Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system
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1. A method for integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications;
analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts;
integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a customer relationship management (CRM) system to populate the CRM system;
identifying potential customers based on integrated opportunities, relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts; and
managing interactions with current and target customers based on the integrated opportunities, relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts.
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Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
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1. A method for integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the method comprising:
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obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications; analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts; integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a customer relationship management (CRM) system to populate the CRM system; identifying potential customers based on integrated opportunities, relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts; and managing interactions with current and target customers based on the integrated opportunities, relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the method comprising:
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accessing a social networking application via a user device; accessing metadata on the social networking application, wherein the metadata; comprises; patterns; social graphs of users of the application; relationships; structures of the application; and is derived from; interactions between users of the application; and historical patterns across the application; determining, from the metadata, a subset of the metadata to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts; determining from the subset of the metadata; when a user accesses the application; how many other users access the application when the user accesses the application; analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer; complex record opportunities that include multiple fields of metadata and that comprise an entity'"'"'s interactions with customers, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts; integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a customer relationship management (CRM) system to populate the CRM system; organizing, automating, and synchronizing sales, marketing, customer service and technical support for an organization based on the integrated opportunities, relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts; identifying potential customers based on integrated opportunities, relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts; and managing interactions with current and target customers based on the integrated opportunities, relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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