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US 2022/0044260 A1Published application
Retail as a service
Assigneeb8ta, Inc.
InventorsVibhu Norby, William Mintun, Phillip Raub, Anton Vishnyak
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Abstract
A Retail as a Service (RaaS) platform enabling a customer of the RaaS platform to make a product available for retail utilizing the resources and expertise of the RaaS platform, and to monitor the effectiveness of retail efforts with data analytics provided by the RaaS platform. The RaaS platform enables intelligent updating of RaaS parameters in real time, and may include one or more of trained staff, product demo procedures, product placement, onboarding technology, product display technology, and a variety of retail facility sensors.
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A method of providing retail as a service (RaaS) comprising:
- making customer data, brand data, facility data, and retailer data accessible via a customer dashboard accessible by a customer and via a retailer dashboard accessible by a retailer;
- receiving, from the customer via the customer dashboard, updates to one or more of the customer data and the brand data;
- making the updates to the one or more of the customer data and the brand data accessible via the retailer dashboard in real time;
- receiving, from the retailer via the retailer dashboard, updates to one or more of the retailer data and the facility data;
- making the updates to the one or more of the retailer data and the facility data accessible via the customer dashboard in real time;
- tracking inventory, traffic flow, and consumer demographics;
- performing analytics in association with the brand based on the tracking of inventory, traffic flow, and consumer demographics;
- making brand-specific analytics accessible via the customer dashboard and via the retailer dashboard;
- receiving, from the customer via the customer dashboard, in response to the brand-specific analytics, updates to one or more of a product parameter and a product display parameter;
- making the update to the one or more of the product parameter and the product display parameter accessible via the retailer dashboard in real time.
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A retail as a service (RaaS) system comprising:
- an RaaS platform interface engine configured to:
- make customer data, brand data, facility data, and retailer data accessible via a customer dashboard accessible by a customer and via a retailer dashboard accessible by a retailer;
- receive, from the customer via the customer dashboard, updates to one or more of the customer data and the brand data;
- make the updates to the one or more of the customer data and the brand data accessible via the retailer dashboard in real time;
- receive, from the retailer via the retailer dashboard, updates to one or more of the retailer data and the facility data;
- make the updates to the one or more of the retailer data and the facility data accessible via the customer dashboard in real time;
- one or more sensors configured to track inventory, traffic flow, and consumer demographics;
- the RaaS platform interface engine further configured to:
- perform analytics in association with the brand based on the tracking of inventory, traffic flow, and consumer demographics;
- make brand-specific analytics accessible via the customer dashboard and via the retailer dashboard;
- receive, from the customer via the customer dashboard, in response to the brand-specific analytics, updates to one or more of a product parameter and a product display parameter;
- make the update to the one or more of the product parameter and the product display parameter accessible via the retailer dashboard in real time.
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A retail as a service (RaaS) system comprising:
- means for making customer data, brand data, facility data, and retailer data accessible via a customer dashboard accessible by a customer and via a retailer dashboard accessible by a retailer;
- means for receiving, from the customer via the customer dashboard, updates to one or more of the customer data and the brand data;
- means for making the updates to the one or more of the customer data and the brand data accessible via the retailer dashboard in real time;
- means for receiving, from the retailer via the retailer dashboard, updates to one or more of the retailer data and the facility data;
- means for making the updates to the one or more of the retailer data and the facility data accessible via the customer dashboard in real time;
- means for tracking inventory, traffic flow, and consumer demographics;
- means for performing analytics in association with the brand based on the tracking of inventory, traffic flow, and consumer demographics;
- means for making brand-specific analytics accessible via the customer dashboard and via the retailer dashboard;
- means for receiving, from the customer via the customer dashboard, in response to the brand-specific analytics, updates to one or more of a product parameter and a product display parameter;
- means for making the update to the one or more of the product parameter and the product display parameter accessible via the retailer dashboard in real time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.