VIRTUAL SALESPERSON SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a tablet computer having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor includes code executable by the processor to access data in a database to display a tour of a showroom of products and highlight specific features of one or more of the products and provide content associated with one or more of the products. In an embodiment of the virtual salesperson system and method, an application (as described in the attached PowerPoint presentation) has been developed for tablet computers such as Apple'"'"'s iPad which can be used by the customer (as opposed to most applications which are for the dealer, or on a central kiosk) to provide the customer a tour of the showroom and each vehicle, highlighting key features and other content at the discretion of the OEM, such as videos tours conducted by their spokesperson. In at least one embodiment, the customer can also search inventory, potentially at this dealer and other ‘
friendly’
dealerships with whom this dealer has a trading relationship. Other sales tools such as build and price, payment estimation, etc are available as well
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Abstract
A virtual salesperson system and method for tablet computers such as Apple'"'"'s iPad can be used by the customer (as opposed to most applications which are for the dealer, or on a central kiosk) to provide the customer a tour of a showroom and each vehicle, highlighting key features and other content at the discretion of the OEM, such as videos tours conducted by their spokesperson. In at least one embodiment, the customer can also search inventory, potentially at this dealer and other ‘friendly’ dealerships with whom this dealer has a trading relationship. Other sales tools such as build and price, payment estimation, etc are available as well.
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4 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a tablet computer having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor includes code executable by the processor to access data in a database to display a tour of a showroom of products and highlight specific features of one or more of the products and provide content associated with one or more of the products. In an embodiment of the virtual salesperson system and method, an application (as described in the attached PowerPoint presentation) has been developed for tablet computers such as Apple'"'"'s iPad which can be used by the customer (as opposed to most applications which are for the dealer, or on a central kiosk) to provide the customer a tour of the showroom and each vehicle, highlighting key features and other content at the discretion of the OEM, such as videos tours conducted by their spokesperson. In at least one embodiment, the customer can also search inventory, potentially at this dealer and other ‘
friendly’
dealerships with whom this dealer has a trading relationship. Other sales tools such as build and price, payment estimation, etc are available as well- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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