PROMOTION MANAGEMENT METHODS AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving in a server an indication of a sale of a promotional item from a sales terminal, the promotional item being specified by a promoter for a promotional competition to be carried out by a group of sales associates, the indication including an identifier of a sales associate included within the group of sales associates who sold the promotional item;
determining a quantity of the promotional items sold by the sales associate based on the received indication and a previous quantity of the promotional items sold by the sales associate;
determining relationships among the group of sales associates based on the quantity of promotional items sold by the sales associates; and
sending to a computer system of the promoter information indicative of the quantity of promotional items sold respectively by the sales associates and information indicative of the determined relationship among the group of sales associates,wherein the promoter is remotely located from the group of sales associates.
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for managing promotions are disclosed. An example method includes receiving in a server an indication of a sale of a promotional item from a sales terminal, the promotional item being specified by a promoter for a promotional competition to be carried out by a group of sales associates, the indication including an identifier of a sales associate who sold the promotional item, determining a quantity of the promotional items sold based on the received indication and a previous quantity of the promotional items sold by the sales associate, determining relationships among the group of sales associates based on the quantity of promotional items sold by the sales associates, and sending to a computer system of the promoter information indicative of the quantity of promotional items sold respectively by the sales associates and information indicative of the determined relationship among the group of sales associates.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving in a server an indication of a sale of a promotional item from a sales terminal, the promotional item being specified by a promoter for a promotional competition to be carried out by a group of sales associates, the indication including an identifier of a sales associate included within the group of sales associates who sold the promotional item; determining a quantity of the promotional items sold by the sales associate based on the received indication and a previous quantity of the promotional items sold by the sales associate; determining relationships among the group of sales associates based on the quantity of promotional items sold by the sales associates; and sending to a computer system of the promoter information indicative of the quantity of promotional items sold respectively by the sales associates and information indicative of the determined relationship among the group of sales associates, wherein the promoter is remotely located from the group of sales associates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
a promotion server communicatively coupled to a point-of-sale system remotely located at a first location and communicatively coupled to a promoter system remotely located at a second location, the promotion server configured to; (a) host a promotional competition having a predetermined time period for a group of sales associates associated with the point-of-sale system, the promotional competition being specified by the promoter system including the time period and a promotional item; (b) receive sales data included within data structures indicative of sales of the promotional item from the point-of-sale system during the time period, the sales data including identifiers of the promotional item and identifiers of the sales associates that sold the promotional item; (c) responsive to receiving at least some sales data, determine a quantity of the promotional items sold respectively by the sales associates based on the sales data; (d) determine relationships among the sales associates based on the quantity of the promotional items sold respectively by the sales associates; and (e) transmit to the promoter system information indicative of the quantity of promotional items sold by each of the sales associates and information indicative of the determined relationships among the group of sales associates. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A machine-accessible device having instructions stored thereon that are configured, when executed, to cause a machine to at least:
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receive from a promoter system information regarding a promotion, the information including at least one of an identifier of a promotional item, a promotional time period, an award for the promotion, and a rule providing conditions for receiving the award; configure the promotion based on the received information; provide information indicative of the promotion and to sales associates; receive sales data indicative of sales of the promotional item from at least one point-of-sale system associated with the sales associates; determine a quantity of the promotional items sold by each of the sales associates based on the sales data; and transmit to the promoter system information indicative of the quantity of promotional items sold respectively by the sales associates. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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