ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,823, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Versata Development Group Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Virtual salesperson system and method" was invented by John W. Kamm (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual salesperson system and method for tablet computers such as Apple's iPad can be used by the customer (as opposed to most applications which are for the dealer, or on a central kiosk) to provide the customer a tour of a showroom and each vehicle, highlighting key features and other content at the discretion of the OEM, such as videos tours conducted by their spokesperson. In at least one embodiment, the customer can also searc...