Arun A Jani

US Patent:

20020123957, Sep 5, 2002

Filed:

Aug 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/929214

Inventors:

Burt Notarius - E. Amherst NY, US
Devendra Nayak - Burlington MA, US
Arun Jani - Westford MA, US
Kelly Chan - Cambridge MA, US
Paul Benati - Penfield NY, US
A. McNichol - Hamburg NY, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/037000, 705/026000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for marketing and communicating in the wine/spirits industry. The method of the invention includes the steps of receiving an offer from at least one wine/spirit suppliers to pay for a solicitation to at least one identified consumer of a participating retail wine/spirit establishment for a selected set of products; communicating a set of possible product offerings from the at least one wine/spirit suppliers to at least one of the participating retailers of wine/spirits, where each such set includes a number of products; receiving a communication from at least one such participating retailer agreeing to offer a subset of said set of product offerings at a sale price; analyzing information related to such subset of such set of product offerings with a computer; and, communicating such information related to such sales of such subset of such set of product offerings to an interested party.