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US 2013/0159101 A1Published application
Methods for and apparatus for automated sales referrals local to a purchaser
OwnerRobert Davidson, Fanny Chung Davidson +2inventors
InventorsRobert Davidson, Fanny Chung Davidson, Belinda Womack, Dmitry Korobkov
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for associating Emotional Motivators with a Product. The Emotional Motivators associated with the Products are correlated with Emotional Motivators associated with a Purchaser. Advice regarding a Purchase may be provided based upon the correlated Emotional Motivators.
Claims20
Apparatus for matching products and services emotional motivators, the apparatus comprising:
- a computerized server in logical communication with a digital communications network;
- and
- executable software stored on the server and executable on demand, the software operative with the server to cause the apparatus to:
- receive a respective digital quantifier rating indicative of a scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Product;
- receive a respective scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Person;
- associate the scaled value for each of the multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Person with the respective digital quantifier rating indicative of a scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Product;
- transmit one or more recommended Products based upon the association of the scaled value for each of the multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Person with the respective digital quantifier rating indicative of a scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Product;
- transmit data descriptive of one or more local merchants selling the recommended Product;
- and
- transmit a sales incentive artifact for use in conjunction with a purchase of the Product from the one or more of local merchants.
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A method for matching products and services based upon emotional motivators, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving on a computer server a respective digital quantifier rating indicative of a scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Product;
- receiving on the computer server a respective scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Person;
- associating the scaled value for each of the multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Person with the respective digital quantifier rating indicative of a scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Product;
- transmitting one or more recommended Products based upon the association of the scaled value for each of the multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Person with the respective digital quantifier rating indicative of a scaled value for each of multiple Emotional Motivators associated with a Product;
- transmitting data descriptive of one or more local merchants selling the recommended Product;
- and
- transmitting a sales incentive artifact for use in conjunction with a purchase of the Product from the one or more of local merchants.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.