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AS SIMPLE AS SKETCHING ON A PAD - PATENT FOR UNIQUE DRAWING INTERFACE
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» THE ABILITY TO FREE draw windows and doors with your finger ( or mouse ) has become an iconic feature of Tommy Trinder ’ s Framepoint ® platform . And now the technology is protected by patent . Chris Brunsdon , founder and CEO , is chuffed :
“ Installers want quoting software that is easy to use , and It doesn ’ t get any simpler than free-sketching your windows and doors . There ’ s a real wow moment for homeowners when they see it in action too . We ’ re so chuffed this ground-breaking technology has finally been recognised with a patent .”
Getting a patent for software applications is notoriously
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difficult , and it ’ s been long process for the firm . Chief Technology Officer , Robert Franks , explains :
“ We started developing our free-drawing technology a little over eight years ago . Chris showed me how he sketched out windows and doors on an A4 pad when he was selling to a homeowner and told me he wanted to be able sketch windows on a computer , in the same , simple way . New technology to render shapes and images via the web was just emerging at that time , and we moved quickly to leverage this to develop our interface for handdrawing
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windows and doors . I ’ m really proud of what we managed to deliver - the images are super-fast and photo-realistic throughout the system . Getting the patent is the icing on the cake .”
Commenting on what this means for Framepoint ®
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subscribers , Chris Brunsdon says :
“ This patent means Framepoint ® will be the only software that can do this for the next 20 years , so it gives our subscribers something even more unique to set them apart from the competition .”
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The Power of Presentation
» BASED IN SHEFFIELD , JUST TRADE Windows is using quoting software Framepoint ® from Tommy Trinder to keep customers thinking less about price , and more about creating a visually stunning home .
“ We were sending out hand drawn sketches to customers , or spec sheets that were really wordy ,” says Simon Dinnie , Business Development Manager . “ That sort of thing just doesn ’ t mean anything to the homeowner – all they were getting from it was the price
“ You can get a better price for the job just because of the way the quote looks . If you ’ re
asking for top-line on a project you have to look the part , and Framepoint ® is great for that . If a homeowner has three quotes within £ 500 , and the upper end quote is showing a much better visual journey , they ’ re going to go with that every time .”
Quotations generated via Framepoint ® have empowered the team to charge a fair price for their best-in-class service .
“ For me it ’ s great to be maximising the top-line with Framepoint ®. If you ’ ve got a project that you might usually charge at £ 20k , I definitely think that using Framepoint ® you could get £ 21k .
“ Framepoint ® is great for remote selling . I ’ ve taken orders by walking around the showroom with a customer on a video call on Zoom , then once I figure out the kind of thing they were after we switch to a screenshare on Framepoint ® to create their windows .
Framepoint ® has helped the team on the administration side too , helping to “ really cut down on errors and save a lot of time ”, Simon said .
“ You do your initial visit , then if the customer goes ahead you ’ ll go in again for your final measure , but between those visits there ’ s often lots of conversations between myself and the customer , tweaking things , changing colours , and the surveyor isn ’ t usually part of that conversation . With Framepoint ® you ’ re visualising all these changes for the customer as you go which is really simple to do , then you just download your surveyors report in one click .”
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