System for evaluating a company's customer equity
US7039607B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07G1/14
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a system for evaluating the customer equity of products and services provided by a company, with consideration of customer-purchase trends, and to provide a means for evaluating the ratio of repeat customers and the customer-equity growth ratio by store, region, and/or customer group, and to provide data for establishing an optimal plan for increasing sales. A system 100 for evaluating customer equity according to the present invention comprises a computer system 2 for conducting sales management for a company, and an evaluation computer 10 connected to the computer system 2 via a communications line 5. The evaluation computer 10 comprises a Web server 11, a communications controller 15, an application server 12, and a database 14 for recording purchase records received from a company or store. The database comprises a table of original records 14a for recording purchase records in the order that they are generated, a master table of customers 14b, and a tabulation table 14c for sorting records by time period. The application server 12 comprises a purchase-data collecting means 12a, a customer-equity sorting means 12b, and a custome…
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