Method for allocating commissions over the internet using defined exclusive sales areas
First Claim
1. A method of allocating commissions comprising:
- providing exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas;
recording sales to said exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through an Internet web site;
determining a value of said sales to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas; and
allocating said commissions based solely on said value of said sales delivered to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas.
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Abstract
A computer system and method of allocating commissions for sales made over the Internet and for dividing an otherwise indivisible Internet into defined geographic areas includes processes for: defining exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas with respect to the World Wide Web, the Internet, and e-commerce; selling exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas; recording sales of goods delivered to the exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through an Internet web site; determining a value of the goods delivered to each of the geographic distribution/representation areas, and allocating the commissions based solely on the value of the goods delivered to each of the geographic distribution/representation areas.
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42 Claims
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1. A method of allocating commissions comprising:
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providing exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas;
recording sales to said exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through an Internet web site;
determining a value of said sales to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas; and
allocating said commissions based solely on said value of said sales delivered to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of allocating, to the Internet, defined geographic areas comprising:
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establishing exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas;
recording sales to said exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through an Internet web site;
determining and tracking the value of said sales to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas; and
allocating said commissions based solely on said value of said sales delivered to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of developing Internet Web sites comprising:
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providing exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas;
recording sales to said exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through an Internet web site;
determining a value of said sales to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas; and
allocating said commissions based solely on said value of said sales delivered to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of using a computer program on a computerized system to allocate commissions comprising:
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using said computer program to sell exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas;
using said computer program to record sales to said exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through an Internet web site;
using said computer program to determine a value to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas; and
using said computer program to allocate said commissions based solely on said value of said sales delivered to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for allocating commissions comprising:
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an Internet Web site providing exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas;
a memory for recording sales to said exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through said Internet web site;
a calculation unit determining a value of said sales to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas; and
a decision unit allocating said commissions based solely on said value of said sales delivered to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for allocating, to the Internet, defined geographic areas comprising:
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an Internet Web site providing exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas;
a memory for recording sales to said exclusive geographic distribution/representation areas placed through said Internet web site;
a calculation unit determining a value of said sales to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas; and
a decision unit allocating said commissions based solely on said value of said sales delivered to each of said geographic distribution/representation areas. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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Specification