ARTICLE SALES METHOD IN AFFILIATED SALES ORGANIZATION, THE SAME USING COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USED FOR THE SAME

• Main Authors: TAKIGUCHI REIKO, KATO KIYOUTARO, TANUMA MIKIMITSU, KO KATSUNOBU, NAKAIIDA AKIHIDE, MEGURO TOSHIRO, ONISHI HIROYOSHI, MOCHIZUKI KAZUHIKO, SASAKI KAORU, KOMATSU AKIHIKO, KIMURA MINORU, EMA TERUO, KAIZUKA MASARU, KOJIMA HAJIME
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.02.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article sales method which expands opportunity to deal with articles while keeping a mechanism to guarantee a stable profit to a member of an affiliated sales organization by (1) improving convenience to a buyer of the articles by making a choice from a variety of suppliers and enabling the buyer to buy the articles even if a right above rank member of the organization does not reside near the buyer or is absent and (2) making this system conform to a system for conducting sales/buying of the articles by using a communication means such as the Internet. SOLUTION: When a member of the affiliated sales organization buys the articles from a member of the organization who is not a right above rank member, a prescribed point is apportioned at least to the right above rank member of the organization. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO