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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2002
Patricia H. Cooper, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Thomas C. Smith, Roswell, GA (US);
Derek L. Calhoun, Marietta, GA (US);
Kevin S. Cunningham, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vickey Ford Pharr, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Diane F. Tucker, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Amy Zwarico, Mountain Brook, AL (US);
Patricia H. Cooper, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Thomas C. Smith, Roswell, GA (US);
Derek L. Calhoun, Marietta, GA (US);
Kevin S. Cunningham, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vickey Ford Pharr, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Diane F. Tucker, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Amy Zwarico, Mountain Brook, AL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A computer system and method for managing commissions, including: a storage device containing a database having commission data and a periodic extract of sales transactions stored therein; a user interface for inputting the commission data into the database and viewing the commission data stored in the database; and a processor for calculating commissions for sales representatives and agents associated with a business enterprise based on the commission data, and forwarding the calculated commissions to a payroll department within the business enterprise; wherein the processor executes: a first software module for retrieving billing, inventory, corporate, and affiliated sales information for the sales representatives, and for calculating the commissions based on a predetermined rules set; and a second software module for retrieving billing and affiliated sales information for the agents, and for calculating the commissions based on the terms of a contract between the agent and the business enterprise.
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