US 8,121,904 B2
Electronic proposal preparation systemGeneral
US 8,121,904 B2
Electronic proposal preparation system
Tech Center:
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security and License and Review
Examiner:
Robert M. Pond
Art Unit:
3625 Business Methods — Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing
Agent:
Hershkovitz & Associates LLC
Inventors:
Jerome D. JOHNSON
Assignee:
Priority:
05/05/92
Filed:
10/11/09
Granted:
02/21/12
Expiration:
03/21/16
Abstract
An electronic system for creating customized product proposals stores a plurality of pictures and text segments to be used as building blocks in creating the proposal. The pictures may include various products, environments in which the products may be used, and available product options. The text segments may include textual descriptions of the product, environments in which the product may be used, and its performance specifications. The system queries a user to determine a customer's needs and interests. Based upon the answers to the queries, the system selects the appropriate picture and text building blocks to fill in proposal templates. The system can print the completed proposal templates to provide the user with a customized, printed proposal that describes features and benefits of a product, in a particular environment, that are of interest to the customer who is to receive the proposal.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06Q30/0631G06QY10S707/99945Y10S