Selection of wireless devices and service plans

• US 8,447,279 B1
• Filed: 05/25/2010
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Peng, Shih-Ta, Johnson, Charles Steven, Rubenson, Aaron C., Moulton, Gregor Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Beamer, Temica M
• Application Number:
  US12/787,039
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/432.3, 455/433, 455/435.1
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/75 Account location specifications

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are obtained from a user at a client. A plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences and are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers that provide service to the geographic location are determined. A network page is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is based at least in part on the wireless preferences.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one computing device; and

a wireless service selection application executable in the at least one computing device, the wireless service selection application comprising;

logic that obtains a geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences from a user at a client, the wireless preferences including wireless device preferences and wireless service preferences;

logic that obtains an identification of a current wireless service plan of the user;

logic that determines a plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences and are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers that provide service to the geographic location; and

logic that generates a network page presenting the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is based at least in part on the wireless preferences, wherein the ranked order is based at least in part on a measure of similarity between a feature set associated with the current wireless service plan and a respective feature set of each of the wireless service plans.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the ranked order is based at least in part on historical customer experience data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the ranked order is based at least in part on wireless service plan selection data that describes a frequency of customer selection of each of the wireless service plans.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the network page includes the corresponding frequency of customer selection in association with each of the wireless service plans.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the wireless preferences is associated with a corresponding weight, and the ranked order is based at least in part on the weights.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein at least one of the weights is obtained from the user.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein at least one of the weights is predetermined.

8. A system comprising:

at least one computing device; and

a wireless service selection application executable in the at least one computing device, the wireless service selection application comprising;

logic that obtains a geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences from a user at a client, the wireless preferences including wireless device preferences and wireless service preferences;

logic that obtains a selection of one of the wireless service plans from the user;

logic that determines a plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences and are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers that provide service to the geographic location; and

logic that generates a network page presenting the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is based at least in part on the wireless preferences, wherein the ranked order is based at least in part on a measure of similarity between a feature set associated with the one of the wireless service plans and a respective feature set of each of the wireless service plans.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the wireless device preferences specify a desired feature set and a desired price range for a wireless device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the wireless service preferences specify a desired feature set and a desired price range for a wireless service plan.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the logic that generates the network page presenting the wireless service plans excludes any of the wireless service plans that are incompatible with the wireless device preferences.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein each of the wireless service plans is presented in the network page in association with at least one wireless device that is compatible with the respective wireless service plan and meets the wireless preferences.

13. A method, comprising the steps of:

obtaining, in at least one computing device, a geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences from a user at a client, the wireless preferences including wireless device preferences and wireless service preferences;

determining, in the at least one computing device, a plurality of wireless devices that meet the wireless preferences and are compatible with at least one of a plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences and that are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers at the geographic location;

generating, in the at least one computing device, a network page presenting each of the wireless devices in association with at least one of the wireless service plans, the wireless devices being ranked according to a score determined at least in part from the wireless preferences;

wherein each one of the wireless devices matched with one of the wireless service plans comprises a wireless package; and

wherein the score is determined at least in part from a frequency of customer selection of the corresponding wireless package.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the wireless preferences is associated with a corresponding weight, and each of the wireless preferences is weighted by the corresponding weight in determining the score.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the score is determined at least in part on historical customer experience data.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the network page includes a corresponding frequency of customer selection in association with each of the wireless service plans.

15. A method, comprising the steps of:

obtaining, in at least one computing device, a geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences from a user at a client, the wireless preferences including wireless device preferences and wireless service preferences;

determining, in the at least one computing device, a plurality of wireless devices that meet the wireless preferences and are compatible with at least one of a plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences and that are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers at the geographic location, wherein each one of the wireless devices matched with one of the wireless service plans comprises a wireless package;

generating, in the at least one computing device, a network page presenting each of the wireless devices in association with at least one of the wireless service plans, the wireless devices being ranked according to a score determined at least in part from the wireless preferences; and

determining, in the at least one computing device, at least one similar wireless package that is similar to at least one of the wireless packages, wherein the at least one similar wireless package is determined irrespective to at least one of the wireless preferences.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein each of the wireless preferences is associated with a corresponding weight, and each of the wireless preferences is weighted by the corresponding weight in determining the score.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the network page includes a corresponding frequency of customer selection in association with each of the wireless service plans.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the score is determined at least in part on historical customer experience data.