Method For Connecting Consumers For Providing Shopping Advice

• US 20120191515A1
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Charles Katz
• Original Assignee: Charles Katz
• Inventors: Katz, Charles
• Application Number:
  US13/354,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20120191515A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

Disclosed is a method that facilitates an interaction platform for exchanges of user-to-user advice which has the steps of providing a network; providing a host computer system where the host computer is connected to the network and the host computer provides an interaction platform for one or more advice provider to provide advice regarding one or more products to one or more advice receivers and the advice is provided to the advice receiver via the interaction platform where the host computer further provides a database storing one or more attributes of the advice provider and one or more attributes of the advice receiver.

Claims

1. A method to facilitate an interaction platform for exchanges of user to user advice comprising:

a. providing a network;

b. providing a host computer system wherein said host computer is connected to said network wherein said host computer provides an interaction platform for one or more advice provider to provide advice regarding one or more products to one or more advice receivers;

c. said advice is provided to said advice receiver via said interaction platform.

d. said host computer further provides a database storing one or more attributes of said advice provider and one or more attributes of said advice receiver.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said attributes of said advice provider is selected from a group consisting of age of said advice provider, response time of said of said advice provider, satisfaction rating of said advice provider, language spoken of said advice provider, experience of said advice provider, subject acumen of said advice provider, geographical location of said advice provider, and gender of said advice provider.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said attributes of said advice receiver are comprised of language spoken of said advice receiver, inquiry subject of said advice receiver, geographical location of said advice receiver, gender of said advice receiver, available wait time of said advice receiver, and speed of response time required by said advice receiver.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said advice receiver selects said advice provider to engage based on said attributes of said advice provider.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said platform selects said advice provider to engage said advice receiver based on said attributes of said advice provider and said attributes of said advice receiver.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said platform selects said advice provider to engage said advice receiver based on matching said attributes of said advice provider to said attributes of said advice receiver.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said platform selects said advice provider to engage said advice receiver based on matching said attributes of said advice provider to said attributes of said advice receiver using a predetermined algorithm.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said algorithm can be adjusted.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said algorithm assigns different priorities to said attributes of said advice provider.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein said algorithm assigns different priorities to said attributes of said advice receiver.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said advice receiver can also be an advice provider.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said advice receiver can rate said advice provider based on advice receiver experience with said advice provider.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said advice provider is connected to said platform through an internet access device.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said internet access device is selected from a group consisted of computer, cellular phone, and computer tablets.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said advice provider is engaging said advice receiver in real-time.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said advice provider is engaging said advice receiver in real-time via web camera.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein said advice provider is engaging said advice receiver in real-time via website chat functions.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said platform sends notification to said advice receiver once advice provider provides said advice on said platform.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein said advice is shopping advice.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein said product is a form of service.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein said advice is comprised of a website link having a merchant identification to identify a merchant and a product identification to identify a product;

22. The method of claim 21 wherein said advice receiver makes a transaction as a result of said advice, wherein said advice provider receives an advice provider commission in connection to said transaction.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein said interaction platform receives a merchant commission from said merchant wherein said merchant is a registered merchant of said interaction platform wherein said platform provides said advice provider commission to said advice provider.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein said merchant is a registered merchant of a merchant affiliate network.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein said interaction platform is a connected to said merchant affiliate network wherein said merchant affiliate network receives an affiliate merchant commission from said merchant and said interaction platform receives a affiliate commission from said merchant affiliate network wherein said advice provider receives said advice provider commission from said interaction platform.

26. The method of claim 21 wherein said interaction platform automatically changes said website link to further include an identification of said advice provider and an identification of said advice receiver.

27. The method of claim 21 wherein said interaction platform automatically changes said website link to further include an identification of said advice provider and an identification of said advice receiver and an identification of said interaction platform.