IP Library Granted Patent US 8,805,724
Granted Patent B2
US 8,805,724 · App. 11/959,156 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Intelligent customer retention and offer/customer matching

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Patent No.
US 8,805,724
App. No.
11/959,156
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device receives offer information associated with one or more products or services, receives customer information, and matches the offer information with the customer information based on one or more of system defined rules or user defined rules. The device also generates matched offer and customer information based on the match, and conveys the matched offer and customer information to one or more customers.

Claims (123)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a non-transitory server device, offer information associated with one or more products or one or more services;

receiving, at the non-transitory server device, customer information associated with one or more customers,

the customer information including customer condition information associated with the one or more products or the one or more services;

determining, using the non-transitory server device, a matching of the offer information with the customer information based on:

system-defined rules that define products or services to offer to the one or more customers and define under what conditions to offer the products or services, and

user-defined rules based on at least one or more of:

information regarding a profile associated with the one or more customers,

information regarding a churn score associated with the one or more customers,

information regarding a credit history associated with the one or more customers,

information regarding a treatment history associated with the one or more customers,

information regarding current account products or current account services associated with the one or more customers, or

information regarding market intelligence associated with the one or more customers;

generating, using the non-transitory server device, matched offer and customer information based on the matching; and

conveying, using the non-transitory server device, the matched offer and customer information in an order of priority.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the non-transitory server device, feedback from the one or more customers about the matched offer and customer information; and

updating, at the non-transitory server device, the matched offer and customer information based on the feedback.

3. The method of claim 1 , where receiving the offer information comprises:

selecting an offer from a group of offers;

receiving one or more sales codes associated with the selected offer;

creating a system situation based on the selected offer and the one or more sales codes; and

generating the offer information based on the selected offer, the one or more sales codes, and the system situation.

4. The method of claim 1 , where determining the matching of the offer information with the customer information comprises:

selecting an offer from a group of offers based on the customer information;

retrieving a system situation associated with the selected offer;

determining, based on the customer information, that a customer, of the one or more customers, qualifies for the system situation associated with the selected offer; and

adding the selected offer to the matched offer and customer information based on determining that the customer qualifies for the system situation.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of:

conveying the matched offer and customer information to the one or more customers via email;

conveying the matched offer and customer information to the one or more customers via direct mail;

conveying the matched offer and customer information to the one or more customers via telephone; or

conveying the matched offer and customer information to a vendor system for conveying to the one or more customers.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

receive offer information associated with one or more products or one or more services;

receive customer information associated with one or more customers,

the customer information including customer condition information associated with the one or more products or the one or more services;

determine a matching of the offer information with the customer information based on:

system-defined rules that define products or services to offer to the one or more customers and define under what conditions to offer the products or services, and

user-defined rules based on at least one or more of:

information regarding a profile associated with the one or more customers,

information regarding a churn score associated with the one or more customers,

information regarding a credit history associated with the one or more customers, or

information regarding a treatment history associated with the one or more customers;

generate matched offer and customer information based on the matching;

convey the matched offer and customer information in an order of priority.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the instructions further comprising comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

automatically convey the matched offer and customer information to one or more devices associated with the one or more customers.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the offer information comprises at least one of:

a product to offer in a bundle;

a service to offer in a bundle;

a credit and product or service bundle;

a price of a product;

a price of a service;

a product to offer for sale; or

a service to offer for sale.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the customer information comprises at least one of:

customer data;

a customer model;

a customer report;

a customer name;

a customer address;

a customer telephone number;

scored and segmented customer information;

customer personal information; or

company information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the one or more instructions to generate the matched offer and customer information comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

generate the matched offer and customer information based on the matching and one or more rules that define what particular products or services to offer to a particular customer, of the one or more customers, and when to offer the particular products or services.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

track a matched offer, of the matched offer and customer information, to prevent a duplicate of the matched offer from being conveyed to a same device associated with the one or more customers.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where a particular customer, of the one or more customers, comprises a person or a business entity capable of purchasing the one or more products or the one or more services.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 ,

where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

provide, for display, the matched offer and customer information to a marketer, and

where the marketer comprises a person responsible for interacting with the one or more customers to market the one or more products or the one or more services.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

receive feedback from the one or more customers about the matched offer and customer information; and

update the matched offer and customer information based on the feedback.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

select an offer from a group of offers;

receive one or more sales codes associated with the selected offer;

create a system situation based on the selected offer and the one or more sales codes; and

generate the offer information based on the selected offer, the one or more sales codes, and the system situation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the one or more instructions to generate the matched offer and customer information comprises:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

select an offer from a group of offers based on the customer information;

retrieve a system situation associated with the selected offer;

determine, based on the customer information, that a customer, of the one or more customers, qualifies for the system situation associated with the selected offer; and

add the selected offer to the matched offer and customer information based on determining that the customer qualifies for the system situation.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , where the one or more instructions to determine the matching comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to:

determine a matching of the offer information with the customer information based on the system-defined rules, the user-defined rules, and one or more of:

information based on current account products or current account services associated with the one or more customers; or

information based on market intelligence associated with the one or more customers.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , where the instructions further comprise at least one of:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to convey the matched offer and customer information to the one or more customers via email; or

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least processor to convey the matched offer and customer information to a vendor system for conveying to the one or more customers.

19. A system comprising:

a server, implemented at least partially in hardware, to:

receive offer information associated with one or more products or services;

receive customer information associated with one or more customers,

the customer information including customer condition information associated with the one or more products or services;

determine a matching of the offer information with the customer information based on:

system-defined rules that define products or services to offer to the one or more customers and define under what conditions to offer the products or services, and

user-defined rules that include at least one of:

information associated with a customer profile,

information associated with a customer churn score,

information associated with a customer credit history,

information associated with a customer treatment history,

information associated with a customer account product or service, or

information associated with market intelligence;

generate matched offer and customer information based on the matching; and

convey the matched offer and customer information in an order of priority.

20. The system of claim 19 , where the server is further to:

receive feedback from the one or more customers about the matched offer and customer information; and

update the matched offer and customer information based on the feedback.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2009
From: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Reel/Frame 023251/0278 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 14, 2009
From: VERIZON DATA SERVICES INC.
To: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 023224/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2007
From: ITANI, IBRAHIM M.; SAWANT, YOGESH; SHAPHY, MUHAMMED
To: VERIZON DATA SERVICES INC.
Reel/Frame 020264/0525 →