Patent ID: 6169979
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer implemented sales system for assisting with the sale of utility products and services by generating customized reports related to how the customer can optimize its costs for utility products and services, comprising: a receiver configured to receive data representative of customer utility usage, utility rates, and utility costs saving programs; a memory arrangement coupled to the receiver and configured to store the data representing the customer utility usage, the utility rates, and the utility costs saving programs; and a processor coupled to the memory arrangement and configured to: process the data representing the customer utility usage, the utility rates, and the utility costs saving programs in order to select a utility service rate and a utility costs saving program for the customer, and generate customized reports illustrating revised customer utility costs based on applying the customer utility usage to the data representative of the selected utility service rate, and the selected utility costs saving program.