WO2009050529A2 - Système global de satisfaction client - Google Patents

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WO2009050529A2
WO2009050529A2 PCT/IB2007/002933 IB2007002933W WO2009050529A2 WO 2009050529 A2 WO2009050529 A2 WO 2009050529A2 IB 2007002933 W IB2007002933 W IB 2007002933W WO 2009050529 A2 WO2009050529 A2 WO 2009050529A2
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Poorya Pasta
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  • the present invention pertains to the fields of vendor directories and customer satisfaction rating systems and, more particularly, to a system for receiving customer satisfaction ratings for participating vendors at points of sale and following the completion of sales, aggregating the ratings received form customers into global customer satisfaction ratings for participating vendors, and providing a customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory indicating the global customer satisfaction ratings for the participating vendors.
  • Consumer Reports® publishes a guide in which comparable models of products are rated by experts who conduct appropriate research. The results are typically compiled and presented in the form of consumer reports that are organized or searchable by product showing the various competitive models and indicating ratings such as "star ratings" assigned to the various models by the researchers.
  • a wide variety of product and service reviews are currently available, typically organized into guides comparing and rating particular categories of products or services. For example, one can find automotive guides comparing and rating automobiles, movie guides comparing and rating movies, hotel guides comparing and rating hotels, restaurant guides comparing and rating restaurants, and the like.
  • Google® and Amazom® provide online shopping customer feedback systems that have become quite sophisticated. These systems typically employ a rating system, such as "star ratings" applicable to particular vendors, and also provide users with access to individual customer comments, product or service reviews, critiques of product or service reviews, and other information. In general, these systems are useful for informing the online shopping community about particular products, service and vendors, including disseminating customer feedback and to potential purchasers about superior and sub-standard performers. Vendor directories organized by product or service categories have also been in use for many years.
  • These directories are often organized or searchable by geographical area, and for each geographic area are further organized into categories of products and services.
  • the most prominent examples are the "Yellow Page" directories, which are typically published annually on a community-by-community basis.
  • Thomas Register® publishes technical directories of vendors for industrial products and services organized by category of product or service. Many variations of these types of vendor directories have been developed over the years and can currently be found both in print and online formats. Records of complaints and other customer feedback information are also made available for individual vendors, for example through the Better Business Bureaus.
  • vendor information systems Although there are a variety of vendor information systems, product and service rating systems, customer feedback systems, and vendor directories available today, these resources are typically provided separately. As a result, a potential purchaser researching a major purchase may consult with a variety of these resources to become well informed about the choices available. For example, the customer may first conduct research into the available product models using product guides. Having found a specific model of the desired product, the customer may then do some comparative shopping using a Yellow Page vendor directory to find a local or online vendor offering the product at an attractive price. Having found a particular vendor selling the desired model at an attractive price, the careful shopper may check the Better Business Bureau or other available resources or reviews regarding that particular vendor.
  • the present invention solves these problems in a system known as the Global Customer Satisfaction System that creates and provides a network of subscribers and vendors with access to a customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory.
  • the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory is similar to a conventional Yellow Page vendor directory system that includes participating vendors organized by geographical area and categories of products and services, except that each vendor listing also includes a global customer satisfaction rating. Additional "deep links" may also be provided for accessing maps, customer reviews, vendor statements, coupons, advertisements, and so forth.
  • the global customer satisfaction system includes point-of-sale customer feedback terminals for receiving in-store customer feedback including satisfaction ratings and other customer feedback regarding participating vendors as the customers pay for purchases.
  • the system also includes post-sale customer feedback terminals for receiving more detailed customer feedback regarding the vendors from customers after the sales have been completed.
  • the system also includes an aggregation and dissemination system for combining the ratings received form customers into global customer satisfaction ratings for participating vendors, and disseminating the customer satisfaction information through customer satisfaction qualified directories, which are organized or searchable by geography and type of product or service offered by the participating vendors.
  • the invention may be practiced as a customer satisfaction system that includes a number of customer satisfaction rating terminals that receive customer satisfaction feedback from customers related to vendors.
  • the system also includes a customer satisfaction aggregation system that receives the customer satisfaction feedback from the customer satisfaction rating terminals and consolidates the customer satisfaction feedback to provide a customer satisfaction rating associated with each vendor.
  • the system further includes a customer satisfaction dissemination system that provides access to a customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory system.
  • the directory contains a listing of vendor entries, in which each vendor entry contains contact information and the customer satisfaction rating determined by the customer satisfaction aggregation system for the associated vendor.
  • the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory is also organized or searchable by geographic location of the vendors, and for each geographic location contains vendor entries organized or searchable by category of product or service offered by the vendors.
  • the customer satisfaction rating terminals typically include a number of point-of- sale terminals located at vendor store locations. Each point-of-sale terminal is associated with a particular vendor, located on the premises of the vendor in association with a purchase check out station where customers pay for purchased items. Each terminal is operable to receive customer satisfaction feedback while the customers are located at the check out station. For example, the point-of-sale terminals may be incorporated into financial card reader stations that are operable for reading financial cards and for receiving customer satisfaction feedback.
  • the customer satisfaction rating terminals may also include a number of post-sale terminals, wherein each post-sale terminal is configured to provide post-sale customer feedback through online communication with the customer satisfaction aggregation system. In particular, any computer with an Internet connection may be used to contact a server operated by the customer satisfaction system and provide post-sale customer feedback.
  • the customer satisfaction system may also include a member reward system that issues rewards to customers who have registered as members of the customer satisfaction system, and who enter customer feedback into the customer satisfaction rating terminals.
  • the rewards may include purchase price discounts, rebates, deposits to savings accounts, points in a points-based rewards program, or another suitable reward program.
  • the customer satisfaction dissemination system may utilize printed customer satisfaction qualified vendor directories published for various geographic locations.
  • the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory may be made available to registered members through an online server that provides electronic access to the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory through a search engine.
  • the directory is accessed through a menu-driven user interface for the search engine that locates vendor entries organized through a hierarchy of geographic areas, product and service categories, and other factors.
  • the vendor entries may also include hypertext links to additional information, such as maps, customer reviews, coupons, advertisements, and so forth.
  • FIG. 1 is conceptual block diagram of a global customer satisfaction system.
  • FIG. 2 is a conceptual illustration of a point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal integrated with a financial card processing terminal configured for in-store sales.
  • FIG. 3 is a conceptual illustration of a point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal configured for online sales.
  • FIG. 4 is a conceptual illustration of the point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal displaying an set of customer feedback questions.
  • FIG. 5 is a conceptual illustration of a post-sale customer satisfaction terminal.
  • FIG. 6 is a conceptual illustration of a search engine user interface for a customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory.
  • FIG. 7 is a conceptual illustration of a menu system for a geographic area category selection item of the search engine user interface for the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory.
  • FIG. 8 is a conceptual illustration of a menu system for a product or service category selection item of the search engine user interface for the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory.
  • FIG. 9 is a conceptual illustration of a menu system for a type of venue category selection item of the search engine user interface for the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory.
  • FIG. 10 is a conceptual illustration of a menu system for a price range selection item of the search engine user interface for the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory.
  • FIG. 1 1 is a conceptual block diagram of a server system for the global customer satisfaction system.
  • the present invention may be embodied as a Global Customer Satisfaction
  • GCSS system or network in which members (GCSS customers or purchasers) have the ability to provide instant customer satisfaction ratings applicable to participating vendors (GCSS vendors or sellers) at point-of-sale terminals (GCSS terminals). These customer satisfaction ratings are compiled and published as a composite customer satisfaction indicator (GCSS rating) within one or more customer service qualified vendor directories (GCSS directories), thus providing other members with the ability to preview the aggregate ratings given to any participating GCSS vendor prior to making any purchase.
  • GCSS directories can be published in print for particular geographic areas or product or service categories.
  • GCSS global directory The most effective customer tool for most situations is a searchable, online global vendor directory (GCSS global directory) with a user-friendly interface that allows GCSS customers to easily conduct searches within selected geographic areas, product and service categories, price ranges, and other criteria.
  • GCSS global directory provides "deep links" to more detailed resources, such as customer reviews, professional reviews, critiques of reviews, product catalogs, detailed product specifications, price lists, statements from the vendors, advertisements, comparative listings, maps, and a wide range of other information that they system designers, members, vendors and other users elect to incorporate into the database.
  • the GCSS directory As an organization tool for a wide range of information sources, the GCSS directory is designed, and is expected to further develop over time, to be a robust customer satisfaction database accessed through the GCSS directories.
  • the GCSS system By organizing the customer feedback and other information under a vendor directory system organized by geographic area and product and service categories, the GCSS system can be easily accessed by GCSS members when shopping for many different kinds of products or services in many different locations.
  • the GCSS system In addition to providing user feedback stations at point-of-sale locations, the GCSS system also allows members to provide post-sale detailed feedback in the form of ratings and commentary.
  • the system also provides the member with the ability to search for GCSS participating vendors based on ratings aggregated into the system and also based on the amount of discount given by the participating vendor to members of the network. These searches can be done online using the system's website or on the system's mobile application created for cellular phones. Ratings, discounts and listings of participating vendors can also be found in hard-copy GCSS vendor directories published regularly by the operators of the GCSS network.
  • GCSS ratings given at the point of sales typically include a global rating on a scale of one to five for easy completion by the member at the point of sale.
  • the customer feedback station provided at the point-of-sale may also accept more detailed feedback in the form of responses to customer satisfaction related questions in a rating or multiple choice format, such as price satisfaction, checkout time, availability of parking, safety and security, cleanliness of store, variety of selection, shopping experience, and other parameters that can be easily entered at the point of sale.
  • the member may alternatively enter this level of feedback information through a post-sale terminal.
  • more detailed feedback such as specific comments, detailed reviews, and so forth are typically entered through the post-sale review, which is typically entered online or through email.
  • the global rating and any other feedback entered at the point of sale is typically entered into the same card-swipe terminal that is used to process the customer's payment. Additional and usually more detailed post- sale feedback can also be entered online concerning factors such as fairness of price, quality of goods and services, after-sales services (warranty, guarantee, etc), written reviews, reviews of reviews, and any other type of suitable feedback.
  • the GCSS network also provides for the implementation of discounts and other rewards offered by participating vendors to GCSS members.
  • the rewards can be provided in the form of price reductions implemented at the point of sale, rebates, deposits into savings accounts, points systems, or any other suitable reward system.
  • Member discounts may be optional or mandatory, and may be applied to all members on a level basis, may be weighted, and may be used to reward specific factors. For example, members may earn a reward by entering the point-of-sale feedback, entering the post-sale feedback, transacting a certain amount of business within the GCSS network, maintaining a financial account associated with the GCSS network, or other factors.
  • Member discounts may also made available or increased based on other factors, such as the amount of business transacted in the GCSS network, the length of membership, whether the member is also a participating vendor, the amount of business a member-vendor transacts in the GCSS network, the amount of discount that a member-vendor offers to other members, whether the member regularly provides point-of-sale feedback, whether the member regularly provides post-sale feedback; whether the member's reviews are well received in the GCSS network, and so forth.
  • factors such as the amount of business transacted in the GCSS network, the length of membership, whether the member is also a participating vendor, the amount of business a member-vendor transacts in the GCSS network, the amount of discount that a member-vendor offers to other members, whether the member regularly provides point-of-sale feedback, whether the member regularly provides post-sale feedback; whether the member's reviews are well received in the GCSS network, and so forth.
  • the participating vendors in the GCSS network is suitable to cover all sectors of retail and wholesale industrial sectors, manufacturers, commercial entities, and service providers, both within the public and private sectors.
  • the potentially global extent of the GCSS system and its all-inclusive nature demonstrate the uniquely wide scope of this global network, which constitutes an important characteristic of the GCSS network.
  • the globalization process and major developments in information and communication technologies on the one hand, and the rising demands of the value-conscious customers on the other hand, provides fertile ground for development of the GCSS network in a manner and scope that has the potential to drastically improve over the current state of retail business standards.
  • the main objective of the GCSS network is to provide a system for monitoring and communicating customer satisfaction as expressed by past customer to prospective future customers, so as to reward reputable and high quality vendors with GCSS member good will, as reflected in the customer service information made available to the members though the GCSS vendor directories.
  • the end result of the GCSS network is to strongly improve, and even evolve to a higher stage, the existing retail business standards. In the current retail sales environment, product and service providers are not required to accept or publish customer satisfaction ratings or other feedback despite the fact that such ratings could improve the quality of goods and services.
  • the GCSS network provides a mechanism for expression of the degree of customer satisfaction both at the point of sale, typically through entry of a single global rating or a very brief list of rating items concerning the general level of performance, and post-sale, typically allowing more detailed feedback concerning fairness of the price, quality of received goods and services, post-sale activities such as warranty or return issues, detailed product or vendor reviews, and the like.
  • This mechanism acts to reward superior vendor performance and penalize inferior vendor performance through the communication of customer satisfaction information entered by past customers to potential future purchasers, and thereby serves the interests both sides of the transactions who seek good faith and superior performance. It serves the interests of the customer by providing readily available customer satisfaction information and the possibility of receiving discounts on the prices of goods and service - either as a direct discount paid at the point of sale or as a deposit to the customer's saving account - and also provides to the customer a possibility to rate the performance of vendors both at the point of sale and after the point of sale. The system also serves the interests of those vendors who wish to increase their customer base by consistently providing superior goods and services, as recognized by consumers and communicated to others through the GCSS network.
  • the GCSS system includes a network of participating vendors and consumer- members who form a customer base for the participating vendors.
  • the objective of the GCSS network is to connect participating vendors with consumer-members, where consumer-members provide customer satisfaction related feedback, upon purchase and later regarding after-sales services.
  • the members may also receive a predetermined discount or other reward from the participating vendors.
  • the member swipes his/her membership card or provides his/her member-id/password (e.g., for online services) and is authenticated by the system.
  • the member enters customer service satisfaction information and, in cases where member discounts are offered, receives a pre- determined discount, rebate or point award based on the sum-total of the purchase.
  • the specific discounts or other rewards offered by a vendor are typically determined under a GCSS participation agreement between the GCSS system operator and the participating vendor.
  • the point-of-sale customer satisfaction information is typically received in the form of a global customer satisfaction rating, and may also include a short list of ratings or multiple choice question electronically displayed on a terminal at the point of sale.
  • the questions may be displayed on the card-reader/keypad that is used to read the customer's magnetic GCSS membership card, and the user responds by selecting a rating or a response from a multiple choice question to which the customer responds by punching in a number using the keypad on the terminal.
  • electronic points of sales such as online stores, the user sees the discounted total of the purchases made on the website and a customer-service related question on the same page, and the user responds by selecting one of the provided responses.
  • the discount provided by the participating vendor and the customer feedback question/response may be voluntary feature or a requirements for vendor participation in the GCSS system.
  • the GCSS system may also include in-store customer feedback stations from which user rates listed items or answers multiple choice questions, such as a card- reader/keypad combo that first recognizes the user at the point of sales from the data written onto the magnetic card.
  • Customer satisfaction and the customer's shopping details are transmitted from the input mechanisms to the GCSS database; where the ratings given concerning a participating vendor are aggregated into existing ratings and the customer's shopping details may be recorded in a database that provides the customer with access to details regarding the customer's shopping history.
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  • Users of the GCSS system will be able to find participating vendors and the aggregate of the ratings given to any participating vendor through print or online access to customer satisfaction qualified vendor directories.
  • Individual customers have the ability to view their shopping histories and the savings made through GCSS on the section of the GCSS site that is dedicated to the customer's shopping history.
  • FIG. 1 is conceptual block diagram of a global customer satisfaction system 10.
  • the system includes a number of point-of sale customer feedback stations 12a-n. Some of these rating systems may be specifically designed for in-store locations, and other may be configure for online shopping.
  • the point-of sale customer feedback stations 12a-n are configured to receive customer feedback in the form of customer satisfaction ratings that can be quickly entered at the time that the customer pays for a purchase.
  • the point-of sale customer feedback stations utilize a simple "1 through 5" or similar ranking system that allows the customer to enter the satisfaction rating quickly as the customer completes the purchase check-out process.
  • the point-of sale customer feedback may also allow the user to enter additional structured feedback, such as ratings for a list of specific items ore multiple choice answers to a list of specific questions. Specific examples are described further with reference to FIGS. 2-4.
  • the global customer satisfaction system 10 also includes a number of post-sale customer feedback stations 14a-n, which are typically configured for allowing customers to enter more detailed feedback after the purchase has been completed, when time pressures of completing a purchase are not present.
  • any computer with an internet connection can be used an a post-sale customer feedback station whenever the customer would like to enter the feedback.
  • a GCSS vendor number printed on a sales receipt or the participating vendor's name will be all that the user needs to know to locate the correct vendor the online GCSS directory to enter a variety of types of customer feedback.
  • the members can also enter product reviews, vendor reviews, critiques of reviews, and so forth.
  • the objective using two types of customer feedback stations is to have point-of-sale customer feedback stations 12a-n that all or most members are prompted to use very quickly to entered structured form feedback as purchases are completed, and post-sale customer feedback stations 14a-n available for that those customers who which to make more detailed, non-structured form commentary when time permits.
  • a specific example of a post-sale feedback terminal is described further with reference to FIG. 5.
  • the global customer satisfaction system 10 also includes a customer feedback aggregation and dissemination system 16, which is typically configured as an Internet server system.
  • This system aggregates the feedback received from various customers into a consolidated customer satisfaction ranking, typically on a scale from one to five, for each participating vendor in the network.
  • the ratings entered by customers can be aggregated by averaging or weighted averaging taking certain factors into account in the weighting factors. For example, more recent ratings may be given more weight that older ratings, ratings from higher volume shoppers may be given more weight that ratings from lower volume shoppers, ratings from members who have been registered in the network longer may be given more weight than rating from more recent members, and so forth.
  • the customer feedback aggregation and dissemination system 16 also makes the customer satisfaction information to members of the network. Specifically, customer satisfaction information is disseminated to the members though a customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory. This is similar to a traditional yellow page directory, except that it typically covers multiple geographic areas, and that each vendor entry includes customer satisfaction feedback information, such as a global GCSS rating.
  • the customer satisfaction feedback information typically includes at least the aggregate or global customer satisfaction rating determined by the GCSS system from member feedback, typically expressed on a scale of one to five, and a number of "deep links" to more detailed customer feedback information. Accordingly, the global GCSS rating for a particular vendor will be a dynamic figure that can change over time as new customer feedback is entered into he customer feedback aggregation and dissemination system 16 and older feedback ages becomes less relevant.
  • the global customer satisfaction system 10 also includes a system of member accounts 17a-n for its members.
  • the member accounts allow members to register, input and change contact information, obtain vendor directories, enter post-sale feedback, and so forth.
  • Each member account may include a reward system for providing the member with an incentive for using the GCSS network.
  • the member may receive a discount on the price of goods or services applied at the point of sale.
  • the member may receive a rebate deposited into a savings account maintained by the operator of the GCSS network.
  • a points systems may also be used as another example.
  • the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory can be published in printed form for a variety of geographic locations, and a more convenient dissemination mechanism is the online directory accessed through a search engine with a menu- driven user interface.
  • the members access the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directories 18a-n through printed or online access, as desired to support their shopping needs.
  • a specific example of an online customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory is described further with reference to FIGS. 6-10.
  • FIG. 2 is a conceptual illustration one type of customer feedback station, in this example a point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal 20 integrated with a financial card processing terminal configured to process customer payments for in-store sales.
  • the point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal preferably enables the user to enter a single global customer satisfaction rating on a scale from one to five.
  • the rating is displayed in a window 22, and the customer toggles a first button 24 to change the rating and a second button 26 to enter the rating.
  • the point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal may also have a mechanism, such as a touch-screen field 28 that the customer can touch with a finger or stylus, to access an additional screen for entering customer feedback information.
  • An example of a additional screen for entering customer feedback information is shown in Fig. 4
  • FIG. 3 is a conceptual illustration of a point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal 30 configured for online sales.
  • This visible interface similar to the customer satisfaction terminal 20 used for in-store sales, except that it is suitable for displayed on a computer screen as the customer goes through the online shopping check out process.
  • the user interface includes a window 30 where the customer enters the desired rating, a button or field where the user clicks to enter the rating, and a button or field where the user clicks to access an additional customer feedback panel.
  • the point- of-sale customer satisfaction terminal should be intuitively easy to understand at a glance and very quick and easy to use. Although may different options could be implemented for this function, the example illustrated meets these basic objectives while still allowing the customer to enter meaningful feedback information very quickly.
  • FIG. 4 is a conceptual illustration of the point-of-sale customer satisfaction terminal displaying a set of customer feedback rating items 40.
  • the terminal displays a number items that the customer can rate individually on a scale from one to five.
  • the user can use three of the buttons on the terminal to select among the items, toggle through the available ratings, and enter the feedback.
  • FIG. 5 is a conceptual illustration of a post-sale customer satisfaction terminal 50.
  • Many different options may be used for receiving post- sale feedback including unstructured formats, such as textual reviews written by customers, critiques of reviews, and other types of detailed feedback.
  • FIG. 6 is a conceptual illustration of a search engine user interface 60 for accessing a customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory.
  • the directory is organized under a hierarchy of geographical areas, and for each geographical area further organized under a hierarchy of product and service categories. This is illustrated by the geographical area selection field 62 and the product or service category field 64. These selection items allow the member accessing the directory to select a specific geographical area and product and service category, and the search engine displays the entries for participating vendors meeting that criteria.
  • the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory can also be searched with additional qualifiers entered through a type of shopping venue selection box 66, a price range and member discounts selection box 68, and a ratings selection box 69.
  • the member could enter “Miami, Florida” with the geographical area selection field 62, "electronic stores” with the product or service category field 64, "shopping mall” with the type of shopping venue selection box 66, select “at least five percent member discount” with the price range an member discounts selection box 68, and "at least a GCSS rating of 3" with the ratings selection box 69.
  • the search engine then return all of the vendor listing meeting those criteria.
  • Each vendor listing includes contact information for the participating vendor and the GCSS rating determined by the GCSS system for that vendor, and may include links to a variety of other items, such as maps, coupons, advertisements, vendor reviews, product catalogs, etc.
  • FIG. 7-10 illustrate another specific example of specific criteria selections for the search engine showing examples of pull down menus for the selection boxes.
  • FIG. 7 shows an illustrative geographical hierarchy 63 pulled down from the geographic area selection box 62.
  • This particular hierarchy extends from a country selection down to a neighborhood, in case from "United States” to "Florida” to "Southern” to "Miami” to "Kendale Area” to “Kendale Lakes.”
  • the selection panels allow various alternatives to be selected at each level. For example, other countries at the level of the "United States,” other U.S. states at the level of "Florida,” and so forth.
  • FIG. 8 shows an illustrative product and service category hierarchy 65 pulled down from the product and service category selection box 64.
  • This particular hierarchy extends from “restaurants” to "Italian” to several restaurant types including “gourmet,” “upscale” and so forth. It will be appreciated that different hierarchies of sub-categories will be appropriate for different product and service categories and that many different options will be available for organizing the vendor directory under a hierarchical system for product and service categories.
  • FIG. 9 shows an illustrative shopping venue hierarchy 67 pulled down from the type of shopping venue selection box 66. This particular hierarchy extends from types of venues, such as “separate building” and “high-rise plaza,” to specific venues, such as “Sunset Plaza” and “Town and Country.”
  • FIG. 8 shows an illustrative product and service category hierarchy 65 pulled down from the product and service category selection box 64. This particular hierarchy extends from “restaurants" to "Italian" to several restaurant types including “gourmet,” “upscale” and so forth.
  • FIG. 10 shows an illustrative price range hierarchy 69 pulled down from the price range and member discounts selection box 66.
  • This particular hierarchy shows various price ranges from “high end” to "least expensive.”
  • the specific vendor entry "Spaghetti barn” includes the GCDD global rating for the vendor, contact information for the vendor including address and telephone, and hypertext links to additional resources including a map, directions, a message from the vendor, customer reviews, comparative vendors, and a link to the vendor's website.
  • this particular vendor entry is merely illustrative and the actual set of information and links will vary from vendor to vendor.
  • FIG. 1 1 is a conceptual block diagram of a server system for the global customer satisfaction system 10.
  • the system provides a number of member services 80 and a number of vendor services 90.
  • the member services typically a member registration selection item 82 where customers can register and update their personal contact information, a member feedback selection item 84 where members can enter feedback and reviews and other relevant information, a member savings account selection item 86 where members can review their savings from rebates, points or other reward system, and a membership directory selection item 88 where users can access the customer satisfaction qualified directory and save search results from the directory search engine.
  • the vendor services include a vendor registration selection item 92, a vendor data file selection item 94 where the vendor can enter data to be included in the vendor entry in the customer satisfaction qualified directory, such as coupons, advertisements, a vendor inventory and price list selection item 96, and vendor comparisons 98.
  • a vendor registration selection item 92 the vendor registration selection item
  • a vendor data file selection item 94 where the vendor can enter data to be included in the vendor entry in the customer satisfaction qualified directory, such as coupons, advertisements, a vendor inventory and price list selection item 96, and vendor comparisons 98.

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La présente invention concerne un système global de satisfaction client (GCSS) qui comprend des terminaux de retour d'expérience de clients en points de vente destinés à recevoir en magasin un retour d'expérience de clients comprenant des évaluations de satisfaction et un autre retour d'expérience de clients concernant les vendeurs impliqués au moment où le client paye ses achats. Le système comprend également des terminaux de retour d'expérience de clients après la vente pour recevoir, en provenance de membres, un retour d'expérience de clients plus détaillé concernant les vendeurs, après la fin de la vente. Le système comprend également un système de regroupement et de dissémination pour combiner les évaluations reçues des clients en évaluations de satisfaction client globales concernant les vendeurs participants et disséminer des informations de satisfaction client, au moyen de répertoires qualifiés de satisfaction client qui sont organisés ou dans lesquels on peut effectuer une recherche en fonction de la zone géographique, du type de produit ou de service proposé par les vendeurs participants et d'autres facteurs.
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