Point-of-sale provider evaluation

• US 20060261144A1
• Filed: 05/18/2005
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foss Swim School LLC
• Original Assignee: Jonathan G. Foss
• Inventors: Foss, Jonathan G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,281,652 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls

Abstract

A system provides information indicative of customer satisfaction respecting at least one service or sales provider, the system including at least one customer information entry component that provides customer input to a database supported by a financial service provider that assists point-of-sales or point-of-service payment to a site. The system can segregate or aggregate accumulated customer input data according to at least business one customer of the financial service provider. At least one business customer can access information from the accumulated customer input data that relates to data relating to that specific business customer. The system can provide alerts and/or can relate the data in its variance to the customer'"'"'s historical average scores. A method of providing information to a master business site regarding a subordinate business site comprises providing the subordinate business site with a point-of-sales or point-of-service data input for local customer site evaluation data to be provided by a local on-site primary customer, data input and data reception being directly associated with a financial service provider electronically supported economic transactions and transmitting data relating to both the economic service and the local customer site evaluation data to a processor that receives both the economic transaction data and the local customer site evaluation data.

Claims

1. In a system for providing information indicative of customer satisfaction respecting at least one service or sales provider, the system including at least one customer information entry component that provides customer input to a database supported by a financial service provider that assists point-of-sales or point-of-service payment to a site.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the site can segregate accumulated customer input data according to at least business one customer of the financial service provider.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the site can aggregate accumulated customer input data according to at least business one customer of the financial service provider.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the at least one business customer can access information from the accumulated customer input data that relates to data relating to that specific business customer.

12. The system of claim 2 wherein the sales provider can access information from the accumulated customer input data that relates to data relating to that specific business customer.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the sales provider can relate the data with respect to its variance to that business customer'"'"'s historical average scores.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the sales provider can access the system to provide data with respect to data relating to that business service provider'"'"'s scores.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the sales provider can relate the data with respect to variance of that business customer'"'"'s historical average scores.

16. The system of claim 12 where the service provider can relate the data with respect to variance of that service provider'"'"'s historical average scores.

5. A method of providing information to a master business site regarding a subordinate business site comprising providing the subordinate business site with a point-of-sales or point-of-service data input for local customer site evaluation data to be provided by a local on-site primary customer, data input and data reception being directly associated with a financial service provider electronically supported economic transactions and transmitting data relating to both the economic service and the local customer site evaluation data to a processor that receives both the economic transaction data and the local customer site evaluation data.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the local customer has an economic incentive to provide local site evaluation data.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the economic incentive is selected from the group consisting of cash value per transaction, cash value for groups of transactions, percentage as credits or value for each transaction, percentage as credits or values for groups of transactions, reduced charges between the local customer and the financial service provider, accumulated indicia of value, and indirect financial reward.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein data collected from the point-of-sales or point-of-service provider are returned to at least one of a site where sales or service is provided or management site of multiple sales or service providers.

10. The method of claim 5 wherein automated reports or signals are provided to at least one of a site where sales or service is provided or management site of multiple sales or service providers to provide information based upon primary customer input.

11. The method of claim 5 wherein individual reports are generated by the processor and provided to management of the local service provider.

8. A central processor that contains software that enables a process of providing information to a master business site regarding a subordinate business site comprising providing the subordinate business site with a point-of-sales or point-of-service data input for local customer site evaluation data to be provided by a local on-site customer, data input and data reception being directly associated with a financial service provider electronically supported economic transactions and transmitting data relating to both the economic service and the local customer site evaluation data to a processor that receives both the economic transaction data and the local customer site evaluation data.