System and method for online personalized veterinary advice for pets
First Claim
1. A system for providing personalized veterinary advice over the web, the system comprising:
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customer data base, which include all the profile information related to the pet b—
answer data base, which is populated with predefined answer. The answers are either re-use from previous similar cases (majority over time) or created by the veterinarian approval team. c—
product database, which classifies product related to the veterinary advice d—
veterinary database, which classifies veterinary by location and specialty and is used when a visit to a veterinarian is recommended e—
an answer/response matching engine, including the reviewing by a qualified veterinarian step, before publishing the advice on the web or sending a personalized email f—
a billing engine, which manage the account profile of the customers
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Abstract
A system and method for creating and delivering personalized veterinary advice for pets over the web. The invention provides a service to pet owner, which fills the gap between information & advice provided in a book, and the information & advice delivered during a visit to a veterinarian. The method includes retrieving Pet owner'"'"'s data and the question relating to their pets on the web site, and semi-automatically matching the questions with 3 data bases, which are:
the answer database, pre developed by veterinarians and also refreshed on a on going basis, as soon as new questions arise from other pet owners
the products data base related to the veterinary advice, in case a product is needed
the veterinarian data base, in case of a visit need to be recommended.
Once the matching is completed a customized advice—response is developed. The method includes reviewing of the advice by a veterinary, publishing the answer back to the web site, informing the pet owner that his answer is ready and updating he customer profile with the new set of information, including the debit of his account for the service delivered.
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1 Claim
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1. A system for providing personalized veterinary advice over the web, the system comprising:
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a—
customer data base, which include all the profile information related to the petb—
answer data base, which is populated with predefined answer. The answers are either re-use from previous similar cases (majority over time) or created by the veterinarian approval team.c—
product database, which classifies product related to the veterinary adviced—
veterinary database, which classifies veterinary by location and specialty and is used when a visit to a veterinarian is recommendede—
an answer/response matching engine, including the reviewing by a qualified veterinarian step, before publishing the advice on the web or sending a personalized emailf—
a billing engine, which manage the account profile of the customers
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