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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Sears Brands, L.l.c., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Inventors:

Bharath Sridharan, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Jen Hao Yang, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Gadi Lifshitz, Kiryat Ono, IL;

Guy Ephraim, Tel Aviv, IL;

Gilad Opher, Kibbutz, IL;

Assignee:

Sears Brands, L.L.C., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04M 3/523 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01); G06Q 30/016 (2013.01); H04M 3/523 (2013.01); H04M 7/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for providing location based assistance. The method and system including hosting a database of information regarding a customer, hosting a database of information regarding sale associate availability, and receiving a customer assistance request. The system determines the location of the customer and determines the availability of at least one sale associate within a predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer to service the customer assistance request. The customer assistance request is then routed to the at least one sale associate within the predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer for assistance.


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