Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance
Patent
1997-09-15
2000-09-26
Peeso, Thomas R.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Finance
705 26, 705 39, G01R 1300
Patent
active
061253561
ABSTRACT:
A handheld computer unit for use by, e.g., a car sales person (seller) prompts the seller with a standard script to be followed at each step in the process after a prospect enters a dealership. The prospect's response to the scripted questions is used to identify the prospect's particular interests of a general nature, e.g., safety, and of a specific nature, e.g., trailer towing capacity. When either a general or specific interest is identified, the seller is prompted to tailor the conversation to address the prospect's interests. Among other things, the handheld unit can perform functions such as (i) permitting the seller to retrieve useful information such as inventory availability from a sales information data store; (ii) displaying option-sensitive prompts to aid the seller in discussing specific vehicles under consideration; (iii) accessing remote communications links to external data sources to obtain information on credit-worthiness of the prospect, financing terms, and availability; (iv) displaying motivational information such as the percentage likelihood of consummating the sale successfully; (v) providing a communications link with management personnel.
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Brockman Robert T.
Jones Donald D.
Peeso Thomas R.
Rosefaire Development, Ltd.
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