Methods and systems for identifying prospective customers and managing deals
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished;
receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user; and
transmit said deal documents to a client system for review and approval.
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Abstract
A system including at least one computer configured as a server that contains a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity is provided. The system further includes at least one client system connected to the server through a network. The server is configured to prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members, notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished, receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user, and transmit the deal documents to a client system for review and approval.
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished;
receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user; and
transmit said deal documents to a client system for review and approval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
prompt a user to schedule at least one meeting relating to a specific deal; and
notify members of the deal team of the at least one scheduled meeting. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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15. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
prompt a user to create minutes from a meeting relating to a specific deal;
store minutes from each meeting in said database; and
enable a user to search for a specific deal by the meeting minutes stored in said database.
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20. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished;
receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user;
transmit documents relating to a specific deal to a client system for approval by a designated user, said documents include a plurality of versions of at least one document; and
enable said user designated to approve documents for a specific deal to select at least two versions of a document to be compared through a comparison function that visually displays differences between said selected document versions for document approval purposes.
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21. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members; and
create a deal profile relating to said deal, said deal profile is reconfigurable such that a permissioned user is enabled to select data fields displayed on said deal profile for at least one of a specific deal, a group of deals, a subdivision, a division, a business, and a group of businesses.
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22. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished; and
generate at least one report relating to said deal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 26, 27, 29)
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25. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished;
receive documents relating to a deal from a client system;
store said deal documents on said database; and
transmit said deal documents to a client system for review in response to a request by a user.
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28. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
receive Extensible Markup Language (XML) messages relating to a deal;
execute proper inserts and updates in response to XML messages; and
provide status back to a calling source application.
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30. A method for managing a deal process, said method comprising:
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prompting a user to create a business profile;
prompting a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
prompting a user to schedule at least one meeting relating to a specific deal;
recording minutes from each meeting;
notifying members of the deal team of tasks to be performed and milestones; and
submitting for approval documents relating to the deal. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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59. A system comprising:
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at least one computer configured as a server, said server containing a database of deal information, business rules, libraries and templates for deals for at least one business entity;
at least one client system connected to said server through a network, said server configured to;
prompt a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
prompt a user to schedule at least one meeting relating to a specific deal;
store minutes from each meeting on said database;
notify members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished;
receive documents relating to a deal from a client system that are submitted for approval by a user; and
transmit said deal documents to a client system for approval.
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75. An apparatus comprising:
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means for a user to create business profiles;
means for scheduling at least one meeting relating to a specific business deal;
means for storing minutes from each meeting; and
means for notifying members of a deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A database comprising:
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at least one business profile;
a plurality of templates for creating library folder structures for association with a deal;
a schedule of at least one meeting relating to a deal; and
minutes from each meeting. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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98. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for identifying prospective customers and managing deal information, said program comprising a code segment that receives deal information and then:
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prompts a user to create a deal, including identifying deal team members;
prompts a user to schedule at least one meeting relating to a specific deal;
stores minutes from each meeting on a database; and
notifies members of the deal team of tasks to perform and milestones accomplished. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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