System, Method and Apparatus for Matching Sales Leads to Purchases

An apparatus comprising:

• a communications interface;
• a memory;
• a database;
• and
• a processor communicably coupled to the communications interface, the memory and the database wherein the processor:
• receives a product inventory data from a vendor via the communications interface,
• normalizes the received product inventory data,
• stores the normalized product inventory data in the database(s),
• receives a product availability query from the potential customer via the communications interface, wherein the product availability query comprises a requested product and a location,
• obtains one or more search results by searching the database(s) for normalized product inventory data that best matches the requested product and the location,
• provides the search results to the potential customer via the communications interface,
• stores the product availability query and the search results in the database(s),
• receives a product sales data from the vendor,
• stores the received product sales data in the database(s),
• determines whether a product sale resulted from the product availability query by calculating a match score based on the stored product sales data, the stored product availability queries and the stored search results, and
• provides the match score to the vendor.

A system comprising:

• one or more potential customer devices;
• one or more vendor devices;
• one or more communication networks;
• a data processing device comprising:
• a communications interface communicably coupled to the one or more potential customer devices and the one or more vendor devices via the one or more communication networks,
• a memory,
• a database, and
• a processor communicably coupled to the communications interface, the memory and the database wherein the processor:
• receives a product inventory data from the vendor device via the communications interface,
• normalizes the received product inventory data,
• stores the normalized product inventory data in the database(s),
• receives a product availability query from the potential customer device via the communications interface, wherein the product availability query comprises a requested product and a location,
• obtains one or more search results by searching the database(s) for normalized product inventory data that best matches the requested product and the location,
• provides the search results to the potential customer device via the communications interface,
• stores the product availability query and the search results in the database(s),
• receives a product sales data from the vendor device,
• stores the received product sales data in the database(s),
• determines whether a product sale resulted from the product availability query by calculating a match score based on the stored product sales data, the stored product availability queries and the stored search results, and
• provides the match score to the vendor device.

A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for matching sales leads to purchases when executed by a computer having an interface, a database and a processor communicably coupled to the interface and one or more databases, the computer program comprising:

• a code segment for receiving a product inventory data from a vendor via the interface;
• a code segment for normalizing the received product inventory data;
• a code segment for storing the normalized product inventory data in the database(s);
• a code segment for receiving a product availability query from a potential customer via the interface, wherein the product availability query comprises a requested product and a location;
• a code segment for obtaining one or more search results by searching the database(s) for the normalized product inventory data that best matches the requested product and the location;
• a code segment for providing the search results to the potential customer via the interface;
• a code segment for storing the product availability query and the search results in the database(s);
• a code segment for receiving a product sales data from the vendor;
• a code segment for storing the received product sales data in the database(s);
• a code segment for determining whether a product sale resulted from the product availability query by calculating a match score based on the stored product sales data, the stored product availability queries and the stored search results;
• and
• a code segment for providing the match score to the vendor.