SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RELATED PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS AND OFFERS

Abstract

A system and method determine a healthcare/personal care product based on symptoms entered. The system and method can then determine related products for recommendation and offers available for the related products and the healthcare/personal care products.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the following figures, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various views unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a kiosk;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating components of the kiosk of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a persistent memory of the kiosk;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an “intent” graph;

FIG. 5 is a table illustrating an example related products database table; and

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying related product recommendations and/or offers.

Claims

1. A computer-based method, comprising: determining an intent based on a medical symptom;determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;determining a product related to the healthcare product; anddisplaying the healthcare product and the related product.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the healthcare product is further based on the medical symptom.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the related product is based on the determined healthcare product or personal considerations.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the related product is based on the determined intent.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the related product is based on the medical symptom.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining an offer based on the determined related product and the determined medical product; anddisplaying the offer.

7. A computer-based method, comprising: determining an intent based on a medical symptom;determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;determining an offer based on the determined healthcare product; anddisplaying the healthcare product and the offer.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining the healthcare product is further based on the medical symptom.

9. A system, comprising: means for determining an intent based on a medical symptom;means for determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;means for determining a product related to the healthcare product; andmeans for displaying the healthcare product and the related product.

10. A system, comprising: means for determining an intent based on a medical symptom;means for determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;means for determining an offer based on the determined healthcare product; andmeans for displaying the healthcare product and the offer.

11. A system, comprising: a core for determining an intent based on a medical symptom and determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;a recommendation engine for determining a product related to the healthcare product; anda GUI for displaying the healthcare product and the related product.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the core determines the healthcare product further based on the medical symptom.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the recommendation engine determines the related product based on the determined healthcare product.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the recommendation engine determines the related product based on the determined intent.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the recommendation engine determines the related product based on the medical symptom.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising: an offer engine for determining an offer based on the determined related product and the determined medical product; andwhere in the GUI further displays the offer.

17. A system, comprising: a core for determining an intent based on a medical symptom and determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;an offer engine for determining an offer based on the determined healthcare product; anda GUI for displaying the healthcare product and the offer.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the core further determines the healthcare product is further based on the medical symptom.

19. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising: determining an intent based on a medical symptom;determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;determining a product related to the healthcare product; anddisplaying the healthcare product and the related product.

20. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising: determining an intent based on a medical symptom;determining a healthcare product based on the determined intent;determining an offer based on the determined healthcare product; anddisplaying the healthcare product and the offer.