User-personalized media sampling, recommendation and purchasing system using real-time inventory database
US7174312B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/12
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user-personalized product sampling, recommendation and purchasing system uses customer identification numbers and associated customer profile data to tailor specific product recommendations to a customer at a content sampling station of a retail location. The customer also can use her customer profile to receive the same information from an Internet website of the merchant. In-store sampling stations also may have the capability of checking store inventory and central warehouse inventory and providing recommendations to the customer in accordance with product availability, and optionally may provide the customer with the ability to place product orders directly through the sampling station. The recommendation system also can be used to tailor product recommendations in accordance with a rule-based model and real-time inventory data from a POS database.
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