发明名称 Electronic quotes and proposals including item feedback
摘要 A system includes a proposal engine configured to present quotes and/or proposals including a plurality of selections to customers at a network site.
申请公布号 US9367868(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.06.14
申请号 US201213539389 申请日期 2012.06.30
申请人 QUOSAL, LLC 发明人 McNall Kent S.;Demulling Samuel G.
分类号 G06Q30/00;G06F17/30;G06Q30/06 主分类号 G06Q30/00
代理机构 Launchpad IP, Inc. 代理人 Wiklof Christopher A.;Bromer Nicholas S.;Launchpad IP, Inc.
主权项 1. A system for providing automated quotes and proposals between people, comprising: at least one server computer including a network communication interface configured for communication with other computers including a client computer across a communication network; a web server operatively coupled to the at least one server computer and configured to interface with a client software application running on the client computer; a proposal engine operatively coupled to the web server and the client software application, or included in the client software application, configured to cooperate with the client software application to: receive a plurality of particular item selections via a user interface from a person comprising a user acting as a trusted advisor to a particular customer, the item selection corresponding to an electronic quote or proposal;automatically generate a particular network address for viewing the electronic quote or proposal requested by and prepared by the user for the particular customer,wherein the particular network address is a Deep Web network address, and wherein the Deep Web network address comprises: a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that is indexed, and associated with the URL, a non-indexed query including a passcode that is generated by a random number or pseudo-random number generator, which, in combination, provide a path to the proposal;transmit, to a customer communication address for viewing by a person comprising the particular customer, the particular network address for viewing the electronic quote or proposal;establish a new browser session at the particular network address with a customer device operated by the particular customer responsive to the particular customer initiating the browser session;cause display of the electronic proposal including a plurality of graphical customer interface objects corresponding to the plurality of items for viewing at the particular network address by the particular customer;receive one or more responses from the customer made by using at least one of the graphical customer interface objects;without intervention by the user, modify the proposal responsive to the received one or more responses; andalso without intervention by the user, display the modified proposal to the customer; wherein at least two of the plurality of items displayed for viewing by the customer are configured to be individually selected or not selected by the customer using the graphical customer interface objects.
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