Computer implemented method for marketing business services
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1. A marketing method comprising the steps of:
- a) entering a first information set comprising customer information of a customer and service provider information of one or more service providers into a computing device (1), said service provider having proficiency to perform a service operation on an article of the customer;
b) entering service data related to performing said service operation on the article into the computing device (1), said service data comprise a textual description of the article and a graphic representation of the article, said graphic representation comprises motion images of the article;
c) sending the first information set and the service data to a host computer (5) in communication with the computing device (1);
d) receiving the first information set and the service data from the computing device (1) into the host computer (5);
e) retrieving a second information set from a first database (16) residing in storage media (6) of the host computer (5) based on the first information set;
f) selecting a template from a second database (14) residing in the storage media (6) of the host computer (5) based on the first information set and the service data;
g) generating a marketing document in the host computer (5) by integrating a receiving address of at least one recipient of the marketing document and a content from the first and the second information set, the service data and a marketing message into the template, wherein said marketing document comprises the motion images of the article; and
h) delivering the marketing document to the receiving address of said recipient in an electronic format suitable for presenting said motion images of the article on an output device.
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Abstract
This invention is directed to a computer implemented method for marketing business services. The invention more particularly relates to a computer implemented method for generating a document to market business services.
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17 Claims
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1. A marketing method comprising the steps of:
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a) entering a first information set comprising customer information of a customer and service provider information of one or more service providers into a computing device (1), said service provider having proficiency to perform a service operation on an article of the customer; b) entering service data related to performing said service operation on the article into the computing device (1), said service data comprise a textual description of the article and a graphic representation of the article, said graphic representation comprises motion images of the article; c) sending the first information set and the service data to a host computer (5) in communication with the computing device (1); d) receiving the first information set and the service data from the computing device (1) into the host computer (5); e) retrieving a second information set from a first database (16) residing in storage media (6) of the host computer (5) based on the first information set; f) selecting a template from a second database (14) residing in the storage media (6) of the host computer (5) based on the first information set and the service data; g) generating a marketing document in the host computer (5) by integrating a receiving address of at least one recipient of the marketing document and a content from the first and the second information set, the service data and a marketing message into the template, wherein said marketing document comprises the motion images of the article; and h) delivering the marketing document to the receiving address of said recipient in an electronic format suitable for presenting said motion images of the article on an output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A marketing method comprising the steps of:
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a) entering a first information set comprising customer information of a customer and service provider information of one or more service providers into a computing device (1), said service provider having proficiency to perform a service operation on an article of the customer; b) entering service data related to performing said service operation on the article into the computing device (1), said service data comprise a textual description of the article and a graphic representation of the article, said graphic representation comprises motion images of the article; c) selecting a template from a second database (14) residing in storage media (3) of the computing device (1) based on the first information set and the service data; d) generating a marketing document in the computing device (1) by integrating a receiving address of at least one recipient of the marketing document and a content from the first information set, the service data and a marketing message into the template, wherein said marketing document comprises the motion images of the article; and e) delivering the marketing document to the receiving address of said recipient in an electronic format suitable for presenting said motion images of the article on an output device.
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17. A marketing method comprising the steps of:
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a) entering a first information set comprising customer information of a customer and service provider information of one or more service providers into a computing device (1), said service provider having proficiency to perform a service operation on an article of the customer; b) entering service data related to performing said service operation on the article into the computing device (1), said service data comprise a textual description of the article and a graphic representation of the article, said graphic representation comprises motion images of the article; c) retrieving a second information set from a first database (16) residing in the storage media (3) of the computing device (1) based on the first information set; d) selecting a template from a second database (14) residing in storage media (3) of the computing device (1) based on the first information set and the service data; e) generating a marketing document in the computing device (1) by integrating a receiving address of at least one recipient of the marketing document and a content from the first and the second information set, the service data and a marketing message into the template, wherein said marketing document comprises the motion images of the article; and f) delivering the marketing document to the receiving address of said recipient in an electronic format suitable for presenting said motion images of the article on an output device.
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