Collection and processing of product consumption timelines
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorsIlya Milman, Pavel Kalinin, Vadim Kagansky
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for collecting and utilizing product consumption cycle information from product purchasers. In one example a method comprises, responsive to a purchase of a product by a purchaser, selecting an end of use criteria for the product from a plurality of end of use criteria, determining a length of a consumption cycle of the product based on the end of use criteria, recording information identifying the purchaser, the product, and the length of the consumption cycle in an electronic database, and contacting the purchaser proximate expiration of the consumption cycle.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- responsive to a purchase of a product by a purchaser:
- a store computer system receiving from the purchaser an end of use criteria for the product from a plurality of end of use criteria;
- the store computer system determining a length of a consumption cycle of the product based on the end of use criteria;
- the store computer system recording information identifying the purchaser, the product, and the length of the consumption cycle in an electronic database;
- and
- the store computer system transmitting a message to the purchaser proximate expiration of the consumption cycle independent of the purchaser initiating contact with the store.
A computer system facilitating the collection and analytical processing of product consumption timelines, the system comprising:
- an interface;
- and
- a processor coupled to the interface and programmed, responsive to a purchase of a product by a purchaser, to:
- receive, from the purchaser, a section of an end of use criteria for the product from a plurality of end of use criteria;
- determine a length of a consumption cycle of the product based on the end of use criteria;
- record information identifying the purchaser, the product, and the length of the consumption cycle in an electronic database;
- and
- cause a message to be transmitted to the purchaser proximate expiration of the consumption cycle independent of the purchaser initiating contact with the store.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.