate with the identified competitor merchant over pricing information for the product. |
