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Method and apparatus for recording results of marketing activity in a database of a bank, and for searching the recorded results
Assignee: NCR Voyix Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-03
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Granted: 1998-02-24
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Expires: 2014-06-03
Abstract
Abstract The invention concerns a graphical user interface for a bank's customer database. The interface allows a user to choose from several pre-defined operations upon the database, and eliminates the need for the user to use a command-line format to execute the operations. The invention allows the user to divide the database into demographic segments, and to perform computations upon the segments, as well as to export results of the computations to files, and to other programs.
Inventors
- 👤 Toya Waits
- 👤 Alex Sobolev
- 👤 Rick Rusak
- 👤 Eileen Hunter
- 👤 Janet Fath
- 👤 Jacqueline Voellinger
- 👤 Ralph Barletta
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 16:01
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q40/00; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q40/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
For a bank's database, containing information about customers, the improvement comprising: a) means for generating a first display which i) lists selected goals of the bank, said goals termed PROJECTs, and allows a user to select a PROJECT; and ii) displays buttons which activate options which operate on data associated with the selected PROJECT, including A) an OPEN button, which generates a second display containing a list of market SEGMENTs, comprising subsets of customers to whom the bank markets products, and to which the selected PROJECT is directed; and B) a DESCRIPTION button, which generates a description of the selected PROJECT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
For a bank's database, containing information about customers, the improvement comprising: a) means for generating a first display which i) lists selected goals of the bank, said goals termed PROJECTs, and allows a user to select a PROJECT; and ii) displays buttons which activate options which operate on data associated with the selected PROJECT, including A) an OPEN button, which generates a second display containing a list of market SEGMENTs, comprising subsets of customers to whom the bank markets products, and to which the selected PROJECT is directed; and B) a DESCRIPTION button, which generates a description of the selected PROJECT.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
111 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 in which (1) the user is able to select a SEGMENT within the second display and (2) the second display contains buttons which activate option which operate on the selected SEGMENT, including A) an ANALYSIS button, which generates a window allowing the user to retrieve stored data concerning individual members of the selected SEGMENT; B) a STRATEGY button, which generates a window allowing the user to view STRATEGIEs associated with the selected SEGMENT, said STRATEGIEs indicating behaviors sought to be induced in members of the selected SEGMENT; and C) a CAMPAIGN button, which generates a window listing actions to be taken in pursuit of a strategy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, and further comprising: b) a MAILING LIST button, which presents a third display which i) allows a user to select a sample of a selected SEGMENT and ii) allows the user to cause a mailing list to be generated, which contain addresses of the members of the sample, and ii) allows the user to cause delivery of the mailing list to a predetermined agent, without further intervention by said user.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, in which the third display contains an option which allows the user to send an ATTACHMENT, comprising a computer file, to the predetermined agent, without further intervention by the user.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, in which one class of users, termed INVESTIGATORS, is enabled to edit the database, while another class of users, termed ANALYSTS, is prevented from editing the database.
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