RETAIL CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- a) receiving, at a server computer and from a customer mobile device, a request for assistance, the request for assistance including a customer identifier for a customer and a customer location, the customer location indicating a position of the customer mobile device within a physical retail store;
b) at the server computer, utilizing the customer identifier to gather customer data from a customer database;
c) at the server computer, identifying a clerk mobile device carried by an available sales clerk within the physical retail store;
d) at the server computer, transmitting an assistance request to the clerk mobile device;
e) at the server computer, transmitting the customer location and the customer data to the clerk mobile device for presentation on a display of the clerk mobile device.
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Abstract
A system is provided that monitors a customer'"'"'s movements, locations, product interactions, and purchase behavior within a physical retail store. Emotional reactions to physical items and the virtual display are also tracked. The customer can utilize a mobile device app to request assistance from a retail store clerk. The app determines the position of the customer'"'"'s mobile device within the store, such as by using Bluetooth beacons, and then transmits this position and a request for assistance to a server computer. The server gathers information about the customer, and then transmits the information along with the request for assistance and the customer location to a sales clerk. A mobile device used by the clerk receives this information and displays the information and request to the sales clerk.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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a) receiving, at a server computer and from a customer mobile device, a request for assistance, the request for assistance including a customer identifier for a customer and a customer location, the customer location indicating a position of the customer mobile device within a physical retail store; b) at the server computer, utilizing the customer identifier to gather customer data from a customer database; c) at the server computer, identifying a clerk mobile device carried by an available sales clerk within the physical retail store; d) at the server computer, transmitting an assistance request to the clerk mobile device; e) at the server computer, transmitting the customer location and the customer data to the clerk mobile device for presentation on a display of the clerk mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a server computer having a server processor, tangible, non-transitory server memory, and server programming on the server memory instructing the server processor; a mobile device having a mobile device processor, a mobile device display, a tangible, non-transitory mobile device memory, and mobile device programming on the mobile device memory instructing the mobile device processor; wherein the server programming programs the server processor to receive a request for assistance from a customer mobile device, the request for assistance including a customer identifier for a customer and a customer location, the customer location indicating a location for the customer mobile device within a physical retail store; wherein the server programming further programs the server processor to use the customer identifier to gather customer data from a customer database wherein the server programming further programs the server processor to transmit an assistance request, the customer location, and the customer data to the mobile device; and wherein the mobile device programming programs the mobile device processor to present on the mobile device display the customer location and the customer data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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a) at a sensor found at a sensor location within a retail store, detecting identifying information concerning a customer; b) at a server, receiving the identifying information from the sensor; c) at the server, identifying a first customer record in a customer database based on the received identifying information; d) at the server, receiving a request for customer assistance from a customer mobile device; e) at the server, associating the first customer record with the request for assistance; f) at the server computer, transmitting a request to assist the customer to a clerk mobile device, the request to assist the customer including the sensor location to indicate a current location for the customer. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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