Patents by Inventor Dennis A. Ehrich

Dennis A. Ehrich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10726431
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for providing incentives and rewards to consumers in return for their sharing of their electronically-derived consumer location data and sharing their opinions and feedback. The system may be programmed to determine parameters of a reward offered to an individual consumer or group of consumers based on or more criteria. In addition, location-derived insights and information reported by the consumers may be used to segment and customize the available incentives and rewards for each consumer. Reward redemption analytics may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of reward customization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Service Management Group, LLC
    Inventors: Eric H. Weiss, Andrew Volpe, Robert Luedeman, Andrew Fromm, Dennis Ehrich, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170308918
    Abstract: Techniques that may be used by a consumer analytics system to track consumers' knowledge of brands and interactions with brands based in part on location data for consumers and responses to surveys that are distributed to consumers based at least in part on location data for the consumers. Such location data may be received, for example, from mobile devices operated by the consumers. A brand strength may represent any suitable measurement of a fraction or share of a market category. In some embodiments, a consumer analytics system may determine brand strength for a business using factors that each represent a “share” of a market category held by a business. The system may additionally track changes in these factors over time. Examples of factors that may be tracked include brand awareness for a business, brand accessibility for the business, brand consideration, brand usage, and brand favorites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Service Management Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric H. WEISS, Andrew Fromm, Dennis A. Ehrich, JR., Joe Cardador
  • Patent number: 9727884
    Abstract: Techniques that may be used by a consumer analytics system to track consumers' knowledge of brands and interactions with brands based in part on location data for consumers and responses to surveys that are distributed to consumers based at least in part on location data for the consumers. Such location data may be received, for example, from mobile devices operated by the consumers. A brand strength may represent any suitable measurement of a fraction or share of a market category. In some embodiments, a consumer analytics system may determine brand strength for a business using factors that each represent a “share” of a market category held by a business. The system may additionally track changes in these factors over time. Examples of factors that may be tracked include brand awareness for a business, brand accessibility for the business, brand consideration, brand usage, and brand favorites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Service Management Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric H. Weiss, Andrew Fromm, Dennis A. Ehrich, Jr., Joe Cardador
  • Publication number: 20140095259
    Abstract: A system for offering survey response opportunities for sale to purchasers in a survey market system that is associated with a consumer analytics system. A survey response “opportunity” may be an expectation of the system that, if a survey is distributed, a response will be received and represents a chance for a potential surveyor to request that a survey be distributed on its behalf. Using the system, a purchaser may specify one or more conditions for distribution of a survey and one or more questions to be included in the survey, and request that a consumer analytics system distribute the survey in response to detecting that the conditions are met. For example, if a condition relates to consumer behavior, a survey may be distributed in response to detecting, from an analysis of location data indicating geographic locations of the consumer, that the consumer engaged in the behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Eric H. Weiss, Robert Luedeman, Andrew Fromm, Dennis A. Ehrich
  • Publication number: 20140095260
    Abstract: Techniques that may be used by a consumer analytics system to track consumers' knowledge of brands and interactions with brands based in part on location data for consumers and responses to surveys that are distributed to consumers based at least in part on location data for the consumers. Such location data may be received, for example, from mobile devices operated by the consumers. A brand strength may represent any suitable measurement of a fraction or share of a market category. In some embodiments, a consumer analytics system may determine brand strength for a business using factors that each represent a “share” of a market category held by a business. The system may additionally track changes in these factors over time. Examples of factors that may be tracked include brand awareness for a business, brand accessibility for the business, brand consideration, brand usage, and brand favorites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Eric H. Weiss, Andrew Fromm, Dennis A. Ehrich, Joe M. Cardador
  • Publication number: 20140095258
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for providing incentives and rewards to consumers in return for their sharing of their electronically-derived consumer location data and sharing their opinions and feedback. The system may be programmed to determine parameters of a reward offered to an individual consumer or group of consumers based on or more criteria. In addition, location-derived insights and information reported by the consumers may be used to segment and customize the available incentives and rewards for each consumer. Reward redemption analytics may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of reward customization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Eric H. Weiss, Andrew Volpe, Robert Luedeman, Andrew Fromm, Dennis Ehrich, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140095281
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for providing incentives and rewards to consumers in return for their sharing of their electronically-derived consumer location data and sharing their opinions and feedback. The system may be programmed to determine parameters of a reward offered to an individual consumer or group of consumers based on or more criteria. In addition, location-derived insights and information reported by the consumers may be used to segment and customize the available incentives and rewards for each consumer. Reward redemption analytics may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of reward customization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Eric H. Weiss, Robert Luedeman, Andrew Fromm, Dennis A. Ehrich