Method and system for providing targeted advertising and personalized customer services
First Claim
1. A method for providing personalized customer services to a user using a wireless communication device associated with the user, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing wireless communication with the wireless communication device;
automatically receiving preference information of the user from the wireless communication device through the wireless communication; and
providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a request of a particular customer service from the user.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing targeted advertising and personalized customer services using wireless communication devices. The method includes the steps of initiating wireless communication with the wireless communication device, automatically receiving preference information from the wireless communication device through the initiated communication, and providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a user'"'"'s request. The wireless communication device can be, e.g., a PDA, a mobile phone, a two-way pager, or a shopping cart attachment device. The shopping cart attachment device is attached to a shopping cart operated by the user and is capable of reading RFID-tagged products placed in the shopping cart or reading a customer card carrying the preference information or a unique customer ID associated with preference information prestored in a central location.
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68 Claims
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1. A method for providing personalized customer services to a user using a wireless communication device associated with the user, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing wireless communication with the wireless communication device;
automatically receiving preference information of the user from the wireless communication device through the wireless communication; and
providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a request of a particular customer service from the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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16. A computer program product embodied on computer readable media readable by a computer system, for providing personalized customer services to a user using a wireless communication device associated with the user, the computer program product comprising computer executable instructions for:
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establishing wireless communication with the wireless communication device;
automatically receiving preference information of the user from the wireless communication device through the wireless communication; and
providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a request of a particular customer service from the user.
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30. A system for providing personalized customer service to a user using a wireless communication device associated with the user, the system comprising:
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a communication interface for establishing wireless communication with the wireless communication device and automatically receiving preference information of the user from the wireless communication device through the wireless communication; and
a processor, operatively coupled to the communication interface, for providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a request of a particular customer service from the user. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for providing personalized customer services to a user using a wireless communication device associated with the user, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing wireless communication with the wireless communication device;
reading, by the wireless communication device, identification information stored in a card carried by the user;
receiving the identification information from the wireless communication device through the wireless communication;
retrieving preference information of the user based on the identification information; and
providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a request of a particular customer service from the user. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computer program product embodied on computer readable media readable by a computer system, for providing personalized customer services to a user using a wireless communication device associated with the user, the computer program product comprising computer executable instructions for:
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establishing wireless communication with the wireless communication device;
receiving identification information from the wireless communication device through the wireless communication, the identification information being read by the wireless communication device from a card carried by the user;
retrieving preference information of the user based on the identification information; and
providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a request of a particular customer service from the user. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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59. A system for providing personalized customer services to a user using a wireless communication device associated with the user, the system comprising:
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a communication interface for establishing wireless communication with the wireless communication device and receiving, through the wireless communication, identification information from the wireless communication device, the identification information being read by the wireless communication device from a card associated with the user; and
a processor, operatively coupled to the communication interface, for retrieving preference information of the user based on the identification information, and providing, based on the preference information, a personalized customer service in response to a request of a particular customer service from the user.
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