Appeal No. 2005-1781
Application No. 09/860,407
The disclosed invention pertains to a computer system for
promoting in real time a representative in a marketing plan.
Representative claim 11 is reproduced as follows:
11. A system for promoting in real time a representative in
a marketing plan with a plurality of career levels, the
representative associated with account information including a
relational hierarchy comprising a plurality of representatives
and customers, the system comprising:
an application entry system;
a database accessible to the application entry system, the
database including the account information and a plurality of
promotion parameters defining at least one qualification
necessary for promotion to each of the plurality of career
levels;
software, operable to interact with the database, the
software comprising instructions for:
accepting application information for an addition to the
hierarchy through the application entry system;
updating the account information to reflect the application
information;
entering the representative in a queue, the entry notifying
the system that the representative may qualify for a promotion;
dequeueing the representative from the queue;
retrieving the plurality of promotion parameters from the
database;
retrieving the updated account information from the
database;
applying the promotion parameters to the account information
to determine if the representative qualifies for a promotion;
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