SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES
First Claim
1. A system for connecting businesses with a customer community, comprising:
- a communication interface;
a storage system configured to store business registration information for a plurality of business, the business registration information including an associated service, a location, price information associated with the service, business account information, and business contact information; and
customer registration information for a plurality of customers, the customer registration information including services of interest;
business of interest information, customized notification information, demographic information, and customer contact information;
a server coupled with the storage system and the communication interface, the server configured to;
for each of the plurality of customers receive an indication of particular types of services and specific businesses that offer the services and for which the customer is interested in receiving notices of limited time offers for the indicted services from the indicated businesses;
storing the information received from the plurality of customers and customer registration information in the storage system;
receive an indication from a business via the communication interface that a service is available for a limited time and a discount price that is included in the price information;
push an indication out to a plurality of customers via the communication interface based on the service of interest and business of interest information included in the customer registration information associated with each of the plurality of customers and using the customer contact information for each of the plurality of customers;
receive a communication from one of the customers intended for the business via the communication interface;
charge the business a predetermined fee for connecting the customer to the business using the business account information; and
connect the customer with the business using the business contact information.
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Abstract
A system for connecting businesses with a customer community stores business registration information associated with the businesses, including the type of service offered by each business, and customer registration information including services of interest and contact information. A server receives information from a business via a communication interface that an offer is available for a limited time at a discount price, and sends information on the offer to a plurality of customers for whom the offer is relevant, based on stored customer information. Interested customers receiving the offer reply to the offer through the system, the system sends the replies to the business, and the business is charged a predetermined fee for connecting the customers to the business based on the number of replies to the offer received by the business through the system.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for connecting businesses with a customer community, comprising:
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a communication interface; a storage system configured to store business registration information for a plurality of business, the business registration information including an associated service, a location, price information associated with the service, business account information, and business contact information; and
customer registration information for a plurality of customers, the customer registration information including services of interest;
business of interest information, customized notification information, demographic information, and customer contact information;a server coupled with the storage system and the communication interface, the server configured to; for each of the plurality of customers receive an indication of particular types of services and specific businesses that offer the services and for which the customer is interested in receiving notices of limited time offers for the indicted services from the indicated businesses; storing the information received from the plurality of customers and customer registration information in the storage system; receive an indication from a business via the communication interface that a service is available for a limited time and a discount price that is included in the price information; push an indication out to a plurality of customers via the communication interface based on the service of interest and business of interest information included in the customer registration information associated with each of the plurality of customers and using the customer contact information for each of the plurality of customers; receive a communication from one of the customers intended for the business via the communication interface; charge the business a predetermined fee for connecting the customer to the business using the business account information; and connect the customer with the business using the business contact information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. The system of claim 13, wherein the server is configured to seek permission from the customer before sending invitations.
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