Dedicated portable computer sales presentation system

• US 7,363,251 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2002
• Issued: 04/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sean M. Stolski
• Original Assignee: Sean M. Stolski
• Inventors: Stolski, Sean M.
• Primary Examiner(s): ZURITA, JAMES H
• Application Number:
  US10/119,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20030191697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,206 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26
• US Class Current: 705/7.42
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0245 Surveys
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0617 Representative agent

Abstract

A dedicated portable computer sales presentation system for efficiently making a multimedia sales presentation at the location of a customer. The dedicated portable computer sales presentation system includes installing the required sales presentation files upon a hard drive of the portable computer system, blocking access to the Internet from the portable computer system and removing a media player from the portable computer system to allow the portable computer system to only be utilized for making a multimedia sales presentation to the customer. When the sales agent meets with a customer, the agent calls the company and answers a series of introduction questions relating to the customer and the call is terminated with the company recording the end time of the call as the start time of the sales presentation. The multimedia sales presentation (which may include a virtual tour run from the hard drive) is made upon the portable computer system and if a sale is made the necessary contract is printed for the customer to sign. The sales agent then shuts down the portable computer system and then calls the company to answer closing questions where after the call is terminated with the company recording the start time of the call as the end time of the sales presentation.

Claims

1. A method of producing a dedicated sales presentation portable computer, comprising the steps of:

(a) first removing a battery from a portable computer, wherein said battery provides a main source of power to said portable computer;

(b) second adjusting power settings upon said portable computer to operate on AC power;

(c) third copying required files to a hard drive of said portable computer essential to make a multimedia sales presentation, wherein said required files include sales presentation files;

(d) fourth installing a virtual tour upon said portable computer to be run upon said hard drive;

(e) fifth installing a printer to be utilized with said portable computer;

(f) sixth testing said printer by printing a test page;

(g) seventh uninstalling software programs from said portable computer not required to make said multimedia sales presentation;

(h) eighth removing shortcuts to programs and OS features from said portable computer not utilized to make said multimedia sales presentation;

(i) ninth blocking access to the internet;

(j) then disabling all hardware media players except said hard drive;

(k) next confirming said portable computer is properly setup;

(l) next providing said portable computer to a sales agent;

(m) next meeting with a customer by said sales agent;

(n) next calling a company for a first conversation;

(o) then answering a series of introduction questions;

(p) then entering answers to said introduction questions in a database;

(q) then terminating said first conversation with said company;

(r) subsequently recording an ending time of said first conversation within said database as a presentation start time;

(s) next presenting said multimedia sales presentation upon said portable computer;

(t) next loading a contract upon said portable computer;

(u) next editing said contract;

(v) next printing said contract;

(w) next shutting down said portable computer;

(x) next calling said company for a second conversation;

(y) subsequently recording a beginning time of said second conversation within said database as a presentation end time;

(z) then answering a series of closing questions;

(aa) then entering answers to said closing questions in said database;

(bb) then terminating said second conversation with said company; and

(cc) finally evaluating said sales agent.