Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-22
2011-03-22
Hayes, John W (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
C705S001100, C705S014270, C705S020000, C705S026640, C705S027200, C705S03600T, C704S010000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07912792
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for generating margin sensitive pricing quotation in an integrated price adjustment system including: a) selecting products in selected product sets; b) providing pricing data corresponding to the products in selected product sets; c) providing guidance elements for products in selected product sets wherein guidance elements are margin sensitive; d) calculating guidance prices for products based upon guidance elements; e) selecting one of either pricing data or guidance prices; and f) generating a quotation based upon selections made such that margin sensitive pricing adjustments are incorporated into quotations. In some example embodiments, the present invention further includes providing predetermined suggestions for modifying the quotation.
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Esary Niel
Gonzalez-Caloni Rafael A.
Lehrman Gary S.
Vijaykumar Narayanan
Hayes John W
Lim Kang S.
Nelson Freda A
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