Customer satisfaction system and method
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer processor perform a customer satisfaction method comprising the steps of:
- automatically sending, according to a predetermined schedule, open-ended queries to customers as to whether the customers have any problems with goods or services provided by a provider that have not been resolved to each customer'"'"'s satisfaction, wherein a query includes a user interface for receiving open-ended responses input from the customers;
receiving responses from customers to the queries;
analyzing responses from customers to identify a customer problem;
transmitting the identified customer problem to a problem solver for resolution;
receiving a solution to the identified customer problem from the problem solver;
transmitting the solution to the customer; and
sending a query to the customer requesting verification that the problem has been solved;
wherein the method first identifies a problem by analyzing a customer response to an open-ended query, solves the identified problem, and then has the customer verify that the identified problem has been solved.
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Abstract
A customer satisfaction system, includes a query module for automatically sending queries to customers as to problems with goods or services provided by a provider according to a predetermined schedule and for receiving responses from customers to the queries; an analysis module for analyzing responses from customers and for sending responses indicating a problem to a problem solver for resolution; and at least one problem solver for responding to customer problems, for generating solutions to customer problems and for transmitting solutions to customers; wherein, upon transmission of a solution to a customer problem to a customer, the query module sends a query to the customer requesting verification that the problem has been solved.
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1. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer processor perform a customer satisfaction method comprising the steps of:
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automatically sending, according to a predetermined schedule, open-ended queries to customers as to whether the customers have any problems with goods or services provided by a provider that have not been resolved to each customer'"'"'s satisfaction, wherein a query includes a user interface for receiving open-ended responses input from the customers; receiving responses from customers to the queries; analyzing responses from customers to identify a customer problem; transmitting the identified customer problem to a problem solver for resolution; receiving a solution to the identified customer problem from the problem solver; transmitting the solution to the customer; and sending a query to the customer requesting verification that the problem has been solved; wherein the method first identifies a problem by analyzing a customer response to an open-ended query, solves the identified problem, and then has the customer verify that the identified problem has been solved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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