CLIENT AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SELECTABLE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LISTS TO USERS OF MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20120290391A1
• Filed: 07/20/2012
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualtrics LLC (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Mobile Tip LLC
• Inventors: RAO, BINDU RAMA
• Granted Patent: US 8,532,636 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.53
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A system for mobile devices that facilitates the creation and dissemination of interactive media to a plurality of mobile devices and PCs/laptops that comprise a client component. The interactive media may comprise of a list of products and services that are for sale and the user can select one or more for purchase. It may also comprise a list of real estate entries with associated user interest solicitation and the user can indicate his interest in one or more of the entries. The server can help the user make an appointment to view the corresponding real estate properties.

Claims

1. A client for a mobile device, the mobile device communicatively coupled to a server, the client comprising:

a list of products retrieved or received from the server;

the client capable of requesting and receiving the list of products from the server and presenting the list of products to a user;

the client displaying each selected product from the list of products, along with an associated user interest solicitation, if available, soliciting a user'"'"'s response;

the client capturing the user'"'"'s response and communicating the user'"'"'s response to the server; and

the client selectively prompting the user to enter a security code and securely communicating the security code, if provided by the user, to the server for user authentication or non repudiation.

2. The client according to claim 1, wherein the at least one product of the list of products is a real estate property for sale and wherein the associated user interest solicitation presented comprises one or more of a solicitation to communicate with an agent, a solicitation to indicate interest in making an appointment for visiting the real estate property, a solicitation to provide feedback, a prompt to activate a purchase request, and a prompt for additional information, the client further comprising:

the client communicating the user'"'"'s response that comprises one or more of a communication with an agent associated with a real estate property, indication of interest in making an appointment for visiting the real estate property, a feedback provided, a purchase request and a PIN code sent, and a request for additional information.

3. The client according to claim 2, wherein the client prompts the user to enter a security code when the user'"'"'s response comprises a response indicating interest in making an appointment for visiting the real estate property for sale or a communication with an agent.

4. The client according to claim 3, further comprising:

the client receiving notifications provided by the server and listing them for review by the user; and

the client displaying selected one of the notifications.

5. The client according to claim 1, wherein the list of products comprises a list of real estate entries, each entry in the list of real estate entries comprises:

details of a real estate property available retrieved from an MLS database or MLS service; and

other inputs if any provided by a real estate agent or service;

wherein the client prompts the user to indicate an interest level, send a communication, provide feedback or request an appointment to visit the corresponding real estate entry.

6. The client according to claim 1, wherein the client prompts the user to enter a security code when the user'"'"'s response comprises a response indicating interest in purchasing the at least one product of the list of products.

7. The client according to claim 6, wherein the client further comprising:

the client receiving and displaying interactive media such as questionnaires, product lists, advertisements, questionnaires with advertisements and audio guided activities;

the client soliciting an interest indication or a feedback on individual items of interactive media displayed to the user when it is selected by the user for display; and

the client selectively prompting the user to purchase individual items of interactive media displayed to the user when it is selected by the user for display.

8. The client of claim 1 further comprising:

access to a user profile that provides information comprising a billing address, an account, a shipping address, user preferences for advertisements and questionnaires and a PIN code; and

the client employing at least one portion of the user profile in the purchase of a product, listed among the list of products, that is selected for purchase by the user.

9. The client of claim 1 further comprising:

the client receiving user response employing an audio and video recording and rendering circuitry of the mobile device and processing it.

10. The client of claim 1 further comprising:

the user response triggering information delivery to the client, triggering the making of an appointment and sending a reference to the appointment to the client or via email, or triggering collection and communication of feedback on products or services that the user has shown interest in.

11. The client of claim 10 wherein the user responses is in audio form or in digital image form.

12. The client of claim 1 further comprising:

the user responses comprising an approval information in response to which the client receives and presents a confirmation information.

13. The client of claim 1 wherein each product entry in the list of products, when selected, is presented using a product panel, with accompanying text, graphics, audio components, and available video clip, and wherein user interest is solicited in the product panel.

14. A client for a mobile device, the mobile device communicatively coupled to a system, the client comprising:

a plurality of lists of real estate properties for sale in a region of interest to a user comprising different categories of real estate properties, wherein the user provides information on categories of interest via a user request or a user profile;

the client presenting the plurality of lists of real estate properties to a user of the mobile device and permitting the selection by the user of one of the plurality of lists of real estate properties for display of a selected list of real estate properties;

the client monitoring the selection of any of the entries in the selected list of real estate properties by the user and displaying details of a selected real estate property along with an user interest solicitation;

the client capturing a user'"'"'s response to the user interest solicitation and communicating the user'"'"'s response to the system; and

the client selectively prompting the user to enter a security information for an account associated with the user and securely communicating the security information provided by the user to the system for user authentication and non repudiation.

15. The client of claim 14 further comprising:

the client capturing a user'"'"'s response to the user interest solicitation and delivering additional information of interest to the user or supplementary information associated with the selected real estate property.

16. A system, the system comprising:

the system storing or accessing product details for a plurality of products in product lists;

the system distributing the product lists, product details and related information to users of mobile devices and computers based at least on categories of interest of the individual users;

an advertisement system that receives and manages product advertisement information and related user selection criteria for at least some of the plurality of products; and

the system inserting at least one advertisement into the product list, product details and related information presented to a user on his mobile device or computer communicatively coupled to the system, wherein the system charges an advertisement fee to an associated one of a plurality of entities for each of the at least one advertisement inserted.

17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

a user targeting system that has access to user profiles, wherein the user profiles comprise information on categories of interest; and

the system selecting the at least one advertisement, factoring a specific user profile from the user profiles available, while basing the selection on a category of content presented to the user, a category associated with a product list presented to the user, or a region of interest to a user.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the at least one advertisement is selected based on determination if a specific user is an appropriate target for a specific advertisement, wherein the determination is made based on user profile, user preferences and a user selection criteria, wherein the user selection criteria for each of the at least one advertisement is provided by a corresponding advertisement source such as a vendor, product manufacturer or an advertising agency.

19. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

an advertisement pricing system that prices advertisements based on one or more criteria;

an advertisement creator tool that enables upload of advertisements or creation of advertisements by product manufacturers, service providers, vendors, and advertising agencies;

the advertisement creator tool also enables the specification and management, by an associated advertisement source, of the one or more criteria and number of targeted individuals that the advertisement pricing system employs for pricing advertisements; and

the advertisement pricing system, when requested, providing a price quote for disseminating a given advertisement.

20. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

an advertisement pricing system that prices advertisements for products and services based on one or more criteria comprising projected or forecasted demand for advertising opportunities, projected or forecasted demand for targeted users, a season, the number of targeted users requested or available, product category and historical data.