Cross-entity sales lead rights assignment and action planning system
First Claim
1. A sales lead server accessible over a network and hosting databases containing static and active content related to sales leads, the server comprising:
- a network interface for communicating with the network;
a memory to store records of databases containing static content and active content;
a database manager to render databases with the static content and the active content relative to one another, the database manager to perform a method comprising;
enabling a user to create a lead-related right for each lead;
enabling a user to create rules associated with each lead that cause the database manager to assign to a selected lead-handling entity the lead-related right for each lead; and
automatically applying the rules to assign to the lead-handling entity the lead-related right for a lead; and
a communication module in communication with the database manager that automatically communicates to the lead-handling entity the assigned lead-related right to the lead.
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Abstract
A sales lead server is accessible over a network and hosts databases containing static and active content related to sales leads. The server includes a memory to store records of databases containing static and active content, a database manager to render databases with the static and the active content in memory relative to one another, the database manager to perform a method, including enabling a user to create a lead-related right for each lead, and to create rules associated with each lead that cause the database manager to assign to a selected lead-handling entity the lead-related right for the lead. The database manager includes a lead rights assignor that automatically applies the assignment rules to assign to the lead-handling entity the lead-related right for each lead. A communication module in communication with the database manager automatically communicates to the lead-handling entity the assigned lead-related right to the lead.
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53 Claims
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1. A sales lead server accessible over a network and hosting databases containing static and active content related to sales leads, the server comprising:
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a network interface for communicating with the network;
a memory to store records of databases containing static content and active content;
a database manager to render databases with the static content and the active content relative to one another, the database manager to perform a method comprising;
enabling a user to create a lead-related right for each lead;
enabling a user to create rules associated with each lead that cause the database manager to assign to a selected lead-handling entity the lead-related right for each lead; and
automatically applying the rules to assign to the lead-handling entity the lead-related right for a lead; and
a communication module in communication with the database manager that automatically communicates to the lead-handling entity the assigned lead-related right to the lead. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A sales lead server accessible over a network and hosting databases containing static and active content related to sales leads, the server comprising:
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a network interface for communicating with the network;
a memory to store records of databases containing static content and active content;
a database manager to render databases with the static content and active content in memory relative to one another, the database manager to perform a method comprising;
enabling a user to create a lead-related action for each lead; and
enabling a user to create rules for action plan creation that identify the lead-related action to be taken by a lead-handling entity having a lead-related right to an identified lead; and
automatically applying the rules to assign lead action plans to the lead-handling entity for lead-related actions associated with the identified lead; and
a communication module in communication with the database manager that automatically communicates to the lead-handling entity the assigned lead action plan associated with the identified lead. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for sales lead assignment of leads owned by a sponsor, the method comprising:
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processing the leads to attach lead-related rights and corresponding lead information to the leads; and
communicating to a first selected lead-handling entity the lead-related rights and corresponding lead information associated with an identified lead. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing a method for sales lead distribution of leads owned by a sponsor, the method comprising:
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processing the leads to attach lead-related rights and corresponding lead information to the leads and storing the leads with the attached lead-related rights and lead information in computer readable memory; and
communicating to a first selected lead-handling entity the lead-related rights and corresponding lead information associated with an identified lead. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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