Dedicated portable computer sales presentation system

• US 8,065,188 B1
• Filed: 07/06/2007
• Issued: 11/22/2011
• 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
• Application Number:
  US11/774,091
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1, 705/27.1
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

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, enabling 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. The portable computer also preferably includes a tracking program to track any usage of the portable computer and also a start/end time of the sales presentation.

Claims

1. A method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation utilizing a dedicated portable computer, said method comprising the steps of:

creating, by a computing device at a first company, a multimedia sales presentation;

customizing, by said computing device, said multimedia sales presentation for a selected customer to create a customized multimedia sales presentation;

downloading by a portable computer, said customized multimedia sales presentation;

installing, upon said portable computer, said customized multimedia sales presentation;

in response to said installing, creating, by said portable computer, a first list of installed software and objects related to said customized multimedia sales presentation, said first list, for each installed software, including parameters, said parameters including memory usage, CPU time and network baseline;

providing said portable computer to a sales agent of the first company;

meeting, by said sales agent with said portable computer, with the selected customer at a location of said selected customer, the sales agent;

recording, by said portable computer, a start time of said customized multimedia sales presentation in response to launching, by said portable computer, said customized multimedia sales presentation;

presenting said customized multimedia sales presentation to said selected customer at said location of said customer;

tracking, by said portable computer, into a second list, activities that take place during said step of presenting, said activities including keystrokes, visits to websites, sending and receiving emails, sending and receiving chats, sending and receiving instant messages and including peer-peer file sharing that take place during said step of presenting;

recording, by said portable computer, an end time of said multimedia sales presentation;

collating, by said portable computer, said first list, said second list, said start time and said end time into a sales presentation report; and

transmitting, by said portable computer, an email to the device at the first company, said email including the sales presentation report.

2. The method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation of claim 1, including a step of calling said company at said start time of said sales presentation.

3. The method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation of claim 2, including a step of answering a series of first questions when calling said company at said start time of said sales presentation.

4. The method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation of claim 3, including a step of calling said company at said end time of said sales presentation.

5. The method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation of claim 4, including a step of answering a series of second questions when calling said company at said end time of said sales presentation.

6. The method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation of claim 5, wherein said company records answers to said series of first questions and said series of second questions within a database.

7. A method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation utilizing a dedicated portable computer, said method comprising the steps of:

creating, by a computing device at a first company, a multimedia sales presentation;

customizing, by said computing device, said multimedia sales presentation for a selected customer to create a customized multimedia sales presentation;

downloading by a portable computer, said customized multimedia sales presentation;

installing, upon said portable computer, said customized multimedia sales presentation;

in response to said installing, creating, by said portable computer, a first list of installed software and objects related to said customized multimedia sales presentation, said first list, for each installed software, including parameters, said parameters including memory usage, CPU time and network baseline;

providing said portable computer to a sales agent of the first company;

meeting, by said sales agent with said portable computer, with the selected customer at a location of said selected customer, the sales agent;

calling said first company to record a start time of said meeting and answer a series of first questions relating to said meeting;

recording, by said portable computer, a start time of said customized multimedia sales presentation in response to launching, by said portable computer, said customized multimedia sales presentation;

presenting said customized multimedia sales presentation to said selected customer at said location of said customer;

tracking, by said portable computer, into a second list, activities that take place during said step of presenting, said activities including keystrokes, visits to websites, sending and receiving emails, sending and receiving chats, sending and receiving instant messages and including peer-peer file sharing that take place during said step of presenting;

recording, by said portable computer, an end time of said multimedia sales presentation;

collating, by said portable computer, said first list, said second list, said start time and said end time into a sales presentation report; and

transmitting, by said portable computer, an email to the device at the first company, said email including the sales presentation report.

8. The method of customizing a multimedia sales presentation of claim 7, wherein said first company records answers to said series of first questions within a database.