Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Electronic shopping
Patent
1997-10-10
2000-03-07
Stamber, Eric W.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Electronic shopping
705 26, G06F 1900
Patent
active
060352833
ABSTRACT:
This invention involves an electronic catalog system which employs the knowledge and experience of a "Sales Agent", which is provided to a computer data base, and used with an inference engine to assist and guide actual customers to products that they will most likely be interested in purchasing. This system is employs hypothetical questions and answers, based on the sales agents experience with generic customers, as well as criteria and constraints provided by both the Sales Agent and the electronic catalog content.
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Caudle Penny
International Business Machines - Corporation
Meyers Steven J.
Stamber Eric W.
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