System and method of using a sales management system to generate printed products
First Claim
1. A system producing a printed product in response to changes in a corporate sales management system, the system comprising:
- a first computer having a computer-implemented database monitoring function that monitors a database, the database being located at a corporate facility, wherein the database monitoring function detects changes to the corporate sales management system and, in response thereto, generates event data comprising information that describes the sales management event; and
a print processing facility, located at a geographic location different from the corporate facility and coupled to the database monitoring function over a network, wherein the print processing facility receives the event data, compares the event data to one or more predefined event rules that determine one of that the printed product should be produced and that the printed product should not be produced and, in response to a determination that the printed product should be produce, automatically generates a print order for the printed product using information extracted from the event data.
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Abstract
Information stored in a corporate database is monitored and used to determine when certain business-related events have occurred. Event information is transmitted over the Internet to a print production facility, where it is used to fire one or more event rules, which in turn automatically generate print requisitions or print production orders. In one variation, print requisitions are routed through an existing and commercially available procurement system before a print production order is generated. The system can monitor and handle events from multiple corporations, each having its own business-related event rules, and each potentially having its own procurement approval system.
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14 Claims
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1. A system producing a printed product in response to changes in a corporate sales management system, the system comprising:
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a first computer having a computer-implemented database monitoring function that monitors a database, the database being located at a corporate facility, wherein the database monitoring function detects changes to the corporate sales management system and, in response thereto, generates event data comprising information that describes the sales management event; and a print processing facility, located at a geographic location different from the corporate facility and coupled to the database monitoring function over a network, wherein the print processing facility receives the event data, compares the event data to one or more predefined event rules that determine one of that the printed product should be produced and that the printed product should not be produced and, in response to a determination that the printed product should be produce, automatically generates a print order for the printed product using information extracted from the event data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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