| 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 |

| 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.
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