System and a method for performing personalised interactive automated electronic marketing of the marketing service provider

• US 7,908,150 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2002
• Issued: 03/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jean-Luc Rochet
• Original Assignee: Jean-Luc Rochet
• Inventors: Rochet, Jean-Luc
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss; John G
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHORNESKY, ADAM B
• Application Number:
  US10/476,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20040204952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,238 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14, 705/10, 705/14.39, 705/14.44, 705/14.49, 705/14.64
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0245 Surveys
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

The new system and method for performing personalized interactive automated electronic marketing of the marketing service provider being utilized by product vendors and end users. A business-to-business subscription system between the marketing service provider and a plurality of product vendors is established. This system integrates the conventional media, e.g. TV, radio and newspapers, the modern information society tools, e.g. mobile phone technology, personal computers and Internet. Product vendors are now provided with a powerful and effective marketing tool, while end users are provided with personalized desired data acquisition and the tool for purchasing on the safe and timely manner. The new system improves the commercial request response rate by simultaneously avoiding the sales leads'"'"' losses and transforming the cold sales leads into the hot sales leads. It ultimately results in that AIDA cycle of the end user with regard to the product will become substantially shortened.

Claims

1. A method for requesting and subsequently transmitting product data information stored in a database by an end-user by inputting a product code into a mobile phone, the method comprising:

assigning a unique code to the product data in human readable alphanumerical form;

integrating the code on each publication and/or advertisement of the product appearance;

sending the product code in short message service by the end-user using a mobile phone to a short message service Gateway;

extracting by the short message service Gateway of the code and the end-user'"'"'s phone number;

sending by the short message service Gateway of the extracted code and phone number to a Portal computer;

creating a personalized user home-page on the Portal Computer for which access authorization data is the user'"'"'s mobile phone number;

providing of the product data information on the personalized user homepage upon the Portal Computer; and

making connection between the PC of a user and the Portal Computer by inputting the user'"'"'s mobile phone number to enable the user to view the personalized user home page.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the portal computer sends a short message service message to the end user'"'"'s mobile phone on receipt of the alphanumeric code.

3. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

deciding by the end user upon the format of the contents, means of communication or the volume of the product data requested by means of the user interface of the website or by means of a mobile phone provided with a data transfer protocol.

4. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

buying by the end user of the product by means of the personalized portal website using secure electronic payment or E-pay.

5. A system for providing information to a user about a particular product identified by a particular alphanumeric code comprising:

a short message service gateway configured to receive the alphanumeric code from the user by short message service, and to output the code and the user'"'"'s phone number contained in the short message service;

a web fileserver containing information about a plurality of products each identified by a respective alphanumeric code, the web fileserver being connected to the short message service gateway to receive the code and the phone number from the short message service gateway, and further being configured such that upon receipt of the code and the phone number from the short message service gateway the web fileserver generates a web page containing the information about the product identified by an alphanumeric code, and secures it by means of an authorization code comprising the phone number; and

a PC of a user having a web browser program and connected via a network to the web fileserver,

wherein the web fileserver is further configured to reveal the web page to the user upon authorization by use of the user'"'"'s phone number.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the web fileserver is further configured to instruct the short message service gateway to send a short message service to the user on receipt of the alphanumeric code.