Energy distribution and marketing backoffice system and method
First Claim
1. A system of networked computers computer programmed to store and execute a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a set of payment information related to an energy customer;
receiving a set of sales information related to a sales agent;
receiving a set of inbound transactions, related to a set of energy usage data for the energy customer;
deriving a set of outbound transactions, related to the set of inbound transactions;
sending the set of outbound transactions to an independent systems operator;
deriving a set of bill information, related to the set of energy usage data and the set of payment information; and
,deriving a set of commissions, based on the set of payment information, the set of bill information, the set of sales information and the set of energy usage data; and
,assigning a commission amount to be paid to the sales agent.
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Abstract
A retail energy provider system comprising a market transaction manager, business rules and requirements processor, usage rater, customer analysis and quality control auditor, customer billing processor and collection manager, customer payment processor, third party sales and marketing application programming interface, customer acquisition and residual income interface, having a wholesale forecaster, interactive voice response system, intranet web services, internet web services and network based external customer service and executive management systems and financial services functions, all said functions and systems interacting with a robust SQL database engine for which the novel database schema is taught herein.
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6 Claims
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1. A system of networked computers computer programmed to store and execute a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a set of payment information related to an energy customer; receiving a set of sales information related to a sales agent; receiving a set of inbound transactions, related to a set of energy usage data for the energy customer; deriving a set of outbound transactions, related to the set of inbound transactions; sending the set of outbound transactions to an independent systems operator; deriving a set of bill information, related to the set of energy usage data and the set of payment information; and
,deriving a set of commissions, based on the set of payment information, the set of bill information, the set of sales information and the set of energy usage data; and
,assigning a commission amount to be paid to the sales agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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