Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, system and program product for distribution of feedback among customers in real-time
- Patent Title (中): 方法,系统和程序产品,实时分发客户反馈
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Application No.: US11923302Application Date: 2007-10-24
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Publication No.: US08527307B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Rick A. Hamilton, II , William J. Huie , Jenny S. Li , Clifford A. Pickover
- Applicant: Rick A. Hamilton, II , William J. Huie , Jenny S. Li , Clifford A. Pickover
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Keohane & D'Alessandro, PLLC
- Agent William E. Schiesser
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00

Abstract:
A method, system and program product for providing distribution of customer feedback pertaining to an aspect of a retail environment. The method includes creating either a text, an audio or visual tag for inputting into a tool, feedback from customers using a plurality of devices, the tag including either a product-related or a location-related tag that can be used to extrapolate on the feedback. The method further includes identifying respective locations of customers, collecting in real-time the feedback inputted by the customers and providing a user, a customer that has provided feedback or not, access to the feedback collected based on either an inquiry submitted to the tool by the user or based on a current location of the user identified by the tool. The method further includes retrieving in real-time a subset of the feedback collected based on either the inquiry submitted or the current location of the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090112683A1 METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FEEDBACK AMONG CUSTOMERS IN REAL-TIME Public/Granted day:2009-04-30
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