Method for gathering mobile consumer-initiated business service look-up requests
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1. A method for gathering mobile consumer-initiated business service look-up requests comprising:
- receiving, at a Central Processing Station, a business service look-up request entered into a GPS unit by a GPS user, wherein the business service look-up request includes at least one of a point-of-interest request or business name request, and wherein information corresponding to the request is stored in a memory within the GPS unit before being transmitted to the Central Processing Station over a Wi-Fi, cellular or mobile device network;
receiving, at the Central Processing Station, request entry location information, wherein the location information corresponds to the GPS user'"'"'s geographic location at the time the GPS user entered a business service look-up request in the GPS unit and wherein the location information is stored in a memory within the GPS unit before being transmitted to the Central Processing Station over a Wi-Fi, cellular or mobile device network;
confirming a successful transmission receipt and deleting pending message from storage system of the business service look-up request and request entry location information at the Central Processing Station;
repeating the receiving and confirming steps for a plurality of GPS units;
storing the information received from the plurality of the GPS units in a relational database stored in a Central Processing Station memory; and
analyzing the information received to identify concentrations of similar business service look-up requests within a geographic region.
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Abstract
A method for receiving consumer-initiated business service look-up requests entered into a GPS unit, along with the corresponding geographic location the request was entered. These requests are received at a Central Processing Station whereupon the data is analyzed to identify concentrations of similar requests within a geographic region.
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1. A method for gathering mobile consumer-initiated business service look-up requests comprising:
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receiving, at a Central Processing Station, a business service look-up request entered into a GPS unit by a GPS user, wherein the business service look-up request includes at least one of a point-of-interest request or business name request, and wherein information corresponding to the request is stored in a memory within the GPS unit before being transmitted to the Central Processing Station over a Wi-Fi, cellular or mobile device network; receiving, at the Central Processing Station, request entry location information, wherein the location information corresponds to the GPS user'"'"'s geographic location at the time the GPS user entered a business service look-up request in the GPS unit and wherein the location information is stored in a memory within the GPS unit before being transmitted to the Central Processing Station over a Wi-Fi, cellular or mobile device network; confirming a successful transmission receipt and deleting pending message from storage system of the business service look-up request and request entry location information at the Central Processing Station; repeating the receiving and confirming steps for a plurality of GPS units; storing the information received from the plurality of the GPS units in a relational database stored in a Central Processing Station memory; and analyzing the information received to identify concentrations of similar business service look-up requests within a geographic region.
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Current AssigneeKyndryl Incorporated
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Original AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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InventorsSteigmeyer, Steven A., O'Connel, Brian M., Hamilton, Rick A. II, Walker, Keith R., Jackson, Steven V.
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Primary Examiner(s)Tran; Dalena
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Application NumberUS12/142,874Time in Patent Office291 DaysField of Search701/200, 701/207, 701/213, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 705/26, 705/15, 705/10, 705/7, 705/17, 707/7, 707/201, 707/E17.046, 707/E17.089, 707/E17.109, 707/E17.001, 707/E17.059, 707/E17.107, 707/E17.108, 707/E17.111, 707/10, 709/206, 342/357.12, 342/357.13US Class Current701/213CPC Class CodesG06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation...
