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US 2010/0250404 A1Published application
System to recover acquisition costs
OwnerHuy Ngoc Phan, Linh Ngoc Phaninventors
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Abstract
A system for recovering acquisition cost wherein a company is engaged by a client to provide marketing media having a set acquisition cost, a recovery amount, and a recovery condition. The company performs or delivers the marketing media consistent with acquisition agreement. At least two different audits are performed to determine whether the marketing media were successfully delivered, and the recovery condition was met prior to the return of the recovery amount to the client.
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A system for recovery of an acquisition cost executed by a computer system comprising:
- a. a workstation comprising a computer with a processor and a memory wherein the memory stores computer instructions;
- b. a video display connected to the computer using an external graphics bus;
- c. a keyboard and mouse connected to the computer using and external computer bus;
- and wherein the computer instructions direct the processor to execute a series of steps comprising:
- i. forming an agreement with a term between a company, a client, a third party, or combinations thereof for a marketing media, wherein the marketing media has an acquisition cost;
- ii. defining the marketing media needed by the client, a third party, or combinations thereof;
- iii. determining an acquisition cost for the marketing media, a recovery amount for the client, and a recovery condition for providing the recovery amount by the company, by a third party, or combinations thereof;
- iv. initiating delivery of the marketing media consistent with acquisition agreement by the company, the processor, or a third party;
- v. performing a delivery audit to determine whether the company delivered the indicated marketing media;
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- vi. performing a recovery condition audit to determine whether the recovery condition is met;
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- 1. when the delivery audit identifies that the marketing media was successfully delivered and the recovery condition audit identifies that the recovery condition was met, then delivery of the marketing media is stopped and the recovery amount is returned to the client;
- 2. when the delivery audit identifies that the marketing media was successfully delivered, and the recovery condition audit identifies that the recovery condition was not met, then the delivery of the marketing media is stopped, and the company and the client wait until the recovery condition is attained before the recovery amount is returned to the client;
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- 3. when the delivery audit identifies that the marketing media was not successfully delivered, and the recovery condition audit identifies that the recovery condition was met, then the recovery amount is returned to the client, the delivery of the marketing media is continued until a subsequent delivery audit indicates that the marketing media has been successfully delivered, and then delivery of the marketing media is stopped.
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