IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATE MODES OF CUSTOMER SERVICE BASED ON INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM DETECTION OF PHYSICAL CUSTOMER PRESENCE
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- at a computing platform comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a communication interface;
receiving, via the communication interface and from an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution;
determining, by the at least one processor and based on at least a portion of the data indicating the physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, a number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution;
determining, by the at least one processor, whether the number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution exceeds a threshold associated with the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and
responsive to determining that the number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution exceeds the threshold associated with the physical banking center location of the financial institution, identifying, by the at least one processor, an alternate mode of servicing at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution.
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Abstract
A computing platform may receive a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of a financial institution at a physical banking center location of the financial institution from an indoor positioning system located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution. Responsive to determining that the number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution exceeds a threshold associated with the physical banking center location of the financial institution, the computing platform may identify an alternate mode of servicing at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution.
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1. A method, comprising:
at a computing platform comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a communication interface; receiving, via the communication interface and from an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; determining, by the at least one processor and based on at least a portion of the data indicating the physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, a number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; determining, by the at least one processor, whether the number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution exceeds a threshold associated with the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and responsive to determining that the number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution exceeds the threshold associated with the physical banking center location of the financial institution, identifying, by the at least one processor, an alternate mode of servicing at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; a communication interface; and a memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus to; receive, via the communication interface and from an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; determine, based on at least a portion of the data indicating the physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, a number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; determine whether the number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution exceeds a threshold associated with the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and responsive to determining that the number of customers known to be currently located at the physical banking center location of the financial institution exceeds the threshold associated with the physical banking center location of the financial institution; identify an alternate mode of servicing at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution; generate a message identifying the alternate mode of servicing the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution; identify, based on at least a portion of the plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, one or more personal computing devices presently in possession of the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and communicate, via the communication interface and to the one or more personal computing devices presently in possession of the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, the message identifying the alternate mode of servicing the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution.
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20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to:
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receive, from an indoor positioning system located at a physical banking center location of a financial institution, a plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; identify an alternate mode of servicing at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution; identify an incentive program for the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution to utilize the alternate mode of servicing the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution; generate a message identifying the alternate mode of servicing the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution and the incentive program for the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution to utilize the alternate mode of servicing the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution; identify, based on at least a portion of the plurality of messages comprising data indicating physical presence of customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, one or more personal computing devices presently in possession of the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution; and communicate, to the one or more personal computing devices presently in possession of the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution, the message identifying the alternate mode of servicing the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution and the incentive program for the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution to utilize the alternate mode of servicing the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution that does not involve the at least one customer of the customers of the financial institution at the physical banking center location of the financial institution contemporaneously utilizing personnel of the physical banking center location of the financial institution.
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