CREATING BUSINESS PROFILES BY THIRD PARTY USER ON-BOARDING

摘要

Business profiles are created using information from third parties. A user is enabled to indicate a business type for one or more merchants, and a system prompts the user to input information relating to the one or more merchants. The system determines the validity of the input information, and when the validity of the input information is verified, the input information is transformed into directory information. Official merchant pages can thus be created by crowd-sourcing important and pertinent information, which will lead to a more extensive directory of businesses and allow users a more complete and enjoyable experience.

主权项

1. A computer method of creating business profiles using information from third parties, the method comprising:
(a) accessing user activity with a computer, the computer being programmed to monitor the user activity; (b) the computer identifying the user activity and displaying a list of business types on a display of a user-controlled portable device by communicating with the portable device over a computer network; (c) the computer enabling the user to select a business type from the list of business types for a business that is identified by the computer based on the user activity; (d) the computer prompting the user by further communication with the portable device to input information relating to the business; (e) the computer determining the validity of the input information by comparing the input information with alternative information stored in a database of the computer and from other users; (f) the computer transforming the input information into directory information when the validity of the input information is verified in step (e); and (g) the computer combining the directory information from step (f) with transaction information identified from the user activity to create a business profile.