US 7,548,877 B2
System and method for processing orders for multiple multilevel marketing business models
Craig M. Palazzo, Grand Rapids, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Quixtar, Inc., Ada, Mich. (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/929,529.
Prior Publication US 2006/0047575 A1, Mar. 02, 2006
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 705—26 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing an order comprising:
inputting at least one main order comprising at least one of a first product type, a second product type, or combinations thereof, into a user interface;
storing each of the at least one main order as a main order file;
sending each of the at least one main order file to a product processing unit;
accessing a product database to determine a product type of each of the at least one product comprising each of the at least one main order file, wherein the product type identifies an association between a product and a type of multilevel marketing business model;
accessing a user database to determine a user classification for a user placing the main order, wherein the user classification identifies a classification of a user with respect to one or more multilevel marketing business models;
parsing each of the at least one main order file into a first suborder and a second suborder based at least in part on the user classification of the user placing the order and the product types of the first and second products;
storing each of the first suborder as a first suborder file;
storing each of the second suborder as a second suborder file;
sending the each of the first suborder files to a first product type processing unit
to fulfill each of the first suborders;
processing each of the first suborders according to a first multilevel marketing business model;
sending each of the second suborder files to a second product type processing unit to fulfill each of the second suborders; and
processing each of the second suborders according to a second multilevel marketing business model, wherein the first and second multilevel marketing business models are different.