System and method for identifying and managing customer needs
US8380555B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06315
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The system monitors the activity of customers, agents, and industry experts in a network for new topics relevant to a business and the interests in those topics. A determination is made automatically if there is enough interest to warrant adding a skill. If there is not enough interest, the system continues to monitor for topics and interests. If there is enough interest, the system automatically projects a resource needed for a skill. The system monitors internal resources and the network to determine if the resource needed for the skill exists in an internal resource. If the resource needed for the skill exists in an internal resource, the internal resource is reallocated. If the resource needed for the skill does exist in the internal resource, the system monitors the network for an external resource that has the skill.
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