Sample Management for a Sales Call

• US 20100191559A1
• Filed: 01/29/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Back, Walter, Allavali, Pinjari, Kumar, Harish, Jhaveri, Pankesh, Sudhi, Ambili, Kumar, Darshan, Achar, Govindraja
• Granted Patent: US 9,659,335 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.42
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that record details of product samples given to a customer. A request to add one or more product sample records is received, and in response, user interface showing product sample information for available product samples is presented. The user interface may include a field for entering a quantity of each product sample given to the customer. One or more product sample records is recorded corresponding to each product sample for which a quantity was entered in the user interface.

Claims

1. A method for recording details of product samples given to a customer, comprising:

receiving a request to add one or more product sample records;

retrieving product sample information for available product samples;

populating an inventory list with the product sample information in a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a field for entering a quantity of each product sample given to the customer; and

recording one or more product sample records corresponding to each product sample for which a quantity was entered in the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of product sample records are recorded at substantially the same time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the product samples are pharmaceutical samples.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the product sample information includes a product name for the pharmaceutical, a product lot number, and a product lot expiration date.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the product sample record includes a product name for the product sample, a product lot number for the product sample, and a name of the customer to which the product sample was given.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the customer is a physician.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising acquiring a signature from the physician verifying that he received one or more product samples.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein populating the inventory list includes filtering out product samples that are expired or are not on-hand.

9. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to record details of product samples given to a customer by:

receiving a request to add one or more product sample records;

retrieving product sample information for available product samples;

populating an inventory list with the product sample information in a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a field for entering a quantity of each product sample given to the customer; and

recording one or more product sample records corresponding to each product sample for which a quantity was entered in the user interface.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein a plurality of product sample records are recorded at substantially the same time.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the product samples are pharmaceutical samples.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the product sample information includes a product name for the pharmaceutical, a product lot number, and a product lot expiration date.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the product sample record includes a product name for the product sample, a product lot number for the product sample, and a name of the customer to which the product sample was given.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the customer is a physician.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising acquiring a signature from the physician verifying that he received one or more product samples.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein populating the inventory list includes filtering out product samples that are expired or are not on-hand.

17. A system for recording details of product samples given to a customer, comprising:

at least one business component providing sample information about a plurality of sample products, the sample information including sample name, sample lot number, and sample expiration date;

a virtual business component querying the at least one business component for sample information and providing the sample information to a user interface; and

the user interface displaying the sample information and including a quantity field for entering a quantity of each product sample given to the customer, wherein a sample drop record is created based on the quantity field.

18. A system for recording details of product samples given to a customer, comprising:

means for receiving a request to add one or more product sample records;

means for retrieving product sample information for available product samples;

means for populating an inventory list with the product sample information in a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a field for entering a quantity of each product sample given to the customer; and

means for recording one or more product sample records corresponding to each product sample for which a quantity was entered in the user interface.