Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing mobile location based sales lead identification

US11188932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Marcus Sacco · Chicago, US
• Shafiq Shariff · Chicago, US
• Jadam Kahn · Chicago, US
• Mike Aparicio · Oak Park, US
• Joe Banks · Chicago, US
• Logan Tyler Jennings · Chicago, US
• Sergey Varaksin · Chicago, US
• Dmitrii Abramov · Chicago, US
• Artem Ignatyev · Chicago, US
• Tanya Koshy · Sunnyvale, US
• Nathan Koch · Longmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0202
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for mobile location based sales lead identification. Sales lead information may be provided based on a reference location, such as a sales resource real time location. Additional location information, demand information, competitive information, activity history, follow-up tasks, sales resource ownership information and past promotions relating to a particular sales lead may be additionally provided. The mobile location based sales lead information may allow a sales resource to efficiently manage their time during and in between sales visits, and prepare effective sales pitches to sales leads.