Method and system for capturing and displaying lead information

• US 20110145729A1
• Filed: 12/14/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wayne Shulman
• Original Assignee: Wayne Shulman
• Inventors: Shulman, Wayne
• Application Number:
  US12/653,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145729A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to a method and system that converts event registration information into leads for exhibitors. More specifically, the present invention captures, organizes, and presents attendee registration info as leads for an exhibitor via SMS/texting of attendee info into a database and Networked retrieval of the same. An event organizer enters attendee'"'"'s information into a Networked database. If an attendee is interested in an exhibitor'"'"'s offerings, then attendee, using a mobile device, texts exhibitor'"'"'s keyword phrase to exhibitor'"'"'s SMS short code. A switching center and SMS gateway sends attendee'"'"'s texts to the database. The database recognizes exhibitor'"'"'s short code; keyword phrase; and the attendee'"'"'s mobile device number. Modules are triggered to retrieve and extract attendee'"'"'s registration info into a table corresponding to the exhibitor short code. The exhibitor is presented with attendee'"'"'s registration info as lead information over a Network via a web-based GUI.

Claims

1. A method and system for converting attendee registration information into exhibitor leads comprising the steps of:

a.) an event organizer securing a Networked database and SMS gateway;

b.) an attendee and an exhibitor giving their information to the event organizer to place in at least two separate tables within the database of step a.);

c.) an attendee using a mobile device to text an exhibitor'"'"'s keyword phrase to exhibitor'"'"'s short code;

d.) an SMS gateway converting SMSC protocols having at least attendee'"'"'s mobile device number;

exhibitor'"'"'s keyword phrase;

or exhibitor'"'"'s short code to a language recognized and received by the database of step a.) and sending converted protocols to said database;

e.) the database of step d.) corresponding at least one row within a table having attendee'"'"'s information from step b.) with attendee'"'"'s mobile device number of step d.) and extracting said row into at least one table of step b.) corresponding with exhibitor'"'"'s keyword phrase and short code, both of step d.); and

f.) the database of step e.) sending at least one table corresponding to exhibitor'"'"'s keyword phrase and short code of step e.) over a Network and into a GUI on a computer server.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising the additional step of an exhibitor sending follow up questions to attendee'"'"'s mobile device and receiving attendee'"'"'s answers through the same.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the SMS gateway converts SMSC protocols into database programming languages including ANSI C/ANSI C++;

Delphi;

Visual Basic;

MS SQL/ASP.NET;

MS Access/Visual Basic;

MySQL/Coldfusion (CFML);

HSQL/JSP (J2EE);

PostgreSQL/Perl;

MS SQL/Foxpro;

Oracle/ASP.NET;

ASP;

C++;

HTTP;

PHP;

JavaScript;

MySQL;

or XLM.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the Network database includes a private relational database that stores a collection of data on individual tables having at least attendee and exhibitor information accessible over a Network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein attendee information located on a table within the database is inserted directly from said table within the database and into an exhibitor'"'"'s virtual table located at the computer server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein attendee information is presented in real time or time delayed to an exhibitor'"'"'s remote computer as a web-based GUI whenever attendee texts information to exhibitor'"'"'s short code.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer server is maintained by a third party, which allows an exhibitor to view attendee'"'"'s information as a web-based GUI via a remote Networked computer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer server has a GUI with at least one virtual table corresponding to exhibitor'"'"'s keyword phrase and short code of step f.) and is accessible to an exhibitor as a web-based application via a remote Networked computer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the attendee information includes attendee'"'"'s name;

mobile phone number;

home address;

home phone number;

home fax;

email address;

business name;

business address;

title;

business phone number;

median income;

business fax;

business email;

age;

sex;

date of birth;

income;

or birth city.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the exhibitor information includes at least exhibitor'"'"'s name, business address;

exhibitor'"'"'s keyword phrase;

exhibitor'"'"'s short code number;

or exhibitor'"'"'s follow up questions.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device includes cellular phones;

personal digital assistants;

or handheld (mobile) computer devices capable of wireless communication and SMS;

MMS;

or email messaging.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the event organizer includes any company, group of companies, or individuals that host or provides a space for a trade show;

conference;

exposition;

stadium;

street event;

public event;

or any gathering with an event organizer;

concerts;

bars;

restaurants;

public venues;

private venues;

or fair for which goods, or services, for any industry are exhibited, demonstrated, or provided.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the SMS gateway and the database are interfaced and housed within the same computer server.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the SMS gateway and the database are interfaced and housed on different computer servers.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein an attendee gives their registration information to an event organizer via SMS or email messaging.