MANAGEMENT OF SALES OPPORTUNITIES
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an inquiry handler configured to receive one or more customer inquiries in response to one or more pre-sales documents associated with a product;
an opportunity parser configured to determine a sales opportunity associated with the one or more customer inquiries based on the pre-sales documents;
an activity engine configured to track one or more sales activities performed with respect to the sales opportunity and in response to the one or more customer inquiries;
a status engine configured to determine a status of each of the one or more customer inquiries based on the one or more sales activities; and
a report generator configured to generate one or more activity reports associated with the sales opportunity based on the one or more customer inquiries and including the status associated with each customer inquiry.
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Abstract
An inquiry handler may be configured to receive one or more customer inquiries in response to one or more pre-sales documents associated with a product. An opportunity parser may be configured to determine a sales opportunity associated with the one or more customer inquiries based on the pre-sales documents. An activity engine may be configured to track one or more sales activities performed with respect to the sales opportunity and in response to the one or more customer inquiries. A status engine may be configured to determine a status of each of the one or more customer inquiries based on the one or more sales activities. A report generator may be configured to generate one or more activity reports associated with the sales opportunity based on the one or more customer inquiries and including the status associated with each customer inquiry.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an inquiry handler configured to receive one or more customer inquiries in response to one or more pre-sales documents associated with a product; an opportunity parser configured to determine a sales opportunity associated with the one or more customer inquiries based on the pre-sales documents; an activity engine configured to track one or more sales activities performed with respect to the sales opportunity and in response to the one or more customer inquiries; a status engine configured to determine a status of each of the one or more customer inquiries based on the one or more sales activities; and a report generator configured to generate one or more activity reports associated with the sales opportunity based on the one or more customer inquiries and including the status associated with each customer inquiry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for handling sales opportunity information, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause a data processing apparatus to provide an activity report associated with a sales opportunity, the activity report comprising:
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one or more customer inquiries associated with the sales opportunity; a classification of each of the one or more customer inquiries including at least one of a priority or a category; a customer satisfaction level based on a responsiveness of a performance one or more sales activities to each of the one or more customer inquiries, the performance being based on the classification; and a status of each of the one or more customer inquiries based on the customer satisfaction level and associated with the one or more sales activities. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of customer inquiries in response to one or more pre-sales documents associated with a product; determining a sales opportunity associated with the customer inquiries, based on the one or more pre-sale documents associated with the product; determining a status of each customer inquiry based on a performance of one or more sales activities associated with the opportunity; and generating an activity report associated with the sales opportunity based on the customer inquiries and including the status. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification