METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES IN A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

• US 20120082961A1
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CRMpact, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vince Scott Margiotta
• Inventors: Margiotta, Vince Scott
• Granted Patent: US 8,342,845 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/107
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

A method, comprising the steps of (a) representing users within a virtual environment, the virtual environment residing on one or more computers, comprising the steps of (b) collecting data pertaining to one or more of the users'"'"' activities not associated with the virtual environment relating to each of the users'"'"' performance on business-related tasks, (c) awarding incentives including points, badges, levels, prizes, etc. to a plurality of users in the virtual environment based on the collected data pertaining to the users, (d) providing information regarding a first user'"'"'s incentives to at least a second user involved in activities related to the business-related tasks performed by the first user, and (e) updating the collected data in the virtual environment as the data pertaining to the performance of users changes.

Claims