摘要 |
The current application discloses a dual-purpose automated system and related methods for collecting consumer data by providing a product-and-services consumer recommendation service and using the collected data to provide market research and analyses to clients. The consumer recommendation service assists consumers in evaluating and choosing particular products and services from among certain available and/or hypothetical products and services and, during operation, electronically stores information obtained from consumer interactions with the consumer recommendation service that is used as a basis for providing market-research data and analyses to retailers, manufactures, and other clients. |