Patent ID: 8935667
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more processors for synchronizing opportunity information in a software-related sales environment, the method comprising: identifying, at a software configuration application associated with a prospective customer, a first set of opportunity information from a software reseller and a second set of opportunity information from a software provider, the first and second set of opportunity information associated with the prospective software customer, wherein the first set of opportunity information includes at least a subset of opportunity information not included in the second set of opportunity information; integrating the first and second set of opportunity information into a combined set of opportunity information within the software configuration application for use in configuring a particular software solution for the prospective customer, wherein the combined set of opportunity information represents a third set of opportunity information different than the first and second sets of opportunity information; identifying at least one modification to the third set of opportunity information occurring after integration of the first and second set of opportunity information and as a result of additional configurations to the particular software solution via the software configuration application; and synchronizing the first set of opportunity information stored at the software reseller and the second set of opportunity information stored at the software provider by replacing the first and second set of opportunity information with the third set of opportunity information including the at least one identified modification.