Methods of coordinating products and service demonstrations
AssigneeMass Connections, Inc.
InventorsSandra Cotten, Caroline Nakken
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Abstract
This invention relates to the methods of coordinating product and service demonstrations. An event coordinator directs event operators to conduct a product or service demonstration event. The event coordinator provides event operators with cards, such as debit cards, credit cards, or smart cards, to purchase items needed for the demonstration. The event operator contacts a card administration system to activate the card. The card administration system verifies that the provided card ID and event ID are valid, and associates an authorized budget of the demonstration event with the card. The event operator then purchases items with the card, and conducts demonstrations.
Claims48
A method of coordinating product or service demonstrations, comprising:
- receiving a request from a vendor to organize a demonstration event;
- defining the demonstration event in a card administration system;
- providing cards to event operators;
- instructing the event operators to activate the provided cards by contacting the card administration system;
- instructing the event operators to use the activated cards to purchase items for conducting the event;
- and
- instructing the event operators to use the purchased items to conduct the event.
A method of coordinating product or service demonstrations, comprising:
- receiving a request from a vendor to organize a demonstration event;
- defining the demonstration event in a card administration system;
- providing cards to event operators;
- activating the provided cards by using the card administration system;
- instructing the event operators to use the activated cards to purchase items for conducting the events;
- and
- instructing the event operators to use the purchased items to conduct the event.
A method of conducting a product or service demonstration event, comprising:
- receiving an instruction for conducting a demonstration event;
- receiving a card;
- activating the card by contacting a card administration system;
- using the activated card to purchase items for conducting the demonstration event;
- and
- using the purchased items to conduct the demonstration event.
A method of facilitating a product or service demonstration event, comprising:
- receiving instructions from an event coordinator to conduct a demonstration event;
- receiving cards from the event coordinator;
- assigning cards to event operators;
- directing event operators to activate the assigned cards by contacting a card administration system;
- directing event operators to use the activated cards to purchase items for conducting the demonstration event;
- directing event operators to use the purchased items to conduct the demonstration event;
- and
- compensating event operators for conducting the demonstration event.
A method of facilitating a product or service demonstration event, comprising:
- receiving instructions from an event coordinator to conduct a demonstration event;
- receiving cards from the event coordinator;
- activating the received cards by associating an authorized budget of the demonstration event with each of the received cards;
- assigning the received cards to event operators;
- directing event operators to use the activated cards to purchase items for conducting the demonstration event;
- directing event operators to use the purchased items to conduct the demonstration event;
- and
- compensating event operators for conducting the demonstration event.
A method of providing cards for conducting product or service demonstrations, comprising:
- creating records for a plurality of cards, each of the created card records including a card identifier of the card and a balance of the card;
- creating records for demonstration events, each of the created event records including an event identifier of the event and an authorized budget of the event;
- receiving activation requests, each of the activation requests providing at least a card identifier of a requesting card and an event identifier of a requesting event;
- verifying that the requesting card is valid and that the requesting event is valid;
- and
- increasing the balance of the requesting card by the authorized budget of the requesting event.
A method of providing cards for conducting product or service demonstrations, comprising:
- creating records for a plurality of cards, each of the created card records including a card identifier of the card and an account balance of the card;
- creating records for demonstration events, each of the created event records including an event identifier of the event and an authorized budget of the event;
- receiving activation requests, each of the activation requests providing at least a card identifier of a requesting card and an event identifier of a requesting event;
- verifying that the requesting card is valid and that the requesting event is valid;
- associating the requesting card with the requesting event;
- and
- defining the balance of the requesting card as the authorized budget of the requesting event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.