Gathering in-store employee ratings using triggered feedback solicitations
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a mobile computing device, an interaction occurring in a vicinity of a physical store location between a customer who is associated with the mobile computing device and a store employee who is associated with a first wireless communication device by detecting when the mobile computing device is within a threshold range of the first wireless communication device for a threshold period of time;
identifying, by the mobile computing device, the store employee using first transmission parameters transmitted from the first wireless communication device to the mobile computing device during the interaction, the first transmission parameters including an employee identifier associated with the store employee;
detecting, by the mobile computing device, that the customer has left the vicinity of the physical store location using information that is received as part of second transmission parameters transmitted by a second wireless computing device that uniquely identify the physical store location;
generating, by the mobile computing device, in response to the identified interaction between the customer and the store employee and the customer leaving the vicinity of the physical store location, a feedback prompt soliciting employee feedback;
receiving, by the mobile computing device, feedback entered by the customer in response to the feedback prompt being displayed by the mobile computing device, the feedback including a comment associated with the identified store employee; and
transmitting, by the mobile computing device, the feedback entered by the customer.
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Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed to detect whether an interaction has occurred between a customer and one or more store employees. By analyzing a how long a communication device used by the customer was within a threshold range of one or more devices worn by store employees, an interaction between the customer and one or more store employees may be identified. Employees whom the customer interacted with may be identified by processing transmission parameters broadcasted by the devices worn by the store employees. Thus, all employees in which a customer interacted with while visiting a store may be identified. The customer may be asked for feedback via the communication device upon detection that a customer has completed a transaction and/or left the store. Using the solicited feedback provided by the customer, various types of reports may be generated.
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17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying, by a mobile computing device, an interaction occurring in a vicinity of a physical store location between a customer who is associated with the mobile computing device and a store employee who is associated with a first wireless communication device by detecting when the mobile computing device is within a threshold range of the first wireless communication device for a threshold period of time; identifying, by the mobile computing device, the store employee using first transmission parameters transmitted from the first wireless communication device to the mobile computing device during the interaction, the first transmission parameters including an employee identifier associated with the store employee; detecting, by the mobile computing device, that the customer has left the vicinity of the physical store location using information that is received as part of second transmission parameters transmitted by a second wireless computing device that uniquely identify the physical store location; generating, by the mobile computing device, in response to the identified interaction between the customer and the store employee and the customer leaving the vicinity of the physical store location, a feedback prompt soliciting employee feedback; receiving, by the mobile computing device, feedback entered by the customer in response to the feedback prompt being displayed by the mobile computing device, the feedback including a comment associated with the identified store employee; and transmitting, by the mobile computing device, the feedback entered by the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; identify an interaction occurring in a vicinity of a physical store location between a customer who is associated with a mobile computing device and a store employee who is associated with a first wireless communication device by detecting when the mobile computing device is within a threshold range of the first wireless communication device for a threshold period of time, identify the store employee using first transmission parameters transmitted from the first wireless communication device, the first transmission parameters including an employee identifier associated with the store employee; detect that the customer has left the vicinity of the physical store location using information that is received as part of second transmission parameters transmitted by a second wireless computing device that uniquely identify the physical store location; generate, in response to the identified interaction between the customer and the store employee and the customer leaving the vicinity of the physical store location, a feedback prompt soliciting employee feedback; a display configured to present, in response to the customer leaving the vicinity of the physical store location, the generated feedback prompt; a user interface configured to receive feedback entered by the customer in response to the feedback prompt being displayed, the feedback including a comment associated with the identified store employee; and a communication unit configured to transmit the feedback entered by the customer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a mobile computing device configured to; identify an interaction occurring in a vicinity of a physical store location between a customer who is associated with a mobile computing device and a store employee who is associated with a first wireless communication device by detecting when the mobile computing device is within a threshold range of the first wireless communication device for a threshold period of time, identify the store employee using first transmission parameters transmitted from the first wireless communication device, the first transmission parameters including an employee identifier associated with the store employee; detect that the customer has left a vicinity of a physical store location associated with the store employee using information that is received as part of second transmission parameters transmitted by a second wireless computing device that uniquely identify the physical store location; and transmit an indication that the customer has left the vicinity of the physical store location; and an external computing device configured to receive the indication that the customer has left the vicinity of the physical store location and to transmit a notification to the mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to, in response to the identified interaction between the customer and the store employee and to receiving the notification from the external computing device, generate a feedback prompt soliciting employee feedback, and to transmit feedback entered by the customer in response to the feedback prompt being displayed to the external computing device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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